Re: The war on faith.
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I'm confused. When Jesus said to "turn the other cheek," love one another," "do unto others, etc..." what he really meant was to go kill people?
Let me get this straight:
If Jesus says I shouldn't kill people,
And I believe in Jesus and yet kill people,
Jesus is the cause of their death?
To paraphase the saying "guns don't kill people, people kill people": religions don't kill people, people kill people.
If you want to remove the concept of personal responsiblity, that's fine. But if you do explain to me why I shouldn't blame the atheistical philosophy that was prevalent in communist russia for the atrocities they committed?
People where killing each other long before religion came on the scene.
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You really dont get this or you are being facetious? I think its pretty clear that there are pacifist teachings in the Bible. None here would argue that. But what luckyme and madnak and the rest are trying to show is that there are ALSO plenty of violent teachings. So, yes, Jesus said turn the other cheek, but then the Bible ALSO encourages violence. That there is a contradiction in the message is a problem for you, not for us.
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