So, says Lindsay Perigo.
In the case of the good guys like Aristotle and Jefferson, their lapses contradicted their essential goodness. In the case of Christianity, persecution, torture and bigotry went with the territory (and still would if the fagot-lighters had political dominance)[ie, Christians are EVIL!!!]. They who believe absurdities (such as your lonely goblin story) commit atrocities. [See, see, EVIL!!!!] They who are capable of believing in the justice of eternal torture are not going to have any qualms about inflicting temporary torture [Oh, except for not wanting to end up there themselves, but we'll ignore that ... Christians are EVIL!!!!].That was Lindsay's attempt to justify his position after Matthew pointed out that:
What your answers show is simply that objectivist attacks on Christianity are arbitrary. When its writers like Rand or Aristotle, or Jefferson, one should accept certain qualifications, take into account such things as historical context etc. When its Christian writers however one does not.Enjoying the slinging match, guys. Though, it does seem to be a little one sided as Matthew is carving Lindsay up and eating him for breakfast, and all Lindsay can come up with is that Christians are EVIL, so there.
I would have put this on the M&M blog, but it's not accepting my comments for some reason.
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