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True Christian (tm) / No True Scotsman card, Ethical and Moral?

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It is a rational and proper act and because Christianity should never be perverted, it is ethical and moral.

Christians who back away from statements about homosexuality and pretend i tis not a sin, Christians who act as if a lot of the contemporary sins we have today like divorce etc. are not truly against the Bible are wrong.

The liberalization of Christianity is the wrong path.

On the same hand, the people who interpret the Bible to such utterly strict ends also take it out of context and are wrong but this is more on a different level.

For instance, I think the Bible does not condemn technology and the fact that the Amish do not use it is not morally wrong by any means, but rather is just a quirky, doctrinal error. It is not a sin.

Liberal Christianity commits the flaw of turning sins into normal activities more often than not and that is why it is so vehemently attacked.

During the first few centuries after it was founded, Christianity was very liberal. Equality, helping the outcasts... revolutionary ideas in many of the 1st century societies.

Christianity made it acceptable for women to learn. In fact, it encouraged women to learn. It encourage the poor to have access to basic life necessities.

Fast forward nearly two thousand years, and what is the biggest concern of many Christians? Homosexuality. Allowing two adults to have consensual sex.

But the fact that many developed nations survive by exploiting poverty-stricken nations is excused as being "part of capitalism".

Denying healthcare to those who can't afford it is seen as acceptable. Many American politicians who bank themselves as being hardcore "traditional" Christians are the very same ones who are so against universal healthcare. Yet, some of the oldest Christian Churches are in fact in support of universal healthcare, or at least making sure that everyone has access to healthcare.

So what really gives any Christian to call another Christian a non-Christian? When even Christians who claim to be the most traditional go against what other traditional Christians believe, when everyone's belief in what is in their heart and mind, something no one can open up see, how can anyone use the No True Scotsman fallacy?
 
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