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Bradical79

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6. I went from Evangelical Christian, to post Christian (3rd definition), to none of the above...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 04:43 PM

Dec 2012

I was briefly a non-theist who followed the ethical teachings of Jesus (or thought I did), I kind of abandoned that to. Some things I really couldn't justify. Like his ideas of when divorce is justified, where if you divorce and remarry you are committing adultery. Or that sexual immorality is the only valid reason for divorce.

Also, he wasn't exactly progressive by modern standards on issues of slavery either. Maybe relative to his peers 2000 years ago, but that's a pretty low bar, lol.

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Are you Christian or post-Christian? [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2012 OP

"a non-theist or atheist who follows the ethical teachings of Jesus" trotsky Dec 2012 #1

Correct. I am a post-Christian in a different sense: Atheist, formerly of Christian persuasion. nt thereismore Dec 2012 #2

Jesus wasn't even that ethical, or, at the very least, was contradictory... Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #4

Post, per the third definition. Scuba Dec 2012 #3

Not a post Christian, an ex-Christian, and I find the third definition insulting and bigoted. n/t Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #5

How is it insulting and bigoted (keeping in mind that several members here have said cbayer Dec 2012 #9

Name ethics of Jesus or Christianity that are unique to them. Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #11

It says nothing about uniqueness at all. It just says the ethical teachings of cbayer Dec 2012 #12

I went from Evangelical Christian, to post Christian (3rd definition), to none of the above... Bradical79 Dec 2012 #6

none of the above Phillip McCleod Dec 2012 #7

None of the above and, yes, #3 is "insulting and bigoted". mr blur Dec 2012 #8

How about neither? Marrah_G Dec 2012 #10