You can only be saved through Christ is a bigotted statement. I don't know any Christian who would sway from that line of thinking and still call them self a Christian.
Why do some people always resort to that? "So do Muslims and Jews." No kidding. Did I say otherwise?
That's not a bigoted statement, and it's open to interpretation. Christ is God, and God can take many forms to different people who are religious.
That's not a bigoted statement, and it's open to interpretation. Christ is God, and God can take many forms to different people who are religious.
In order for it not to be a bigoted statement, all Jews and Muslims would have to be saved.
So if I believed Christ never existed, I could be a Christian and still be saved?
I felt it important not to single any one religion out in this discussion. You must not feel the same.
Met a lot of religious people who claimed opendmindedness. They're never so open minded when you start opening up about your opposing beliefs. Then you start realizing they're getting a lot colder towards you.
You wouldn't be saved in the Christian way, since you wouldn't be Christian. Most Christians are pretty open with allowing other religions to save people, too. People who are not religious don't have to worry about it.
It's not open to interpretation then is it?
Given the OP is talking about Christians specifically? No. I feel it wasn't important since the title wasn't about the religious.
Did you just assume I believed that all Muslims were murderers and all Jews were greedy misers? Was that the point? I'm a conservative Christian, so I must be a bigot right?
Are you high? Where in the OP are Christians in question?
would you prefer i use the word 'superstition'? I mean, you have often heard the (in your opinion, cop-out) "i don't hate them, god hates them"; "i'm not judging them, god is."
So in that context, how is believing adultery is a sin by definition bigotry? It seems to me that only once they attach personal hatred - rather than unthinking submission to their bible - and attempt to make the act illegal in our laws does it veer into intolerance
Show me a human being that bolded part does not describe.
If you want to be saved like a Christian, be a Christian. If you want to be saved like a Buddhist, be a Buddhist. If you don't care about being saved by a religion, don't follow a religion. I fail to see the bigotry.
I'm in 2 threads and one is specifically about Christiansgot them mixed up.
At any rate: my point stands. Did you just assume I believe all Muslims and Jews were exempt from the millions thing I said?
So why do so many religious people try to scare you with hell if you don't join their belief system?
I answered the original question "no". It is easy to pick on people of religious faith because of the sins of a few, in particular, religious fundamentalists. If the original question was posed regarding religious fundamentalists, I may have said yes. If one asked "are most bigots also religious fundamentalists" (whether they currently practice of not), I may have been inclined to say yes. But to try and tar all people of religious faith as though they behave like the fundamentalists (who tend to simplistic literal interpretations, many times out of context with the full meaning of their scripture or doctrine), that's just wrong IMO.
big·ot
ˈbiɡət/
noun
noun: bigot; plural noun: bigots
a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.
My experiences tell me yes, all people who strictly try to follow ancient religions are bigots. I'm curious of other peoples opinions on this.
Not at all. Belief in objectivity does not make one intolerant, any more than moral relativism makes one tolerant. Tolerance and belief are two separate categories of thought and behavior. Can one believe it is wrong to steal, yet tolerate a hungry child who has taken a piece of bread? Repentance and redemption are MAJOR elements of religion, useless concepts except for tolerance, don't you think?
I do agree with much of what you say. The true bigot in your scenario would be the person who finds no tolerance for the hungry child stealing. If such a person were to exist, I assume they would also not be treating the child how they would want to be treated if they were hungry and ignorant.
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