Comments on: America Awake! Killing is not a Christian virtue

By: timethief

timethief — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:56:26 +0000

@Mark
My father was a charismatic – a Pentecostal. My mother was a conservative – a Baptist. It was a mind bending pairing and I wouldn’t wish the way I was raided on anyone. Yet, my early brainwashing and later my Bible College education stood me in good stead in an odd way. I knew early on that the Christian path was not mine. What I learned convinced me over and over again that Christianity had been hijacked early on and the counterfeit versions I was seeing were not “the real thing”. I did not “fit” into the milling sheep milieu and I knew that I never would.

By: Mark P.

Mark P. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:04:55 +0000

Christians tend to be cherrypickers regarding their “Holy Word”. They claim the New Covenant(New Testament) as they disregard dietary laws, but yet claim “eye for an eye”(Old Testament) in times of war and capital punishment.
Regarding homosexuality…they conveniently zip back to the Old Testament again.
And again dash to the New Testament to justify Jesus Christ as their Messiah.

I have 16 years of personal experience with the Pentecostals and I know how these hypocrites use the Bible to justify about anything. I was SO glad when I was no longer forced by my parents to attend.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:29:10 +0000

@Kelly

Thank you, Kelly.

Quite right. “There’s nothing Christian when people are killing.” I enjoyed your post on the connectedness and pervasiveness of ignorance, power and greed. But who put those idiots in power in the first place? (I shuffle about uneasily and look at my feet when I ask myself that question!)

Personally I would avoid joining with your argument since it may be a way of attributing blame for something for which we are all responsible. The appointment of those “idiots” as you call them is down to us too. Following their words without question is also a matter of our responsibility. Saying “*They* made me do it,” takes us back to the age-old problem. They are the words of war criminals everywhere.

Sorry to sound a little harsh there. But if we want a different sort of world without killing, it’s up to us. There is no one else to blame.