Many moderate Christians would leap to attack the Westboro Baptist Church
as not being "real" Christians, saying that they've somehow missed the point of the Bible.

How do they know? Both sides seem to have exactly the same amount of evidence to me. Like the cannibal guy in Canada who hacked off a stranger's head because God told him to. I've read the OT, it sounds like God's style.

So...how do we tell the "real" [religionists] from the fake? In my experience, whichever [religionist] you are talking to at that moment is (perhaps the only) one who follows [religion] correctly and anyone who deviates from their worldview is not a real [religionist], even if they claim to be. Also, sadly the literal Word of God, [holybook] can be interpreted in many different ways, because it's a really important message and ambiguity helps get it across better. Or something.

I dunno, I suppose the question I'm asking is if there is a God, why would He tell different members of the same religion different things? Why are there different religions at all? Why isn't everyone on the same page RE: God? The all-powerful creator of the universe seems pretty quiet on the matter lately.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 24 Mar 2009, 14:59, 1 reply)

The "Not True Christians" argument
is just a reworking of the True Scotsman Fallacy.
(lolwhites, Tue 24 Mar 2009, 20:05, closed)