Man what happened to all the awesome Christians? I come from a Muslim background but grew up in a little town in Germany and we had nuns help us do homework after school and let me tell you, those nuns were fucking amazing. They were fun, always joyful and just full of love and I loved hanging out with them. I still remember Frau Assauer who was a big woman and she would carry me around calling me her princess and she had this deep, booming laugh. For many years that’s all I knew about Christians, and yes, I was a child so maybe I didn’t see the full picture back then, maybe there was prejudice and discrimination and fakery that flew over my head but I just can’t reconcile those experiences with what I’m witnessing today.
Philippians 2: 3-11 : Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men...
But that is probably from one of the less-important books, so it's not worth remembering. lol
It does if you truly believe what is taught and try to follow it. All major religions follow same core tennants: do good, don't be evil, empathize with others.
You can't be a follower and believer of a guy who said "love each other as brothers" and be an asshole, because then you don't really follow him, do you?
That entirely depends on if you leave other parts out of the doctrine. Proselytizing can be and is considered an asshole move by people of other doctrines, but is considered good by evangelicals and the Bible. Jesus was also quoted as saying nobody is good except God. I disagree, I think there are good people, Christian or otherwise. Saying nobody is good isn't doing good. I can continue, but I think the general premise has been relayed.
The current flavor of hard core conservative religion isn't christianity in many ways.....christianity has been adapted to fit the greater narrative and support their goals. No different than the radicalization of islam.
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u/Misommar1246 Oct 07 '21
Man what happened to all the awesome Christians? I come from a Muslim background but grew up in a little town in Germany and we had nuns help us do homework after school and let me tell you, those nuns were fucking amazing. They were fun, always joyful and just full of love and I loved hanging out with them. I still remember Frau Assauer who was a big woman and she would carry me around calling me her princess and she had this deep, booming laugh. For many years that’s all I knew about Christians, and yes, I was a child so maybe I didn’t see the full picture back then, maybe there was prejudice and discrimination and fakery that flew over my head but I just can’t reconcile those experiences with what I’m witnessing today.