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FromMorgil Blackhope
Date2002-04-29 22:47 (2002-04-29 23:47)
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John Savard
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:44:32 +0100, Michael O'Neill <onq@indigo.ie> wrote, in part:

Michael O'Neill
So you think violence and Christianity are incompatible, do you?

John Savard
Snipping isolated verses out of context does not provide the meaning of the Bible. One has to read the New Testament as a whole to understand what it is trying to convey.

Yet there are many Christians who demand that Bible should be taken to the letter and that it is not open for interpretations...

And what is unmistakable and clear is that the message of Jesus is one of nonviolence.

And of tolerance. And to judge not lest thee be judged yourself. Yet there seem to be passages that speak otherwise.

Yes, many so-called Christians do engage in violence, and there are even some things in the Bible that may be encouraging them, but this still has nothing to do with what Christianity is about.

Who gets to determine what Christianity is about? If majority of Christians believe that Bible justificates *their* use of violence could you still claim that it is not what Christianity is about?

Morgil

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