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RE: From Atheism To Christianity! Upvote & Comment To Win $$$
I am glad that Mr. Wood found forgiveness and redemption through Christ. From his story, it sounds like his life was plagued with mental health issues and he had an anti-social personality. However, I don't think his conversion to Christianity is necessarily more inspiring than someone who finds peace when they discover Buddhism. I believe in God, but who am I to judge the woman who identifies as a polytheistic Hindu? Further, I know Muslims and atheists who are great people, who aren't sociopaths or mass murderers, and who act more Christ-like than some of the people I know who are in church every Sunday. I enjoyed hearing David's testimony, but I hope people don't use the experiences of one former atheist to judge all atheists.
Thanks for your comment!! Just a quick question. A rhetorical one to make a point! Are you saying you can't judge someone who identifies as a polytheistic Hindu but you can judge some Christians who are in church every Sunday? I guess the point I'm trying to make is that you're already judging people in your comment! We all do!!! A wise man once said, to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing! So if you really don't want to "judge" people, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing! :]
I am saying that the members of any congregation, regardless of faith, or the lack thereof, are not necessarily morally superior to any other faith group. Judging someone typically includes defining a punishment for them. I didn't accuse anyone of passing judgment in my post, nor did I condemn anyone to hell for their moral failings or system of beliefs. I just said that I hope other people don't do so based on this person's testimony, which is based on their unique experiences.
It seems to me that you want to define judging in a way that would give you a pass ticket to say what you want to say, but not others! Correct me if I'm wrong but that's what you seem to be doing here. And as far as judgement being something that includes enforcing punishment is concerned, I think we would both agree that we need to have judges, laws and order and don't let the wicked rule over us or oppress us. I think we would both agree that we shouldn't let rapists go around and rape anyone they want and we should define punishments for such people and enforce those punishments in order to maintain the law and order of our civilization. And I also think we would both agree on freedom of speech and expression, as well as religion so that people would be free to express what they believe about morality, origins and afterlife. Do you know that for example, according to Islam, all non-Muslims are condemned to hell? Should we ban Islam and the Quran, because that's what the Quran says? What about Christianity and the Bible?
No one attacked or judged you or Christianity here, so I don't understand why you feel to make fairly obvious points about the necessity of having a legal system. My use of the term "judge", is in fact, a legal one. What do judges do? What did judges in the Bible do? They hear evidence and decide whether or not to pass down punishment.
The Bible gives Christians a pretty simple list of rules regarding morality. What I'm saying is that if you made a rhetorical report card based on those rules and objectively passed and failed every human being in existence on each of those points, I don't feel like there would be one group that would be overwhelmingly better or worse than another. I don't understand why you feel like that's judging one group, when it's actually implying that none of us is in a position to cast the first stone.
You see. I'm a Christian and I agree with you that none of us are in a position to cast the first stone but that doesn't mean none of us are in a position to tell people what they need to do the get saved. The same person who told us not to cast the first stone because we are all sinners, also told us to go into the world and preach the Gospel to everyone. You seem to have two different definitions of judging and you keep equivocating those definitions to suit you so you can say what you want to say and "judge" others but God forbid if others say something to "judge" you or someone else! There are people in this world who don't even believe in the Bible or Jesus or God and they're not going to agree with the fact that we are all sinners and not in a position to cast the first stone and are more than happy to cast the first stone. You can't help fix the world if you're afraid to speak out and stand up for the truth by "judging" those who are wrong by specifically addressing the roots of the problems which are false religions and false beliefs! Thanks for your comment anyway! :)
We are clearly interpreting what I said differently. Have a good night.
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