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In reply to the discussion: Can the left take back the term "Christian"? [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)139. I disagree. It is not projection, it is selection.
The Bible runs about 1,300 pages in the last copy I looked at, depending on print size, page size, etc.
With the massive amount of stories, people select what they think is important and ignore what they don't. I think the essential parts of the Bible are the core of Christ's messages. Others focus on the judgementalism of the Old Testament, on punishment and retribution, heaven and hell, and paying for sins. Everyone interprets; it is inescapable. It is the complexity of the Bible itself that creates this problem. The problem is that some of those that interpret, which include ALL of us, don't recognize that their interpretation is subjective, but believe their subjective response as factually true.
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If you want to be a victim of intolerance so much so that you seek it out...
Swamp Lover
Aug 2012
#46
"Jesus was around some 2000 years ago" - Either that or a myth was started some 2000 years ago.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#57
The analogy doesn't fit at all. MLK ring a bell? Jesse Jackson? Coretta Scott King?
cbayer
Aug 2012
#19
Yes, they were a part of the coalition. That's what progressive religious people do -
cbayer
Aug 2012
#40
I'm not sure what you mean by "get back to the core words". Also, the so-called "values voter" is
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2012
#75
I think you are trying very hard to minimize the role of Chrisitianity in the Civil Rights movement.
kwassa
Aug 2012
#110
Yes, easily. The most difficult thing is starting something. Christianity is a left-wing religion.
sibelian
Aug 2012
#28
Ideas don't change because people use the name of the idea for something else.
sibelian
Aug 2012
#38
It's been hyjacked by the right. The new teatament is an early socialist reading.
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#95
Am I correct in assuming that we certainly don't mean to include "Catholics"
jberryhill
Aug 2012
#51
That attitude won't get you far in what is a predominantly Christian nation.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2012
#81
I'm not criticizing the Xtians, but if the prize is altruism why bother with Xtianity?
valerief
Aug 2012
#104
But do you think Carter's pronounced religiosity changed political discourse for the worse?
DerekG
Aug 2012
#92
It's about principles and values, not "associating" the left with 1 religion nt
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#96
In all honestly though I think leftism will be more popular in non traditional religions.
white_wolf
Aug 2012
#68
Thats a w-i-d-e brush you have there. Try St Anthonys or Glide Memorial church in SF or St Vincent
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#94
I guess you didn't check them out, so your point is moot. It's spurious.
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#119