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In reply to the discussion: Corruption, Duplicitousness, and Lying are Important Christian Values, Apparently. [View all]MineralMan
(146,288 posts)that is in line with Jesus's teachings, as supposedly spoken by him a couple of millennia ago. Note that I referred to those direct teachings, not all the peripheral stuff. Those people, I have high respect for, because they lead their lives honestly and with compassion.
Some in this thread have missed the qualifying "many" in my original post. In doing so, they have misunderstood me in a very serious way. I don't condemn Christians in general as corrupt, duplicitous liars. I condemn the "many" Christians who are well-described by those words.
It's not difficult to find plenty of examples of those. Finding Christians who are none of those things requires knowledge of individuals and how those individuals act.
Expanding a particular limited statement into a generalization is a logical error. Unfortunately, it's one of the most common errors made in this discussion group.