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    06-20-2015, 09:22 AM
    (06-20-2015, 02:05 AM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: Personally, Christianity today just makes me sad.  Outside of certain small sects like the Coptics or the Quakers, the faith as it's practiced has no real resemblance to anything that Jesus taught.  And it's been like that for basically a millennia at this point. (I tend to consider the start of the Crusades to be the final nails in the coffin of Jesus's original ministry.)  

    Christianity, like any religion, is first and foremost the teachings of the founder (Jesus) rather than the imperfect way those teachings inevitably become translated into practice by imperfect human beings.  This is almost by definition, because the followers of a religion are those individuals for whom the ideals of the religion are a goal to reach towards, so it's bound to be imperfectly translated into practice.  

    It's unreasonable to single out Christianity in this regard.  I am certain that Buddhists, etc. don't translate their teachings into practice with significantly more fidelity than Christians - it's just become popular to bash the religion we're familiar with, and idealize the allegedly greener grass on the other side.
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    [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-19-2015, 07:09 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Matt1 - 06-22-2015, 06:23 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 11:21 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by mjlabadia - 06-22-2015, 11:46 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 07:04 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 07:09 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 07:10 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Bluebell - 06-22-2015, 07:28 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 07:34 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Lighthead - 06-22-2015, 07:47 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 07:57 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 07:58 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Lighthead - 06-22-2015, 08:03 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 08:04 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Lighthead - 06-22-2015, 08:06 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 08:09 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Lighthead - 06-22-2015, 08:14 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-22-2015, 08:19 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 08:21 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Minyatur - 06-22-2015, 09:07 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Lighthead - 06-22-2015, 09:29 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by TheFifty9Sound - 06-23-2015, 12:08 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 06-28-2015, 06:26 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 07-18-2015, 09:12 PM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by AnthroHeart - 10-27-2015, 06:43 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Lighthead - 06-19-2015, 07:13 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Bluebell - 06-19-2015, 07:22 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by AnthroHeart - 06-19-2015, 07:27 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Bluebell - 06-19-2015, 07:43 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by darklight - 06-19-2015, 08:31 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Minyatur - 06-20-2015, 12:46 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by APeacefulWarrior - 06-20-2015, 02:05 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Stranger - 06-20-2015, 09:22 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by APeacefulWarrior - 06-22-2015, 05:36 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by Monica - 06-22-2015, 10:47 AM
    RE: [split] "Christianity makes me afraid." - by APeacefulWarrior - 06-22-2015, 01:17 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Minyatur - 06-20-2015, 09:25 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Bluebell - 06-20-2015, 10:17 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Minyatur - 06-20-2015, 10:25 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Bluebell - 06-20-2015, 10:30 AM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Karl - 06-20-2015, 09:56 PM
    RE: The Veil in the Body - by Monica - 06-21-2015, 11:45 AM
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