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In reply to the discussion: Today's Republicans do in fact have Christian values [View all]Stardust Mirror
(685 posts)36. and, if asked to elaborate on what those values are..
He wouldn't include slavery, genocide, rape and authoritarianism, but would name other values that could more accurately be described as humanist than as Christian, at least if Christianity is presumed to have something to do with the Bible.
Also, a self-declared atheist could not currently be elected as President of the United States, given the extreme ignorance/prejudice of so many Americans.
I guess the difference is in deciding what we call "Christian values". I assert that the Bible is the source, not the claims of people claiming to be Christians, every one of whom has their own cherry-picked version of what their religion is.
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Not all Christian denominations take the Bible as the absolute word of God.
Elessar Zappa
Jun 2024
#2
You don't even believe in their God, nevermind just getting God wrong the same way they do.
ancianita
Jun 2024
#39
That's DemocRAT if you seek the prober hypocritical Khrishtun inflection.....
magicarpet
Jun 2024
#68
Oh no,... not at all,... nobody is trying to run off genuine Christians who.,..
magicarpet
Jun 2024
#72
Yes. They were considered an outlier sect, and that possibly John the Baptist was from them.
ancianita
Jun 2024
#33
"meek and poor of spirit who try to live by the golden rule and share a few loaves and fishes"
Stardust Mirror
Jun 2024
#35
"The context for interpreting the Bible from a Christian perspective is the words of Christ"
Stardust Mirror
Jun 2024
#37
I've read a bit about Ingersall. And that's what HE says is in the Pentateuch. It's not.
ancianita
Jun 2024
#28
It's in there. Numbers 31. Having spoken to the Lord, Moses executed the Lord's vengeance upon the Midianites.
Goodheart
Jun 2024
#43
Don't niggle. My parallel was about people being so immersed in their slavery that they feared the unknown
ancianita
Jun 2024
#74
Cool. So the book isn't about ONLY the early Dark Ages, but two hundred years before it.
ancianita
Jun 2024
#50
set me straight - show how the Bible doesn't condone slavery rape genocide
Stardust Mirror
Jun 2024
#60