atheistfrog:entropyguy:I’ve stopped thinking it’s helpful to say that Christians doing harm in Jesus
atheistfrog:entropyguy:I’ve stopped thinking it’s helpful to say that Christians doing harm in Jesus’ name aren’t really Christians. They are. It’s just that nothing about Christianity is inherently benevolent; the faith of a man who believes God commands him to beat the gay out of his kid is just as legitimate as the faith of the man who believes God commands him to feed the hungry. Far more valuable to accept evil Christian sects as legitimately Christian while calling them out for the abuses they commit in the name of their faith. >the faith of a man who believes god commands him to beat the gay out of his kid is just as legitimate as the faith of the man who believes god commands him to feed the hungryExactly this. Everything in religion is purely up to a person’s own perception and interpretation, hence why christians have so many denominations. And if they claim to have actually heard a god telling them what to do they’re either lying or misinterpreting their own consciousness to be the word of a god. Both “beat the gays” and “feed the hungry” are from one’s own conscious decision. Not a gods command.>More valuable to accept evil christian sects as legitimately christian while calling them out for abuses.One of the main things that pisses me off about christians- especially progressive christians. They will just pass bad christians off as being “not really christian”. Well what the fuck are they then, Karen? These people doing bad things in the name of their religion actually believe they are doing what they have to just like any other christian. A christian doing something bad doesnt suddenly mean they dont believe in jesus or yahweh or the bible anymore. This harmful thinking indirectly is a jab at nonchristians because it also gives the assumption that the bible is what makes someone good. Progressive christians saying this shit does NOT in any way help people abused by christians or their religion. Christianity is NOT flawless stop acting like it is. -- source link