tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post978522146372780127..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: A Titleless Blog Post TitleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-76195049838943536392013-08-10T07:46:07.994-05:002013-08-10T07:46:07.994-05:00If that were the case then Christianity, trying to...If that were the case then Christianity, trying to follow the teachings of Jesus, wouldn't be so unpopular exactly among those misogynists and gay-bashers as it is. There is no way to be a misogynist or a gay-basher if you do to others what you would have them do to you. <br /><br />If you want to get into the form of "Christianity" that has been the state religion, official or defacto, for much of the past 1600 years, the teachings of Jesus and the other prophets are unpopular with them, frequently illegal and, at times, punished with imprisonment and even execution. For example, Sister Megan Rice may spend the few years left to her in prison through her witness to the gospel here, in the United States. <br /><br />It's not that I've got no problems with Christians, one of those is how rare it is for them to unrelentingly assert the rightness of the Gospel of Jesus and the wrongness of the pseudo-Christian assertions of so many people who profess a belief that he is God. I'm all for that kind of religious brawl. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-69269550700809608232013-08-10T00:02:46.263-05:002013-08-10T00:02:46.263-05:00"The reason that Christianity and Judaism are..."The reason that Christianity and Judaism are far less followed than professed and are extraordinarily unpopular just now is exactly because they require people to do things they don't want to, like giving stuff away"<br /><br />Um, I think it's just because they are, rightly or wrongly (too much the former), seen as misogynist and homophobic. And ever-so-hypocritical to protect the Powers That Be within them.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-74320575749777397782013-08-09T12:51:30.897-05:002013-08-09T12:51:30.897-05:00The reason that Christianity and Judaism are far l...The reason that Christianity and Judaism are far less followed than professed and are extraordinarily unpopular just now is exactly because they require people to do things they don't want to, like giving stuff away to people who can't return the gesture and to not do things they want to, like use people like objects and steal from the weak and others unable to resist. <br /><br />Its use as Lady Marchmain is made to do by Waugh doesn't have a lot to do with Jesus or the other prophets. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com