Slimebeast said:
Not just thumping the bible, but partly. The second sentence is what you describe as bible thumping, yes, and it's actually the core of Christianity, to claim that Christ is God. Yes, it could be described as bible thumping, but there's nothing wrong with that, it works that way. The Good News spread that way. My first sentence though, has to do with what I think is the interesting part. Our search for truth. I am making a point about it, because I'm not primarily interested in comparing ideologies and beliefs and try to determine which is "better" for mankind by some contemporary, humanistic standards. I am interested in truth. And a Karmic worldview just doesn't make any sense. The belief in karmic justice, that if somebody does wrong to you, "you let the world sort it out" is idiocy to me, because it's not just childish, but unlikely and unlogical, and so therefore it just can't be true, and that's why in my opinion it ultimately doesn't matter much, if any, if the belief in karmic justice by some measure causes people to behave in a "good" or "better" way than any other worldview. |
The irony here is unreal! You claim that Christianity is the truth, then make fun of karmic philosophy for being unlikely and "unlogical". LOL!
So let me get this straight. There is an almighty supernatural being that hates for his name to be taken in vain, that is the jealous type, that demands that you do nothing on the holy sabbath, that finds the smell of burning animal flesh pleasing, that once only cared about his chosen race of Jews, that later had a complete paradigm shift and sent his son to be tortured and killed by humans, by impregnating a Jewish virgin, so that humans could be forgiven of their intrinsic sins, then resurrected his son and raised him to heaven to serve alongside him, then inspired a few monks to write contradictory manuscripts of Jesus's life, then inspired yet others to compile these contradictory manuscripts into biblical canon, effectively expanding his religion by letting everyone (not just Jews) to qualify to worship him. You know what, you're right. That's totally likely and logical.
