Originally Posted by elphenor

they had to come into it wanting to be "saved"

this is why someone can both be pushed to being peaceful, by picking the parts of a religion that seem to promote that response

or be pushed to being violent by picking the parts that seem to promote that response

again you are going to find what you already want to believe in scripture for the most part, it didn't influence you the way your upbringing and culture did

I mean, the entire religious right in the US seems at absolute odds with the teachings of Christ by my interpretation of the text, for example