Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Salvation Army Says Christianity is Racist" video.

@waynecatterton5127 If you show me 10 people, I'll show you 10 different opinions. That's why there are so many different denominations. People, as individuals, have different ways of seeing and understanding ideas. That's the state of human existence and it applies to Christianity because it's an ideology that's filled with human beings.
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@waynecatterton5127 I KNOW what a cult is. I've dealt with the cult known as the "Children of God" and they're NOTHING like most churches. Cults isolate you, take you away to country homes and then put you through a rigorous indoctrination program that includes sleep deprivation and continuous dogmatic repetition. They do not allow any alone time, strip you of all your possessions and try to keep you away from all outside interactions unless one of them is present. I grew up in the Christian Reformed Church and it was quite conservative. However, when I turned 17, I left the church. They didn't hate me for it. They asked why I left, expressed concern for my soul, prayed for me and then left me to my life. That was it. I still go there for weddings, funerals and baptisms and stop and talk to church members all the time. They have a belief system yet even within that church, that group that I grew up with, there are disagreements about what being a Christian entails. They have a core belief, the power of redemption, through Jesus, and personal responsibility but the details elude complete agreement. In fact, throughout human history, no matter where on the planet, how completely different people are, they ALWAYS had a belief system based on the metaphysical. The entire human race can't ALL be based on cults. That's an extremely narrow viewpoint and only serves the ego of the one making the claim.
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@waynecatterton5127 But I'm NOT religious. I'm an atheist. However, I do KNOW what Christianity is all about and it's NOTHING like what you say it is. Then your claim about the "orange Messiah"....the idea of a human messiah, goes against EVERYTHING that Christianity stands for. In fact, that would make your "orange Messiah" the antiChrist, the exact opposite of Christian beliefs and one of the biggest warnings in the Bible. You know nothing about Christian beliefs and are basing your views on basic hatred. You HATE the orange man and you've ascribed his political rise to another to another group of people that you HATE. When you base your belief system on the hatred of people, you're starting on the road to disaster. When enough people, with that worldview, take power, they will allow themselves the right to end the existence of those they hate. Corrupt religious leaders, corporate and political leaders have done this throughout human history and led to the greatest atrocities in human history. I don't have to mention some of those atrocities.....do I? I'm sure that you know what they are and it's ALWAYS based on hatred and personal ego something that "love thy neighbour" stands against.
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