the redworm Wrote:
well, to be fair, she is a vile, reprehsensible person who has done a lot more than imply that all non-christians are sinners.
I agree with you in that a lot of people can display a hideous backlash to something like this that is not only unmerited, but often worse than whatever it is they're fighting.
Not this bitch, though. She deserves all of it.
Haha. Ok. The only thing I even remember her saying is what I read up above. I think the problem is that even if I as a Christian believe that eternal life is inescapably linked to the profession of sins and the profession of belief in God and Jesus (as in, the savior) at it's roots and anyone that does not do so is, according to doctrine, heading for something other than heaven, it is completely different to force that on someone. In that regard, I think it is not only ridiculous that this woman is so vocal about all this, but it also does no good. It has the same lasting effect as the "church" in Iowa that protests soldiers' funerals.
The time of Hellfire and Damnation preaching ended a couple hundred years ago and from an historical perspective is debatable as to whether or not it really did much good back then either. But, she isn't even a preacher, she's a politician. I have no faith or trust in politicians. haha.
This is a similar argument I get into with my father. There is this idea that if you're a christian and involved in politics then you should be about the business of telling the general public that they are going to suffer the wrath of God, etc. When, within a christian context, typically any kind of discussion about christianity, salvation (and other core peices of the christian religion) is based around Christ himself and the fact that pretty much all of his lasting change, at least within the text, came from building trusting relationships with people. (Again, within the Bible) Yes, he preached in public and people hated him, but he didn't run for public office with the slogan, "you're all gonna burn".