But then how do we know that it exists?
>>Sure, they all believed that murder was wrong, but it was always a question
>>of what constituted murder. Is killing a Muslim murder? The Crusaders didn't
>>think so. What about a Jew? Or a "witch"? Or a Jew? Or an atheist?
>>Christianity
>>has shown no more moral cohesion than any other system of morality, and that
>>is strongly indicative that there really isn't anything truly objective or
>>transcendent about it.
>
>The fact that an individual is -- or claims to be -- a Christian, doesn't
>guarantee that he will practice Christian morality 100% of the time. The
>consequences vary from unfortunate to tragic -- I'm not trying to make
>light of it. But Christianity can be misapplied, as can other
>religious/philosophical systems, including yours.
I agree with you completely, Bill. But the problem is that neither you nor
I can provide objective *proof* that even truly sick people like the KKK or
the witch-burners were really misapplying Christianity.
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