--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > You have been brainwashed by Christian culture into beleiveng > > that the most good is done if it is charity. > > I'll actually address this, just because it's so > stupid I think I can have fun doing so. :-) > > First, although the *dogma* of Christian culture > may assert such a thing, in practice, modern > Christianity acts in anything *but* a charitable > manner.
That would be *one flavor* of modern Christianity, i.e., the right-wing fundamentalist flavor. Much of the "born again" movement is > based on "Me-first-ism," to the max. It's all > about the *individual* having an "experience of > Christ," and about the *individual* finding a > "relationship with Christ." Very little of the > teachings have to do with actually living the > way that Christ suggested one should live, in > terms of serving one's fellow man. (There are > strong exceptions to this, of course, and some > of these churches do wonderful work, and I > applaud them for doing so.) The flavor you're describing is the exception, actually. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
