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Limits of Christianity
Feb. 23rd, 2015 01:56 pmFirst, there is no agreement on what Christianity is. Even the meanings of Iesus's teachings and the significance of his actions are sometimes in dispute.
I for one don't think any good could come of some people torturing another person to death. So the resurrection is my hope, never the crucifixion.
Second, there is no universal Christianity. Since the Atta Unsar compares God to a parent, it's not going to have the same meaning for someone with abusive parents that it can have for someone with loving parents.
Third, there is no way to reproduce religious experiences, certainly not to reproduce them and get the same results, pretty much by definition. So religion can't really be shared. Only stories about religion, which can be good, but which won't have the same significance to each person, or institutions which are supposed to have something to do with religion.
In response to this discussion here: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/the-troll-talks-about-religion-and-jesus/52319
I for one don't think any good could come of some people torturing another person to death. So the resurrection is my hope, never the crucifixion.
Second, there is no universal Christianity. Since the Atta Unsar compares God to a parent, it's not going to have the same meaning for someone with abusive parents that it can have for someone with loving parents.
Third, there is no way to reproduce religious experiences, certainly not to reproduce them and get the same results, pretty much by definition. So religion can't really be shared. Only stories about religion, which can be good, but which won't have the same significance to each person, or institutions which are supposed to have something to do with religion.
In response to this discussion here: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/the-troll-talks-about-religion-and-jesus/52319
