(September 29, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: You clearly missed my point, which is that Christianity is no guarantee of morality.Having an intellectual belief is not the same as living according to that belief. As a general rule, pious followers of Christ model the highest virtues of which humanity is capable.
(September 29, 2015 at 9:48 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Except I didn't attribute the Holocaust to Christianity. I pointed out that the faith of its perpetrators didn't imbue them with the morality to refuse executing it.Your comment only makes sense if you discount the efforts and influence for Christians like Dietrich Bonhoeffer who consciously and courageously applied the teachings of faith to his life.
(September 29, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: In other words, Christianity is irrelevant to moral progress ...By what standard to you assess moral progress other than the cultural norms of contemporary Western society?