On Nov 5, 2007, at 6:38 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > On 6 Nov 2007, at 01:51, Dave Land wrote: > >> I have called myself a Christian, but I despise the disease that >> crawls >> among us and advertises itself by that name. I do not believe that >> Christianity is mainly about morality. I believe that plenty of >> people >> over the centuries have tried to portray it as such, but the >> "morality" >> of Jesus was something that most self-proclaimed moralists would >> decry >> as bleeding-heart liberalism today. >> >> Make no mistake about it: Jesus would be just as unpopular with most >> people who call themselves Good Christians™ today as he was among >> those >> who called themselves Good Jews™ back then. > > It's ironic that a hippy communist creed of the poor and oppressed > should be the primary religion of a wealthy consumerist nation like > the USA. It does require some remarkable acts of interpretation. > > Love thy neighbour or we'll burn your village and enslave you Maru
I love it when we agree, William. It doesn't happen often enough. Where you would like to see the disease of religion wiped off the face of the Earth, I would like to see my fellow Christians learn what Christ was actually going on about. When it comes down to some of the stuff that other Christians find so crucial to their belief, such as virgin birth and so forth, I can take it or leave it. If I am going to call myself a Christian -- a "Christ follower", then it is mine to figure out what Christ was about. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
