Truth-Saves | 1:2 Christianity Isn't Harmless

Thanks for the share, yet I still believe after 30 years of study and application, Christianity , saved my life from a drinking death, I am better off with it, meaning 30!years later, I see how all my drinking friends are dead,and dying even before My Honorable discharge, The A.F told me I wouldn’t live 15 years after discharge if I continued.That would had been the year of 1994 , And I am 26 years older than that.Yes Christianity is bad for me, You , if you want it your way, and You care to have lies , evil ways taught to you and you to defend that ,gain what’s in the world and lose your mind, will,emotions,tods to and fro one whim of doctrine to another.Chrisyianity teaches that God makes an Covenant with you, and The covenant is enforced like laws, belief,/and penalty for breaking such, if you brake the law you are jailed, or fine , or death by electrocution, or The Military will deal with those outside their sovereignty who violate it, so No God is not evil, If you break Gods’ covenant there is a penalty too.I am going all the way, just step aside I am going all the way, there is no stopping me , Insm
Going with God in the Name Of Jesus, and doing it all the way

Let's replace "Christianity" with another deep-seeded ideology frequently accused of being "harmful" to society... Patriotism. In the wrong hands, practiced by people with too little real understanding of its precepts, energized by "firebrands" with ulterior motives... or serious psychological disorders... pride in, loyalty to, and preference for one's own nation can result in genocide and the worst forms of atrocity. However, cherished by those who have devoted serious thought to its purpose and meaning, led by sincere people both wise and humble enough to reject the corruption of power... it can create viable, productive, benevolent, and even protective societies which benefit the whole of mankind.

The real question is, I suppose, which path is chosen.

Since the days of the original Apostles, people have been acting falsely in Christ's name. Even if one believes these accounts to be "false"... it's interesting that a "erroneous" story would include these details. If one believes those accounts are true...but only told through the lens of "phony" emissaries... then at the very least, we have to accept that within less than a century of the time of Christ, the movement began in His name was powerful, controversial, and much debated factor of theological life in the ancient world.

More to the point, if we're going to list the "harmful" aspects of a belief... perhaps it's fair to at least list the "beneficial" aspects as well. People like Gladys Aylward have sacrificed much for the sake of many. Evils such as slavery and genocide have often met stiff resistance from people like Charles Finney, acting courageously out of faith. Some of our greatest intellectual minds, such as Charles Babbage, also fervently embraced a sincere belief in the divine.

To my mind, this means we either have to dismiss the beliefs of this good and noble humans as having no impact on their works... or admit that their beliefs were partly involved in their altruism. To me, this also stands to "prove" that a corruption of a good idea, doesn't by default corrupt the original idea itself.