The Outrageous Claim

Alan Silverman, one of the few men on the Internet who uses a human name, writes:

Though I do not follow the dictates of Jesus, I do not hold Christianity or its scripture in contempt. I merely disagree with certain points.

Friend, I am glad you do not hold Jesus or His servants in contempt. However, I am also disappointed and shocked that you do not.

I do not mean to seem impolite, but there is no such thing as disagreeing with Christianity on certain points. The claims Christianity makes are too extreme and large for that. One is either a baptized Christian, and saved, or one is not, and damned.

If you are not a Christian and yet regard Christians as reasonable people, we are doing something wrong.

We are not a political party or a philosophical movement.We are not making a claim someone can partly agree with and partly disagree with.

If you are not a Christian and do not hold Christianity in contempt, the outrageous nature of our love and our demands, our desire to change you and save you and make you a saint, should scandalize and offend you.

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Originally published at John C. Wright's Journal. Please leave any comments there.