Reply #17: I don't know if this is an argument to not be a Christian but... [View All]

[Jade Fox]

One of the problems I see with Chrisianity is that it fixates on the drama
of Christ's torture and death (see "the Passion" for an extreme example).
That drama basically revolves around two roles: Persecutor and victim.
As a Christian, one is supposed to identify with Christ. However, most
people rightly do not want to be in the role of a martyred victim. And so
the other role beckons. How many times in the last 2000 years have we
seen Christians take on the role of the persecutors and force others into
the role of victim?

Expecting ordinary humans to be Christ-like is unrealistic. I, as a nominal
Christian, also believe it is presumptuous. We are not Jesus. We are
human beings with flaws he did not posess. Attempting to be Christ-like
guarentees failure, and generates resentment and the need to find an
"other" to condem, and who can be scapegoated for our own failures at
Christ-like goodness.