Reply #110: Sorry, your argument doesn't wash in any way, shape, or form [View All]

[kwassa]

cornfield:
"I'm sorry if those Christians who frequent DU are not up the task of taking on the fundamentalists within their own religion. That fact, however, does not shield such individuals from responsibility."

You miss the extremely obvious point that it isn't the same religion. My religion has nothing in common with the fundamentalists. The word "Christian" has widely different definitions, some of which are virtually opposed to each other. I don't control that definition any more than they do.

And your opinion on responsibility is quite meaningless as far as I am concerned. That you or anyone else can't tell the difference in the vast world of Christianity between fundamentalists and other Christians is nobody's fault but your own. If you refuse to educate yourself, that is your problem and nobody else's.

"If, however, you elect not to speak out against the fundamentalist wing of your religion, you cannot then cry foul when you are lumped together with such. Your silence is evidence of your acceptance."

No, the lumping together is done by those either too ignorant or those deliberately prejudiced against Christians. I do speak out against fundamentalists, as many Christians do, all the time, but if I never said one word, I don't have one ounce of responsibility for the ignorance of others who group us all together.