emilie autumn said:
the ku kux klan is a protestan organization. black people weren't alowed into protestan churches even in the religious revolutions america underwent. some may defend martin luther stating he wanted a religious cleansing, and to get married like many said, he had 6 children, a gigantic number for a decadent europe. nazi germany was a protestan nation, until hitler stated "One is either a cristian or a german" and capitalism, protestanism has a capitalist approach that is repugnant to my view, they teach one is failing god by not payin the "tax"(the thing were you give 10% of your money each month) gos does not need money, why the fuck the pastor has a homer and i'm struggling to feed my children? supernatural healing, lol. they say homosexuality is a demon(atleast catholics dont) they say masturbation is a demon. theres so may wrong things, but protestanism, as it is not a single entity like catholism is, always save its self. btw martin luther profecied the world would end in his lifespan, and the asembly of god churces stated the world would end around 1924. |
I wish your spelling was better. At any rate, I will try to dissect your arguments.
- Although the KKK does indeed have some sort of sembelance with Protestantism, the fact is their goals have been about race, and not religous affiliation. There have been multiple issues with KKK members attacking Protestant ministers that were positive of the black race.
Indiana's Klansmen represented a wide cross section of society: they were not disproportionately urban or rural, nor were they significantly more or less likely than other members of society to be from the working class, middle class, or professional ranks. Klansmen were Protestants, of course, but they cannot be described exclusively or even predominantly as fundamentalists. In reality, their religious affiliations mirrored the whole of white Protestant society, including those who did not belong to any church.[66]
- I'm unsure what your attack is on Mr. Luther for having 6 kids?
- Nazi Germany had a large steeping in Eugenics to drive their atrocities towards the Jews and Gypsies - which is a view far from most protestant teaching. Although Germany was indeed predominantly Lutheran at the time of Hitler's rise to power, his views were not that of Protestant teaching.
- You do not understand the Biblical teaching of tithes, I am afraid. The reason for the tithe isn't to support a pastor, the funds are meant to help the poor that you mention. If you look at the Book of Acts - the history of the church immediately after Jesus' death - you find a large amount of communal involvement by the apostles and adherents to Christianity. They had food banks to provide for the poor and needy. Today, churches support major humanitarian groups through their tithe. For example, the denomination I am involved in gives a large amount of their tithe to World Vision, which spends 87% of their annual budget on programs toward helping the poor. Also every church I have been involved with, each has maintained a food pantry, homeless shelter, soup kitchen or other relief effort. Furthermore, if a person is of a level of poverty that they cannot afford tithes, you will rarely find a pastor to deride them of that. I know I've never met a pastor that would.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
