I've never started a thread like that, thanks for noticing. I'm merely pointing out that when it comes to death, those of us who are non-Xtian don't fear it the way many Xtians think we should. Fear of what happens after death doesn't seem to me to be a very good reason to adhere to a particular religious belief.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
dem·o·crat: one who subverts authority; unpleasant, destructive, hateful, vile, malicious, vicious, heinous, ugly, bad, nefarious, villainous, corrupt, malevolent, hideous, wicked, harm, pain, catastrophe, calamity, ill willed, a reviler; a defamer; a slanderer; a detractor; a carper; a calumniator; a muckraker; a vilifier; a disparager; a slanderer; a maligner; a detractor; a denigrator; a traducer; a vituperator; a castigator; a libeler; a defiler; a traitor; a debaser;
It's often difficult to distinguish that with the political involvement of certain Christian groups. It's nearly impossible on a political forum like this one. The thing good Christians need to do is distance themselves from those that misrepresent the faith to show people this isn't what we as a group stand for. That thing about the "Christian" tip giver that Owl posted is a great example of this. If more good Christians spoke out against this type of stuff we might not get all the scuff from people.
I know that in theory they shouldn't fear what happens after death... yet many still do. I was just making the point that most of us do NOT, even if we are not Xtians. However, that's the hook that some evangelists use to try to scare you to Jesus... the threat of burning in their hell if we don't convert.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
ThatOwlWoman (10-22-2019)
Exactly. We expect police officers, physicians, teachers, nurses, etc. to police their own; why shouldn't we expect the same from members of the country's largest religious faith? Or any religious faith? After all, we (mostly) realize that not all Muslims are jihadist terrorists and ppl often state that they want peaceful, non-fundie Muslims to call out the ones who are corrupting the faith. Christians should expect the same, right?
Oddly enough, we're called "haters" if we point out that a person who has claimed to be a Christian is not behaving like one, especially around here. It has a chilling effect on other Christians who don't want to be seen as racist, bigoted, hate-filled, foul-mouthed, etc. like some of the ones on this board, for example.
In your opinion are most Christians afraid to call out a fellow Xtian?
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
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