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Originally Posted by Rathji
Since you seem to be attacking the semantics of what I am saying, let me point out that your understanding of the term Christian is obviously lacking. A Christian is a follower of Christ and his teachings. There was NO such thing as a Christian before Christ was born. So yes, using your terminology there were several religions that were around before Christianity. The God of the Jews is the same God as the Christians. The same commandments (in many cases) are contained in the Law of Moses as in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but many, such as the often quoted 'an eye for an eye' were changed. Jesus promoted forgiveness and not revenge.
If you want to argue about semantics and grammar, you can do it by yourself. I am not about to spend hours explaining myself or forming my explainations into bulletproof logical fortresses. I was trying to simplify a thousand years of theological debate and discovery into a 5 min post on the internet.
They have become norms ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_%28sociology%29 )of society, which I guess could be called common sense. Either way it was almost undoubtedly affected by a thousand years of Christian dominance in the western culture and it's development. Whatever affected what our society accepts as normal, it still falls closely in line with Christian values. |
My apologies...I had no idea you were talking in semantics, and I certainly did not suggest your grammar was bad. I was simply asking for clarification...and I was hoping not to get a circular explanation.
As to my knowledge of Christianity...well anytime you want that discussion Id be happy to join you....I think I might have more knowledge than youd care to know.