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<blockquote data-quote="Emelee" data-source="post: 9424" data-attributes="member: 73">I was speaking about people who claim to be Christian, of course. I see so many people who claim to be Christian that I swear Jesus would disapprove of. I even have a problem seeing how an egoistic capitalist can be a true Christian. They fail to follow many of the things Jesus was preaching about. And same with muslims. What ISIS are doing is not muslim. And there is no way one can claim that all muslims support ISIS. The vast majority are against them. The poor people from now especially Syria are leaving their homes and their families and jobs to escape ISIS and the war. And there is no need to say that &quot;this and that is written in the Koran&quot;, cause there&#039;s a whole bunch of crap in the Bible too. The Christian society would be horrible if we followed the Bible word by word. One just has to remember how different things were only 1000 years ago to realize it&#039;s dumb. I still find it silly that people think Jesus was a pale-skinned guy, knowing that he was born in what today is Palestine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Jesus, our man, was most likely a jewish Arab. (Keeping in mind that Christianity &amp; Islam were not yet created in year 0. Christianity wasn&#039;t founded until somewhere year 33, and Islam around year 600). By no mean do I want to demonish Christianity. I think anyone who lives by the good things Jesus stood for are to be applauded. Being good samaritans, helping the poor and unfortunate, being compassionate to others etc etc. All great things. I just don&#039;t think all who claim to be Christian should get to call themselves that. Believing in God &amp; Jesus shouldn&#039;t be enough, IMO. One should also behave in a good decent way. Also, I am trying to be more religious myself. I wouldn&#039;t say I&#039;m an atheist, cause I don&#039;t think you can take anything as a fact that is impossible to prove. I am more an agnostic person. I don&#039;t mind believing in a God, but I have a really hard time picturing Jesus as God&#039;s biological son and the rising from the dead etc. I rather believe that Jesus was a prophet, preaching a new way of life that he believed was true. But that&#039;s my take on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emelee, post: 9424, member: 73"] I was speaking about people who claim to be Christian, of course. I see so many people who claim to be Christian that I swear Jesus would disapprove of. I even have a problem seeing how an egoistic capitalist can be a true Christian. They fail to follow many of the things Jesus was preaching about. And same with muslims. What ISIS are doing is not muslim. And there is no way one can claim that all muslims support ISIS. The vast majority are against them. The poor people from now especially Syria are leaving their homes and their families and jobs to escape ISIS and the war. And there is no need to say that "this and that is written in the Koran", cause there's a whole bunch of crap in the Bible too. The Christian society would be horrible if we followed the Bible word by word. One just has to remember how different things were only 1000 years ago to realize it's dumb. I still find it silly that people think Jesus was a pale-skinned guy, knowing that he was born in what today is Palestine. :D Jesus, our man, was most likely a jewish Arab. (Keeping in mind that Christianity & Islam were not yet created in year 0. Christianity wasn't founded until somewhere year 33, and Islam around year 600). By no mean do I want to demonish Christianity. I think anyone who lives by the good things Jesus stood for are to be applauded. Being good samaritans, helping the poor and unfortunate, being compassionate to others etc etc. All great things. I just don't think all who claim to be Christian should get to call themselves that. Believing in God & Jesus shouldn't be enough, IMO. One should also behave in a good decent way. Also, I am trying to be more religious myself. I wouldn't say I'm an atheist, cause I don't think you can take anything as a fact that is impossible to prove. I am more an agnostic person. I don't mind believing in a God, but I have a really hard time picturing Jesus as God's biological son and the rising from the dead etc. I rather believe that Jesus was a prophet, preaching a new way of life that he believed was true. But that's my take on it. [/QUOTE]

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