stevestory
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Quote | 15 rvb8January 6, 2018 at 11:06 pm And is this Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, or Evangelical Christian morality? You see, the hatreds and schisims seem to put your putative universal Christian morality at nought. Should people follow these teachings? Well obviously they don’t. And as for the Beatitudes, they are plainly absolute childish nonsense: “Blessed are the poor in spirit…” On what level is this profound? The poor in spirit are miserable, depressed. We now have medication for this diagnosable mental health issue. “Blessed are the meek….”? Spare me. The meek are beaten, lied to, oppressed, and set upon, through out human history, in all cultures, and in all religions. This is just cheap, bad, pop psychology. The peacemakers one is noble, because it is human in its nature. Many of these are just impossible for human’s to truly feel, as is the requirement to “love your enemy…” Where, when, and whom, has ever, ever done this? There are parts of the New Testament where Jesus informs us to take no thought for tomorrow; we can’t do this. He asks the impossible, and then gets angry when we fail to meet His impossible demands. That my dear friends is sadistic morality, you’re welcome to it. | https://uncommondescent.com/darwinism/the-core-of-christian-ethics-for-those-inclined-to-put-god-in-the-dock/#comment-647652
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