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In reply to the discussion: What is the definition of a Christian? [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
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The one who preached The Sermon on the Mount?
Or the one who cussed out a fig tree when it refused to fruit out of season, away from its natural annual rhythm(Jesus must not have known anything about biology)?
Or the one who said I come not in peace, but with a sword [to set families apart]?
Or the one that said most people will go to hell?
Or the one who said Jews were condemned as sons of those killing the prophets?
Or the one who said if you are believing and baptized you will be saved, otherwise you will go to hell?
Or the one who said if you do not forsake your family, leave everything behind and follow him, you are not worthy of him?
Or the one who said the unforgivable sin was blaspheming the holy spirit, whatever that means??
There are hundreds of examples of Jesus saying cruel, absurd and inhumane things.
Which Jesus you talking about? It's ALL in the Bible that Christians revere as a "moral guide" I'm trying to be respectful but it's quite difficult for such a mixed up group of non-contemporaneous writings by many different authors, and clumsily edited to keep patriarchy and political authority intact.
My point is: What Jesus said does not make any sense at all, as a whole. A few small pieces of what he said are good, but they are not unique to Christianity. If you knew about how the bible was edited and mixed up(Constantine, council of Nicaea)and interpreted for political purposes, you wouldn't think it was a good moral guide.
Hinduism and Buddhism don't have any contradictions in them as far as morality. There is nothing The Buddha said where Buddhists say "Oh that was a hateful thing The Buddha said, so we'll ignore it or gloss it over or say it was a metaphor". Buddha is not a god either.