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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom
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Originally Posted by Mostly Harmless
The roots of Christianity, even before the belief in Jesus Christ, is that humanity is diseased into being immoral, and that our lives are great struggle to become a good person. But while we're all human, we still suffer our hunger for immorality.
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Hence the whole guilt trip thing with Christianity: You will go to "hell" unless you do what we say.
Once again, religion blows. "Immorality?" Pfft. Both Christianity and Islam can kiss my shiny metal butt.
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All Christianity's saying is that it's probably harder for a person to understand life and love (synonymous with "to become a good person") if he's say, a sex addict, boozehound, liar, murderer, etc. That's not an extreme or irrational statement- it's a pretty sound observation. That being said, it does say, many, many times in the Bible (again, what Catholics are widely accused to ignore) that people aren't saved by their actions (which is understood to be impossible), but by their faith in an all-loving God.* Which means, effectively, that God doesn't reject the boozehound-slut-killer who happens to be a chronic liar. Only human logic would condemn that man to hell, and God doesn't give a damn about that.
Once again, no matter what some Christians in ignorance may say, the bottom line is that the Bible isn't trying curtail their actions by threatening the imperfect with hellfire.
I hope this better explains where I'm coming from.
*"For we maintain that a
man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law." Romans 3:28
"... nevertheless knowing that
a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that
we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified." Galations 2:16
"For by grace you have been
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Not by works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9