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From: crf@ginger.princeton.edu (Charles Ferenbaugh)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Corruption in Christianity (was Re: How to get to Heaven)
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Date: 8 Feb 91 07:44:21 GMT
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Our moderator writes:
>[Saying that Christianity is morally corrupt does not necessarily say
>that God is.  Perhaps God didn't really order all those crusades,
>inquisitions, and pogroms?  --clh]

A thought along these lines:  one of the fundamental assertions of
Christianity is:

Proposition 1:  All of humanity is fallen and rebellious against God.

Or, to put it another way:

Proposition 1a:  Humans by nature tend to abuse anything God gives them
using it for their own purposes rather than God's.

I follow this with my own observation:

Proposition 2:  The Christian religion is a part of the "anything" in 1a.

So, not only can we say that "Christianity" has been abused by people
through much of its history; but in fact, according to what Christianity
asserts to be true, that's exactly what we should EXPECT to happen.

Grace and peace,

Charles Ferenbaugh