The Old Testament is pretty much filled with it, though.
The "Chosen People" slaughtered like crazy, if the Biblical accounts are accurate. I don't think we switched Gods at the end of the Old Testament, did we?
That there have been wars and genocide in the NAME of Christianity is hardly disputable. The Crusades, the eradication of the Aztecs, and even the conflict in Northern Ireland are ample evidence of that.
I'm not blaming Christianity for any of that, but Ben Stein blames Charles Darwin for Nazi Germany, when you can't find anything in Darwin's writings which remotely support the acts or policies of Nazi Germany.
Use your own argument you just posted about Christianity against Ben Stein, because it's valid.
Yup, which is why there IS a New and Old Testament.
The New is Christian, the Old is Jewish. They’re connected through history, culture and so on.
But there’s simply NOTHING in the New Testament or in Christ’s teachings that could possibly lend one to believe the horrors attributed were somehow Christian, or teachings of Christ.
Yes, I’m aware of all the mistaken assertions over the years the unknowledgeable have attributed to Christianity.
I’ve even seen atheists demonize Christianity to the point that Hitler was a Christian!
Because he read some scripture (from the Old Testament btw) to the masses at Nuremberg!
Church attendance, reading the Bible, and all kinds of things people dream up don’t make one a Christian.
Oh and a Christian isn’t perfect, he’s just aware that he’s not!
Another couple of thoughts: in the Old Testament, ancient times, I’m sure there were groups of people that couldn’t even live with themselves, let alone their neighbors...just like we see with Israel today come to think of it!
So yeah, call it survival of the fittest or God’s chosen people, but I think to a large extent som of Isral’s enemies have asked for it.
As far as Ben Stein, I do plan to see the movie. And if he’s asserting it’s somehow Darwin’s fault because Hitler killed so many people, well that makes about as much sense as the MOUNTAINS of idiotic criticisms I’ve seen against Christianity, Judaism, indeed alot of religion in general.
On the other hand I KNOW people like Hitler and So-damn insane and others would hijack not only religion but ANYTHING to suit their ends.