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Originally posted by Superman
Indeed. This is the distinction between the Church and the non-Catholic denominations. Martin Luther rejected the Church's instruction on Bible interpretation, and so does Mul. I wonder how Mul interprets Christ's "commissioning" of Peter as essentially the first Pope. Certainly different from the way I do. BTW, worldwide, there are two Catholics for every non-Catholic Christian.
Here is a link to the very interesting thread comparing Christian values to the two strains of political thought in my country. 169 posts suggest it was interesting. And it was. It has the potential to keep a thinking person busy. If we don't hear from Mul for a while, there may be hope:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=155372&highlight=conservative+christian
And here is the opening post in that thread:
"Hey, it's probably a very bad thing that I have found the unregulated "OT" board. As long as you guys are comfortable flipping $h!t upon one another and raising divisive questions, here's one.
Is "Conservative Christian" a bit of an oxymoron? Some countries we have recently discussed are noted for their quality of life, and their socialist approach. Sweden of course comes to mind first. There, every one has health care, everyone has work, everyone has a place to live.
By contrast, our United States economy can best be characterized as "survival of the fittest." In a capitalist economy, everyone is essentially in competition with everyone else. It is a "zero sum game" where there are going to be winners and losers. And for reasons I cannot understand, people who call themselves "Christians" (theoretically, followers of Christ) seem to support our economic system based on greed, over those "socialist" systems that (in my humble view) are far more compassionate and consistent with Christ's teachings.
I'd like someone to explain this to me."
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JC was a Socialist. Its indeed hard to reconcile what has become euphemistically termed a "faith based" view of the world with teachings the teaching of its Lord Jesus Christ. There's not much "Christ" apparent in some Christians.
Thats the great thing about radical atheism. Its that step beyond atheism that requires a reasonable person to respect the view of another who chooses to believe in the Great Pumpkin.
The Radical Atheist knows anyone who believes in a Great Pumpkin and that the Pumkin will return to take him up to the big Vegie Patch in the sky is- in fact- intellectually bankrupt and undeserving of any level of tolerance. Nutbags, in other words.
Radical Atheism. Go on, try it. Its very liberating.
