To: Agnes Heep
There is a linkage between Christianity and the Holocaust. Anti-semitism fostered by Christianity created the climate by which Jews could be scapegoated by the Nazis.
The most unendearing aspect of Christianity is its insistence that only through Christianity can one "be saved"; all others being damned to eternal torture. Such a belief system breeds a certain arrogance, and fosters contempt for people of other faiths. The Jews have taken the brunt of this contempt for two thousand years, and they can hardly be blamed for being suspicious of anything that fuels its fire, especially when the fire itself is lit from a tinderbox of fanaticism.
"There is a linkage between Christianity and the Holocaust."
NO! Let's be very clear here with using our words.
"Christianity" is a term for followers of Christ. Claiming to be Christian or relating to Christianity depends on who is using the WORD.
Christ Himself warned of many who would come in His name. Now I have no problem comparing what churches teach to what is Written. I reject the idea that all those who call themselves Christian do in fact follow Christ's teachings.
To: Just mythoughts
"There is a linkage between Christianity and the Holocaust."
There is no link between Christianity and the Holocaust. Period.
To: Just mythoughts
"The most unendearing aspect of Christianity is its insistence that only through Christianity can one "be saved"; all others being damned to eternal torture. Such a belief system breeds a certain arrogance, and fosters contempt for people of other faiths."
True.
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