tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506855282716397592.post7553565196120552363..comments2023-03-28T04:45:24.131-04:00Comments on Deus Decorus Est: Chesterton on WealthSpeaker for the Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032990561585099482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506855282716397592.post-18342867983967008552009-10-13T15:52:26.738-04:002009-10-13T15:52:26.738-04:00I think you're misunderstanding Chesterton'...I think you're misunderstanding Chesterton's point here. The point is not that Christians always act morally - that is obviously not the case. The point is that <i>real</i> Christianity, as presented in the Bible, offers insight into morality that nothing else can offer.<br /><br />Sure, Christians throughout history have behaved extremely violently and un-Christianly. But Jesus and the earliest Christians were, for all intents and purposes, pacifists who often refused to serve in the Roman military and died rather than retaliating. You are doing yourself a disservice if you're going to base your judgment of an entire faith on the misguided actions of some Christians and on shrill websites that distort the historical significance of those actions.Speaker for the Deadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032990561585099482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506855282716397592.post-28721355473717505552009-10-13T05:27:33.306-04:002009-10-13T05:27:33.306-04:00What a load of rot!
If that is so then how to you...What a load of rot!<br /><br />If that is so then how to you explain what is pointed to and described in these two references.<br /><br />www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod/mural/panel13.html <br /><br />www.jesusneverexisted.com/cruelty.html<br /><br />Which is to say that the church became an integral player in the Western drive to total power and control, the very moment it was coopted by the Roman state--a "holy" empire being the ultimate oxymoron.<br /><br />Onward christian soldiers always marching into war with their blood soaked swords and MAXIM guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com