[quote name='Brak']A religion is only as good as the person who claims it.[/quote]
I'm not sure if you are making a specific response to something I said, or just a more general point that isn't directly related to it.
If you really believe that a truck's heading toward you, you're gonna act like you believe a truck's heading toward you and jump out of the way, right?
do you get what i am saying?
Yes, but it's a very poor argument. Many people strongly believe in christianity and are horrible people, and vice versa.
And you're going to get general agreement about convicted murderers that murdering is wrong, and most will genuinely regret their behavior. Yet they still killed.
if you truly believe,than you will be good ,but everyone falls into sin,except Jesus.
i get what your saying you cant say i am sinning but i dont care and keep on doing but claim to be a christian you have to try and turn away from sin and help your fellow man.
I had a difficult time following the part in bold.
There are many different things to focus on in religion, many different interpretations. For example, Osama Bin Laden follows Islams the way he understands it, and Fred Phelps follows christianity the way he understands it. So do clinic bombers and the taliban. Those are extreme examples, but I chose them because they are easily defined as negative and are recognizable. They both have the faith aspect, but can you really suggest they're good people? Your argument assumes that people identify a beneficial form of their religion, agree on that form, and have the will and desire to actually follow it in their daily lives.
A lot of otherwise good people do horrible things, or have certain aspects of their lives where they behave horribly, and that aspect may very well be something they see as an asset.
I think it's problematic to assume that belief always contributes to deeds, and, when it does, that those deads are good.
Look, if you're a good person and have the appropriate beliefs then you will be rewarded according to any christian group. But in catholicism, the believer who does not do good works, but the non-believer who does, if one is to be rewarded then it will be the non-believer. I don't see why god should be overly concerned about someone proclaiming belief when their life has not reflected it.