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I'm a Christian because I believe in evil. I've tried to put this into words on this forum before, but wasn't successful, so let me try again. We all do bad things; you don't need a concept of sin or anything to admit this. But good and evil aren't like some sort of cosmic balance sheet; you're not a good person just because you've done more good than evil; evil is not so easily expunged from your record. So there needs to be some sort of expiation for our crimes, and that's just what Christianity teaches. In other words, I'm a Christian because Christianity teaches GRACE, and I know I need that.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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