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Originally posted by Fugee
A Christian who hates people (as opposed to sinful acts), and particularly an entire group of people, is a total oxymoron but I'll stick with the anti-Semitism topic. There are several reasons why someone would take a Christ killer position:
1. Not everyone who calls himself a Christian is one. Duh. Some of those little c "christians" hate Jews and the crucifixion is a justification that sounds more righteous than than the usual crap about controlling the banks, media and government.
2. Some people have a limited concept of Jesus -- if you believe he was merely a good teacher then his death is something to be angry about. If you believe Jesus was God in human flesh, then you should realize that no one can involuntarily kill the God of the Bible. Jesus could have said a word and vaporized Pilate, the Romans, the high priest et al. That he did not, should make one humble, not angry.
3. God doesn't make Stepford Christians. We're still sinners and some people's sins are hating minority groups. This does not make it right. As for Mel's Passion fueling anti-Semitism, a lot of churches are hosting discussions of the movie. I hope these discussions make it clear that anti-Semitism is not an appropriate response to the movie.
P.S. BRC, thanks for putting the Britten in my head to take the McDonalds jingle out of it.
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The way I see it, we're all going to the same place in the end regardless of what building we do or do not pray in, so hating anyone for the religion he was born into seems one of the silliest things I can imagine.
You cannot believe how many people get pissed when I say the above, which is usually my pat response to any religion dicsussion. A lot of people really believe they're going somehwre better than the guy dwon the street who's of a different faith or is an atheist. They get pretty damn indignant at the notion that we're all really the same no matter how try to differentiate ourselves. Its funny, because these same people decry racism, yet a lot of them think the Sikh who lives next door is a pagan who "won't make it into the kingdom."
I recall asking a nun as a kid "Why doesn't my cat go to heaven?" She said Heaven was exclusively for humans. I'm still waiting for the supporting cite.
We all pray to the same God. Anyone who thinks he's got better ticket waiting at the end of this gig because he said a few extra hail marys or got some ashes is a king clown.
