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In reply to the discussion: At the risk of offending, I don't think Christians can be trusted [View all]harumph
(1,897 posts)now best described an apophatic. Organized religion seems to be something originated by mystics, written about and "justified" by
theologians and practiced largely by laypeople who practice a muddled and watered down version of
the original. This is the case with American Christianity, more specifically the case with Protestantism and more particularly what is
termed "salvation theology" of the kind practiced by Southern Baptists, Pentecostals... etc. It's called "free grace" when
actually, it's an obviation of any obligation (esp. ethical obligations) except to "believe." Even some evangelicals have a problem with free grace - see the so-called "lordship controversy."
You are painting Christianity with a broad brush. There are a lot of liberally minded Christians who don't hold with
the practices of southern evangelicals or conservative Catholics.
You're correct that (some) Christians are dangerous for the body politic because their faith is fear driven and
they reject reason. Same can be said for many groups -some of whom are non-religious.