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To: dayglored
In my own opinion, those actions were done mostly by corrupt, evil humans, not by any true representative of the Body of Christ (as Christians may view the Church). I cannot believe that Jesus Christ, or the God of the Christians and Jews, would condone such behavior on their behalf.

Hm...that seems a bit like the "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Moral standards change over time, and acts that were in accord with the Church (and public at large) of the 15th Century are now viewed by us with distaste.

87 posted on 04/05/2011 2:59:32 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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To: Abin Sur
> Hm...that seems a bit like the "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Moral standards change over time, and acts that were in accord with the Church (and public at large) of the 15th Century are now viewed by us with distaste.

More than "a bit" -- you are correct, I did stumble in that regard. I withdraw my assertion about "true representatives" of the Church.

I do, however, still maintain that the Jesus Christ described in the New Testament would be extremely unlikely to condone such behavior. He sounds to me like a pretty easy-going sort of fellow, who would give you the opportunity to believe what He said, or not; and would not kill you if you chose not to, but rather would only express the hope that you might change your mind before shuffling off your mortal coil in some other fashion later on.

89 posted on 04/05/2011 3:21:15 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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