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So you have to be a "real Christian" to understand Christianity? I maintain that you have to be a real non-Christian to understand Christianity. If you, for instance are not Mormon, or not a Muslim, then it is obvious that Mormonism or Islam are ridiculous, not at all like your own Christian beliefs. See how that works?

Testing of Splitting

Only a non-Christian can see how ridiculous Christianity is. In all discussions and arguments it's all about power. Real Christians try to convert others by any means available. Jesus, Paul, Tertullian, Marcion, Augustine, Torquemada, Luther, Calvin, and yes, TheBaard: The list is endless, the methods and even the messages vary, but it is always about getting others to believe and think as we do. It's always for their own good of course, and never to make us more comfortable in our own cognitive dissonances. Just so, decent, patriotic German boys with "Gott Mit Uns" on their belt buckles were able to run the death camps, because after all the inmates were Communists, homosexuals, and Jews, with assorted other criminals. More recently the Catholics in Uganda hacked Muslims to death with machetes, and Allah, the Benevolent and the Merciful watches without obvious disapproval the beheadings and burnings in his name, just as Jesus does. It just goes on and on.
And yet how many Christians sell all they have and give the proceeds to the poor? How many give whenever asked?

Second Split Test

I think three things important morally:
To love mercy.
To deal fairly.
To walk humbly.

3rd split test

That is all. You don't have to believe anything you find ridiculous. You don't have to shout, "Jesus is Lord" or "Hallelu Jah" or 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammed is his prophet." You don't have to believe the Bible or the Koran, or the Vedas. (See, I am trying to make you think as I do!)

4th quote

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