Christian Love and Peace

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jspWhile we may be glad that modern Christianity is less violent than it has been in the past there is still the risk of violence when the churches come into conflict.In this case it is the various churches' rights over the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.Father Athanasius states: and The author of the article writes: And these are the mainstream, moderate churches.

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I can't believe that those guys carried on like that! This gets us back into the debate and discussion on What defines a True Christian? I have always thought that getting hung up on a building or a piece of "sacred" ground was a bit idolatrous but then I never understood icons, either. The thing is, these guys reflect Christianity to the media, as does Benny Hinn, as do fake televangelists. So too do I. It makes me realize that on behalf of my faith, I always need to maintain a dignified public as well as private image. My friends know that I am nuts, however! I can begin to see why many of you guys prefer rational logical naturalistic world views as opposed to religious ones.This message has been edited by Phatboy, 02-16-2005 08:50 AM

It’s like children. If they can’t learn to play nice and share their toys you should take it from then till they can.Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind..-- Removes tongue from cheek --

....as we are just a subset of humanity.Sadly, events like the ones mentioned in this thread indicate this only too clearly.Regardless of the ideal of any philosophy, ideology or religion - which in itself may be most laudable - they are all subject to the (possibly corruptive) interpretation of groups/individuals.Yes Christians do act badly - but that's more a reflection on human nature than on Christianity itself.What do you think folks?

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Regardless of the ideal of any philosophy, ideology or religion - which in itself may be most laudable - they are all subject to the (possibly corruptive) interpretation of groups/individuals.

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I think that many Christians need reminding of this fact. Some in particular are all too willing to make similar attacks on other groups as an argument for the superiority of Christianity.

It has always been my opinion that we are all humans, Atheists, Christians, Muslims, or Buddhists. So as Humans we all make mistakes, we all have our flaws. There are idiots and assholes in all walks of life. To me people shouldn't be classified by their Religion, but rather by their actions.

We have a winner!IMHO one of the most Christian sites on the Inernet is Landover Baptist. Of all the Christian Sites out in WWWland I believe it is the one I think Jesus would most approve of. It is a mirror, a reflection, a reminder.We can readily see right here on EvC the trend of saying that those who behave inappropriately are not REAL Christians. Bull. The history of Christianity is filled with major players who behaved terribly. It would be hard to find a bigger bigot than Martin Luther. It would be hard to find a better example of intolerance than King James.But such traits are common to almost every group. The big issue IMHO is for Christians to acknowledge such faults and try to work to see that they are not repeated ad infinitum.

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