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Originally Posted by Moniker42  Well I'm an atheist, but when talking to what i would call "reasonable" Christians about the people i would call "nutjobs" they point out many things that people that call themselves Christians nowadays do that are completely contrary to the teachings of Jebus. For example, my philosophy teacher (a theologist and ex-minister) claims quite adamantly that people that are racist (and other things) are just not Christians because the ideas are completely contrary to the fundamentals of what Jesus said. I guess the same applies to many other forms of hate; after all, Jesus was a bit of a Hippie. |
Contrary to the teachings of Jesus? I'm not sure that Jesus mentioned race at all- the Good Samaritan parable regards other religions rather than other races.
The Old Testament certainly gives plenty of justification for followers of Yahweh to be racist fucks.