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Sibelius Fan

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10. Christianity is based entirely on make believe. Religious belief is a conceit we allow as a society

Reply to planetc (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 04:52 PM

Apr 17

while such conceits are not tolerated in every other human endeavor.

Sure, lots of admirable people identify as Christians. Doesn’t make their beliefs reality based. In fact, most of what we find admirable about people are Enlightenment era ideas they hold that sit opposite of what passes for knowledge and morals in their holy books.

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On Christians and Faux Christians [View all] planetc Apr 17 OP

Why? I scale them, from the high negatives to high positives. Lars39 Apr 17 #1

When non-faux christians drown out the faux ones LearnedHand Apr 17 #2

Could I just point out that we are being fed by the news media with a diet of the most exciting news they can find? planetc Apr 17 #8

Well said Cosmocat Apr 17 #13

Well, there are Christians and there are christians. elocs Apr 17 #3

By one's chosen identity, I will call them sanatanadharma Apr 17 #4

"Pointing out, judging, rejecting and negating" others is deeply unChristian, so Christians don't do it. planetc Apr 17 #12

"Pointing out, judging, rejecting and negating THE IMMORALITY" Silent3 Apr 17 #20

I think you have a valid point, but your message needs to be directed to senseandsensibility Apr 17 #5

Please remove me from your list of Beloveds Model35mech Apr 17 #6

So sorry--I can't. planetc Apr 17 #14

A Christian believes that Jesus is their personal savior. You believe it or you don't. There is no fake. Gore1FL Apr 17 #7

Jesus alone as a personal savior is not scriptural. Jesus demanded that we Karadeniz Apr 17 #11

Of course it isn't. Neither is "Christianity." No one follows the teachings in the Bible. nt Gore1FL Apr 17 #15

"No one follows the teachings of the Bible"? planetc Apr 17 #16

Anyone who judges someone to be a faux Christian certainly doesn't follow the teachings. (Matthew 7:1-5) nt Gore1FL Apr 17 #18

Unfortunately, christianity has been corrupted for about 1700 years. We assume Karadeniz Apr 17 #9

Christianity is based entirely on make believe. Religious belief is a conceit we allow as a society Sibelius Fan Apr 17 #10

They have every right to worship as they chose. I have the right to loath the pretend bullshit Autumn Apr 17 #17

I find all religion to be preposterous, promulgating absurd beliefs in our modern world, which lead to Earth-shine Apr 17 #19