I will defend Christianity in a thread that bashes it.
Go on then. So far you've just said how those following other religions are worse. Which is an utterly different thing.
Where did I say that the other religions were worse or that Christianity was better?
Erm... in all of your previous posts in this thread. I'd quote them back at you, but there's no point as it's so obvious. Read them. The whole 911 thing? No?
How is the fact that there are 80 million Evangelical Christians "the problem in my back garden?"
I don't know how to make it clearer- you're saying Christianity isn't as bad as some other religions, which doesn't excuse the fact that it can be bad. I can't really make it much clearer.
Sir, the fact that there are various cultic groups out there professing a form of Christianity does not mean that the main stream Christians embrace it. I am a fundamental Christian. Which means I believe in the Holy Scriptures. It does not mean that I pick up snakes and dance around a pulpit like an idiot. But, let us look at Christianity vs Islam and you will see the difference.
First, Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead according to the New Testament. No other religion in the entire world has ever had an innocent man put to death and not confess that he was wrong in his teaching than Jesus. The Gospels have three women visiting the tomb to prepare the body of Jesus after the Sabbath. The women were the first to witness the body was not in the tomb and the angel, who told them Jesus had risen. They then raced back to tell the disciples what they saw which is a unique part of the telling of this story since women did not have a voice in Jewish society at that time, yet the women were given the honor of first witnessing the resurrection in the writings. There is nothing in the Koran that places women in a positive light other than as childbearer.
Second, in Islam, Muhammad did not die for our sins but took a 10 year old girl as his wife and wrote that if any person does not accept Islam, they are to be put to death. This is according to the Koran. There is nothing in the New Testament that says people are to be put to death if they do not except Christianity. Unfortunately, the Crusades became Christianity's darkest moments in history with massive murders all through the Middle East. But to defend that time, the average Christian did not know the scriptures since the Bible had yet to be translated into other languages during the Reformation. One had to know Latin or be able to read the original Greek text in order to understand the scriptures. Mostly wealthy or powerful religious figures kept the truth from the people and controlled kingdoms in the process. Thus the control of the Middle East.
Islam is suffering in the same way and that is bacause many followers have never read the Koran. They have been preached to, but they have never read it. I have a close friend who was born in Egypt and was raised a Muslim. He converted to Christianity 20 years ago. He told me once when I wanted to know what Islam was all about, "I hope 9-11 reveals the truth behind Islam and the violent nature it plans to unleash on the world." That comment left a chill up my spine.
Please understand that I'm not trying to convert anyone here to my faith. But do take note that saying Evangelical Christians will brainwash everyone is just insane. "Jesus Camp" is just a movie and who is to say if that documentary was edited with a fair and balance attitude to the audience. The visual medium is very powerful and some of us who work in it know that very well.
Now, back to Bond.
