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Two kinds of Christian

Saturday 11th August 2007 16:21 in Religion | 75 views logged | No comments

There are two kinds of Christian, which I shall call “Type 1″ and “Type 2″:

Type 1 are those who make the error of confusing being moral with being religious, but have not read their texts closely and/or do not follow them properly. These are essentially good, but confused, people.

Type 2 are those others (fundamentalists), who really believe what the books say (and have therefore to a significant extent lost the power of rational thought), and agree with what the books say (and are therefore morally corrupt).

Due to their high number and implicit endorsement of the latter kind, however, Type 1 Christians are (as Sam Harris has pointed out) in some ways the more dangerous for the world.

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