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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]So am I right in assuming you wouldn't consider the administration of the Spanish Inquisition Christian? How about the people who fought in the Crusades who massacred, raped, and pillaged in God's name?[/i] They didn't follow the teachings of Christ, and thus would not constitute Christians. Now since their actions were born of enforced ignorance, they can't be held quite as guilty as they would be had they known the truth. I can tell you with a great deal of certainty, though, that some popes are gonna burn. [i]How about the people who excommunicated Gallileo for simply stating the Earth wasn't the centre of the universe?[/i] Disfellowshipping someone is only permissable for continued sin, and then only after every attempt has been made to resolve the situation. Disagreeing with the pope does not constitute a sin. [i]Or what about missionaries who spread disease in North America so they would be more convincing to the natives when their local medicine man looked helpless?[/i] There's no evidence of that. [i]How about the 20 million who fought and died in China for who they thought was another Jesus Christ?[/i] They didn't follow Christ's teachings. [i]Or how about the papacy that even Dante condemmed to Hell in Dante's Inferno?[/i] As I said, a number of them will most certainly burn in Hell. It's written (in James, IIRC) that teachers should be careful, lest they teach falsely, for they will be judged more strenuously than the rest. There were popes that PURPOSEFULLY taught that which they knew to be false, who deceived entire generations, and were responsible for thousands of deaths. [i]Would anyone who participates in an abortion be Christian?[/i] Ah, now you're getting into people who are actually still alive. I refuse to comment on the eternal state of people for whom said state has not yet been finalized. Needless to say, abortion is the killing of an innocent human being, and is thus sin (assuming no mitigating circumstances, such as total fetal inviability). However, all have sinned, and sin can be forgiven, if asked. Draw your own conclusion. As for your so-called Christian viewpoint, Mucus... Abortion is the worst single crime that I can imagine. It is the murder of the very essence of innocence. Stoning someone for something as minor and harmless as this, however, is pretty close. Executing a deranged serial killer, however, is perfectly justifiable. It saves lives. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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