But I can almost guarantee that a real Christianist would have a strong male-chauvinistic opinion on the issue [of abortion] that involves either jail or death penalty for the woman, and ironically nothing for the man.
The issue I have is pointing the finger at a larger group and then saying "them." and then pointing at some foul person and saying in effect, "see they're all like foul guy!"
Not to be rude, but to me these two statements seem quite contradictory. How can the "real Christian" be defined by the actions and ideas of those people who are out on the fringe of fanaticism and hold distinctly un-Christian ideas like chauvinism & support for the death penalty?
It's no more true than the idea that all Muslims are extremists and terrorists. Yes, there are people who hold these views and call themselves Muslim. Same as the people calling themselves Christians that you mention. But calling themselves a name, and actually following the teachings of that doctrine are two quite different things.
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Date: 2008-01-29 04:15 pm (UTC)Not to be rude, but to me these two statements seem quite contradictory. How can the "real Christian" be defined by the actions and ideas of those people who are out on the fringe of fanaticism and hold distinctly un-Christian ideas like chauvinism & support for the death penalty?
It's no more true than the idea that all Muslims are extremists and terrorists. Yes, there are people who hold these views and call themselves Muslim. Same as the people calling themselves Christians that you mention. But calling themselves a name, and actually following the teachings of that doctrine are two quite different things.