Ok, but a “Christian” is anyone who claims to be a Christian. There are no other unifying features of Christianity that make one a “True” Christian. Of course, all Christians claim to be the “True” Christians, and claim that any Christians who do not meet some arbitrary requirement aren’t really Christians. All Christians have equal claim to the ideology, and this equally validates their claim to be Christians and invalidates their claims that others are not real Christians.
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MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The people you are talking about are not Christians. They do not follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. They are at best cafeteria Christians and at worst Christians in name only.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Christians follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. If you don’t follow the teachings of Jesus Christ but call yourself a Christian you are a Christian in name only.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Jesus Christ had a lot of teachings, one of which is that all humans are imperfect. All fall short, and let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Does that mean you aren’t a Christian, since you’re expecting perfection of Christians?
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Perfection, no. An effort, yes. I am an atheist and live in a country with actual religious freedom.
kabi@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
- A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
- B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge."
- A: “But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.”
I wonder if we’ll ever find a true Scotsman.
Meltdown@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
You have a rose-tinted picture of Christianity. Christians are Christians are Christians are Christians. You don’t get to be the arbiter of “real” Christianity.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Christians are the followers of the teachings of Jusus Christ. If you don’t follow the teachings of Jesus Christ you may call yourself a Christian but you are not a Christian.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
And who exactly decides whether you are following the teachings of Jesus Christ?
Are you the arbiter? Out of curiosity, should I send prospective Christians your way for adjudication? I just feel like I need to know who I can safely ignore and those who legitimately are Christians and have the correct moral standing to judge my placement into eternal damnation.
What’s the best way to get a hold of you? Do you charge for this service or is this something of a ministry? Do you have a website or should I just DM you here?
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Fortunately, the teachings of Jesus Christ are well documented and whether they are or are not following those teachings is self evident.
Lemmist@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Cafeteria sounds good. How could something cafeteria-related be bad?
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
They pick and choose.
They follow Leviticus 20:13 but not Matthew 7:1-3 or Luke 6:37.
They chose which teachings to follow based on their own fear, hate, and self-loathing.
don@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Ever been in a shitty cafeteria? I have.
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
Might want to change the name of your religion then, because it’s been mainly overtaken by evil hateful people, and you’re not going to get it back.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’m an atheist. Atheism is not a religion. It’s the complete lack of religion.
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
I’m aware of what atheism is, thanks, sweetie.
Maybe don’t talk like you know what a “”“real Christian”“” is. I know what it is because I lived that life and am now stuck in a town where it’s the majority. Fuck your pussyfooting.
Sit down.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Does that ever work? It isn’t going to work with me.
It’s obvious that the loudest modern “”“”“”““Christians””“”“”“” (I’m not sure what the point of all those quotation marks is but I’m just going with it) pick and choose the most hateful passages of the Old Testament to justify their own fear, hate, and self loathing.
You may not like it but it is the truth.
Blubber28@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That’s kind of the problem though - they do follow the teachings. The bible clearly states that two men who sleep together must be stoned to death, and that people are encouraged to spread these beliefs. It is true that they are ignoring the parts about being kind to other people, but at the same time, you are likely ignoring the parts that tell you that you can keep slaves as long as they are from other regions, that you cannot eat pork and shellfish, and that you must stone gay men.
This makes you absolutely a better person that the dipshits that OP is complaining about. But nevertheless, they are likely just as christian.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
And that adulterer should be stoned to death. Bring Trump and I’ll bring the stones?
That defiant daughters should be stoned to death.
That the babies of your enemies should be killed by bashing their heads on rocks.
We have moved past those barbaric religious practices as a society.
The opposite of progressive is not conservative. The opposite of progressive is regressive. Backwards. They are backwards.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It also says in multiple places that judgement is for God, not man.