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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Ok, whatever. Hitler was David Copperfield and the bible hasn't changed crafty hands over the centuries, re-adjusting itself to whatever a moment in history called out for. Can't be bothered with this sort of chat. Did you learn that in school, by any chance?
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No, Hitler wasn't David Copperfield. But the nazi party did some stuff that was just fucking weird. Like the Thule society.
The Bible hasn't changed since it was codified by the Roman Catholic church, except maybe wording wise. The King James Bible is different than the NIV version, but it's basically the same. People's translations of what certain sentences mean has. But I get messages of tolerance, love, and compassion from it. Jesus himself never advocated hatred towards people of other religions. You could make the argument that the writers of his life might have painted bad pictures of people of other religions.
But to me, at it's very base- Christianity is about following Christ. Not those that distorted his image for their own purposes or motives. Whether it be the Romans who edited out the Gospel of Thomas as well as other gospels, the writers who depicted pretty sympathetic portraits of Pilate, or newer interpretations- I don't think that's theologically what Christianity is about.