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Originally posted by Talthyr Malkaviel:
Well luckily the majority of christians out there are like you then Yorick, but actually, however small the cases may be in number's, there are still cases like that, fior example there are churches where they believe that homosexuality is the work of Satan,
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I've seen some frightening things too.
Remember though that Jesus slammed the hypocritical church leaders of his day. He hung out with prostitutes, theives, the sick, the outcast. He hammered to religious minded piety that judged others. The prayer "Thankyou I'm so holy and not like that person", the use of the Temple as a money making venture. The deification of legalism. Petty laws that prevented acts of kindness.
When Jesus actions and words are at odds with a Churches or single christian, why see these as reflective of Christ? It doesn't take much to look at the passage "Let he that is without sin, cast the first stone" and then cross check it with the inquisition, to see the two do not correlate.
Just start with John. The book John, in the bible and check for yourself. It doesn't matter what others believe or do. What matters is what YOU do.
[ 04-27-2002, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]