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In reply to the discussion: Christian Lawmakers Group Blames Satan After Twitter Poll Goes Badly Awry [View all]Caliman73
(11,736 posts)Christianity whether evangelical, mainstream, etc... is such a vast and sometimes arbitrary distinction that when people say things like, "that is not very Christian" the phrase isn't very informative. I take it to mean that it isn't the way that Christ, as depicted in the Gospels, would act. However, Christ's 3 years of public preaching (which are the Gospel accounts) is preceded by the Old Testament, which is part of the Christian doctrine (despite conflict as to whether Christ was the continuation, fulfillment, or destruction of the old ways). It is followed by the Acts of the Apostles and the various "early Church" letters (mainly Paul, who wasn't really an Apostle) which lays out the interpretation of Christ's teachings to followers.
It is easy to pick parts of the Bible and teachings and say, "This is what it means to be Christian" and those people aren't doing it right. It is the same mentality that right wingers use when they say that LGBT people are going to hell, etc... I know that there is no mention of homosexuality during Christ's public preaching period and it is ambiguously related in Paul's writings. The Old Testament discusses it in a vague manner as well. The point is that the Bible was written from oral tradition, translated, interpreted, and is preached by different Christian groups in very different ways and each and every one of those groups claims to have the "correct" interpretation.