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In reply to the discussion: My problem with the Christian Right is [View all]pink-o
(4,056 posts)However, as a philosophy, Christianity is a fine one if you take away all the woo and leave the compassionate, socialistic looking after the least of us stuff. Cuz Jesus probably did exist. I see him as a restless dude who walked over the desert to India, checked out an ashram or two, and fused Othodox Judaism with some eastern influences. Christians are basically Jew-Bu-Hindus.
But the most important factor in pure Christianity is the constant questioning of tenets--the exact opposite of the church nowadays. Religion is all about giving up your critical thinking, taking someone else's word for it, and in exchange you're promised safety and the end of fear.
It's amazing what the human mind can adapt to if the reward is not being afraid anymore.