Are Christians inevitably evil?

Question

when jepththah murdered his daughter (judges 11) he did it because god had tricked him, and being a true believer he did what god commanded.

christians would also murder their children if their god told them to (as magda goebbels did), but are they already corrupted by admiring jephthah as a model of piety?

does one need to personally do evil in order to be counted wicked, or is it enough merely to admire someone who did evil on your behalf?

http://michaelcaputo2.tripod.com/jephthah.htm

Answer 1

Let me give this one a shot.

I admit that I admire Hitler's level of evil. That man brought evil to its perfection, in my humble opinion. And I cannot help but admire the sheer brilliance he had.

But that does not mean that I support his ideology. On the contrary !!!

So, I'm asking you, does my admiration for his mind (followed by serious regret that he didn't use it for ''good cause'') makes me a Nazi, therefore inevitably evil?


EDIT: However contrary to what I said above, I can't help but giggle at Michelle's response. Sweet. Ironic.
.

Answer 2

In a sense, yes. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Little white lies, jealousy, the way we often act over "sporting" events (not at all GOOD sports), and while these things seem trivial compared to murdering children, sin is all the same in the eyes of God.

You choose a rather extreme example, though, and it never says that Jephthah burned his daughter, nor does it say he was commanded to do so or "tricked by God." Jephthah stepped into that mess all by himself. And the ENTIRE book of Judges is held up as an example of HOW NOT TO ACT.

Answer 3

Organizations are inevitably evil, because they gang up on individuals who do not meet their membership standards. As human organizations, Xian (and most other) religions fulfill this simple criterion, more than say, universities, but perhaps less than governments. All of them turn people against one another, and they force the out groups to organize as well, for mutual self-defense. The oil and timber industries spawned the Sierra Club, in an indirect fashion, and the Catholics gave rise to the Protestants. I don't admire any of them.

Answer 4

a million. considering that Christ replaced into without sin it consequently stands to reason he could desire to not have been a "homo" because of the fact the regulation seen such an act an abomination. He made the sacrifice so as that all and sundry who've fallen wanting the kindgom of Heaven could be saved. 2. each and every thing that the Bible okayed must be taken it context to be understood. 3. there's a great divide between analyzing some thing and comprehending what you have study. 4. Many pupils have tried to the two teach and disprove the Bible. so far without success. 5. Jesus stated he had not come to do away with the regulation, yet somewhat to fullfill it. all people who claims to be a born back and nevertheless lives a sinful existence is incorrect approximately being born back. nicely could sin, yet no genuine born back might gain this willfully and back and back. That makes Christ's sacrifice valueless. 6. regardless of if somebody has set themselves as your enemy it is undemanding to love them. The devil gets his due in God's time, not ours.

Answer 5

Funny how so many people try to defend this. Pretty much every notable christian deed has been some form of despotism of others.

Christianity is SUPPOSED to be a religion of peace and love, just like islam is SUPPOSED to be a religion of equality, yet based on the results, christianity has had bad days just like what islam is having now.
Give anyone with a very biased and bigoted viewpoint power and they will seek to control you, this is what the results show.

Answer 6

Jepthah vowed to give the first person who greeted him to God if God would give him the victory (if i remember my bible stories off the top of my head). The battle was victorious for Jepthah. Arriving home, his daughter was the first to greet him.

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."

NOTE IT SAYS 'as a burnt offering" AS plays a very important role here. A burnt offering was a total offering even the ashes were given to God. Nothing was held back.

This tormented Jepthah as this was his ONLY daughter.

He paid his vow to God, not by killing her but offering his daughter to the SERVICE of God at his temple. She remained a virgin in service to God her whole life.

This is how "AS" plays the role. His daughter's WHOLE life even her virginity belonged to God.

This bible story has simply NOTHING to do with your question as God did not ASK or TELL Jepthah to vow to Him.

But to answer your question,

I believe that man, in general, is inheritantly evil. We inherited imperfection and are under the constant threats from Satan to continue to sin and stay seperated from God. We strive daily to maintain our relationship with God and do our best to be holy just as God is holy. This is impossible for us as humans WITHOUT our Savior Jesus Christ.

Answer 7

In addition to what Lion of Judah said, there was no trickery. Where do you read that God made any request of Jephthah? Jepthah made a foolish vow not asked of him. It is why we are told at Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Better it is that not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Answer 8

Wow! I won't do anything that went against the Bible- Word of God! If I thought God was telling me to do evil or murder someone- I would have the sense enough to know that was NOT God.

Answer 9

Christian's are to follow Christ's example of service and humility in the New Testament.

Answer 10

No - the answer is Christian are not inevitably evil - point to Madga Goebbels - a Nazi - as an example of what a Christian woman must become - is hardly a good example of a Christian woman - its a crazy point of view.

Good Luck!!!