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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (22318)	11/11/2004 2:11:36 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

>> I don't know that you can substantiate the gist of the following claim: <<While Christianity as a doctrine of love and compassion for one's fellow man is a calling that all of us should answer, many of the most predominant Christians have done the opposite and have been next to pure evil>> Many? Most? << "Many of the most predominant" is parsed as such: get a sampling of the most predominant Christians (through out history) and you will find many amongst them who are less than worthy if not pure evil. As I am sure you know, Henry VIII was a founder of a large Christian sect. You can argue all you want about how he was not a "real" Christian, but as I said, theoretical debates have little effect on the general attitudes of the public. They are more concerned with concrete realities. BTW, were Jimmy and Tammy Baker Christian "leaders"? They certainly were predominant. How much respect should I award their followers? Guilt by association may not be politically correct or even legal, but it is a fact of life. Now I don't want to put Christianity on trial here. Many have done this, and most often with conclusions that I disagree with. But if you look at the lives of Christian leaders from Constantine to Henry VIII to several Popes, to heck even David Koresh and Jimmy Baker, you will see that I can fairly well substantiate my claim that many of predominant Christians are not good people.