Exactly what the title says, Christianity in all its various strains still stems from the horrendous old testament, and with all the awful shit that endorses, as well as with things like Calvinism and the general doomsday cult foundations in the religion, why do some people still act so charitably towards it? Christianity has proven itself to be a morally corrupt and oppressive institution at every turn. Or maybe I'm just too negative? edgeworth-shrug

EDIT Ok guys I get it this was rather reductionist, and I definitely was disregarding all the good that religious folks have done, and that religion has inspired people to do, but again over correcting into enthusiastic support for religion can also be problematic.

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[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

cause i'm more christian than they are, literally same claim they make

So, you do not have any more basis for your claims than they do? Considering that, and the fact that they outnumber you by a lot, it seems that they are better candidates for being classified as actual christians.

If your faith consists of hating people, as it's the lowest form of prayer to hope for misfortune of your enemies, i do think you are full of shit

In that case, christians can be divided into being full of shit and ones who base their beliefs on the claims of the ones who are full of shit but with a few deviations.

if you think colonialism, slavery or genocide wouldn't happen without christianity

I don't, but christians and their organisations have been consistent supporters of such. The rest still has their beliefs entirely on the say-so of those (with, again, some deviations).