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Originally Posted by Scoutman03
"Christians do not discriminate."
Well, the Christians on this forum certainly do.
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The Bible is very clear than discrimination is essential in some very specific examples.
II Corinthians 6:14-18 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
How can a Christian comply with God's requirement without discriminating?
Discriminating between what is clean and unclean.
Discriminating in matters of idolatry.
Discriminating between Christ and Belial.
Discriminating where fellowship with unbelievers may otherwise eventuate.
Discriminating between light and darkness.
There is a reason why. The Bible explains that Christians are a peculiar people, unique in God's eyes.
I Peter 2:9-11 Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
Elsewhere we can read about Jesus, the words He spoke, what He taught. There are people who made something else up, something contradicting Jesus, then called themselves "Christians" but what they say is not the same as what Jesus said. That such people exist is a fact.
It would be factual to report what they said, too. But if they
contradict Jesus then the fact of their contradiction needs to be addressed as such.