Originally posted by Suziannemy initial claim was that Christians should refrain specifically from trash-talking. the question about just sitting and taking it is slightly more complex. yes i do think that Christian ethics does involve 'turning the other cheek' when struck. on the other hand, non-aggressive defence - say, through rational argument - would seem to be perfectly ok. of course, rational argument in support of a belief in an invisible friend and wafers of bread that magically turn into the flesh of a guy who died years ago and far away has always been a tall order. that hasn't stopped some very great minds from trying tho, and here Paul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas, and Kierkegaard deserve special mention.
Blackamp's thread was not about clans, per se. It was about his preconceived notion of Christianity that christians should just sit and take it when someone slams them and their beliefs.
after all, the promise is that wrongs will be righted in the afterlife - do-gooders rewarded, and evil-doers punished. so the Christian can just chill in the knowledge that their invisible friend will sort things out later.
also, it is the meek who will inherit the Earth, apparently, and the meek don't trash talk by definition.
Originally posted by BlackampI saw that. You sure tricked them didn't you!
my 'Trash-talking Christians Clan' thread - a satirical thread about a [b]non-existent (hellooooooo?) clan - got moved to the Clans forum.😵
for those who believe baby Jesus is the son of God, and want to make him cry, you can find it here: Thread 124942.
i'm not sayin', i'm just sayin'.
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It really should be in Spirituality Forum with posts removed, from what I saw this afternoon.