| WiiBox3 said: ^ I agree with Basil. We are human first, then religious second. Yes people who follow a religion should try to show that through their actions and behavior, but it doesn't make sense to criticize a whole group of people based on a few. Or a religion based upon some of the people that follow it or say they follow it. |
I have issues here, because my understanding of the Christian issue is that the "No True Scottsman" fallacy isn't supposed to apply to the Christian faith:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
In this, Christians should be different somehow, in a good way, because supposedly they have God in their life, and that is supposed to enable them to act properly as salt and light. Yes, people can fall short, and it can be hard to tell when someone is faking it. It is supposed to be more of what God does through someone, than what they do on their own. At least that is what I make out of the New Testament texts. But, apparently so many people fall so short, you have cases of where Ghandi ends up not being a Christian, because he said he couldn't find any, and you have the likes of Ann Rice who says she would remain a committed to Christ, but not be considered a Christian.
