I once again find myself as a non-Christian Spinoza Panthiest forced to defend the basic ideals of Christianity against some misguided, incorrectly self-proclaimed (and false) Christians.
I just finished watching Kurosawa's Red Beard about a self-important doctor being forced to help the poor and unattractive aganst his will being interned to a wise and, dare I say, humanistic, doctor who opens his eyes as to the true meaning of ministering to the diadvantaged. I recommend this movie to everyone who can handle subtitles.
I find it appalling that so many self-proclaimed Christians are so eager to judge and condemn anyone who does not share their exact sect/cult interpretation of the Bible. This is a direct violation of the first commandment concerning placing oneself above God as the final judge of any individual. Who among the self-proclaimed judges is not placing thier own final judgment above that of God's and therefore making themselves a god before and other than the Christian God.
Which brings me back to the movie, why is it more important for the so-called-Christian enemies of God, regardless of if they call themselves evangelicals, fundametalists, creationists, or whatever, to attack science than it is to do good deeds that could acually help people?
The message of the New Testament is clear. Get off your fat ass and help the unfortunate. What moron said Jesus died so that Falwell, Robertson, et al. could line their pockets. Evidently that moron has more adherents than the true message of Christianity, which is evidently too difficult for most so-called adherents to actually adhere to.
This message has been edited by anglagard, 04-08-2006 02:12 AM
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