Mike Johnson is evil and controlled by the devil, says Christian minister(www.thepinknews.com)

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11 months ago

There is room for interpretation in every statement,

Not if you’re intellectually honest. Which…ok, fair enough, but I stand by my statement.

and that is far from the only quote in the Bible that defines what a Christian is.

Very true. But the guy who started it all said it quite clearly, and everything else he said that drew edges around this thing points to or flows out of that statement. It’s not like there’s some arcane other thing people can do that’s completely unrelated; there’s no secret magic. It’s all pretty straightforward.

Then nobody else needs to accept your definition either.

I’m not asking non-Christians to. I’m asking people who claim to be Christians to understand what that term has historically meant, and what it meant at the beginning.

You are literally trying to convince me, an atheist, right now.

You’re the one asking.

You can’t do anything about it and it’s his fault that you can’t? Because that’s a really pathetic defense.

I mean, if you’ve got any better ideas, I’m all ears. Seriously, I’m willing to try quite a lot at this point.

I do want to point out that this is a standard that most groups are not held to. Dog lovers are not called to “come get your boy” anytime sometime who claims to be a dog lover kicks a puppy. I’m all for Christians being called to a higher standard—I think we should be, and I think we should rise to it—but I’m really not sure what you think the options are here.

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