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Re: What Christianity Isn't
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Originally posted by chavos
As a Christian, i get the sense from time to time that my religion isn't terribly appriciated around these parts. Too bad, but okay.
I also get the sense that there is almost no understanding of what faith means on this board. Not okay.
While i acknolwdge the existance of those whose faith is as extreme as is often described here, those characteristics which i list below are NOT the same thing as Christian faith.
Christianity is not equal to the following:
Believing that non-Christians are going to hell
Anti-intellectualism
Creationism
Mysogeny
Racism
Blind or unquestioning in belief
Republican
Homophobia
A refusal to learn, or explore
A mental illness, defect, or hallucination
Fundamentalism
A single, definable entity, easily described with single adjectives.
The point is, that Christianity encompasses a whole range of beliefs and persons...so the next time you feel tempted to use an unflattering or overbroad description of Christians, ask yourself whether or not its actually true. Its no more true that all Christians do any of the above than it is that all athiests are axe-murdering wankers. MMkay?
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A."I also get the sense that there is almost no understanding of what faith means on this board. Not okay." Would you please enlighten this board on what faith exactly is.
B. You didn't define what "Christian faith" is, making this entire rant kind of silly. Unless you were defining "Christian faith" but what is it not... in which case you forgot that "Christian faith" is not a purple sock nor is it a TI-83 calculator.
C. My sect of Christanity is all of the things you listed Christanity is not. Are you willing to step up to the plate and tell me I'm not a Christian ?
D. "Christianity is not equal to the following: A single, definable entity, easily described with single adjectives." So you can say what Christianity is not with "single adjectives" but you can't define what it is ? That seems like a logical contradiction to me.
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