Do we as Christians really believe in murdering non-believers?

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[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I don't think that's his own assumption, I feel like he's disappointed that too many here do believe that. Hence the really?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

He said "we".

He said "do we really believe this?" as if it has been a long-held belief of his that he's now questioning. If he viewed the murderers as an outgroup, he would've said "Do Christians hold this view?" or "Do some Christians hold this view?"

Acting like not murdering someone is a novel idea, is not only an obvious troll post, but is coming in with the default stance of "murder is okay", which is against saidit rules of advocating violence.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It sounds to me like he disagrees with murder and sees himself as the outgroup. "We" is meant to address Christendom in general, which he is also a part of but that does not make him 100% in agreement with them.

You could be right but I think the language is confusing and it's kind of jumping to a conclusion. Although I can see why we need to err on the side of caution, especially these days.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes it's on the line, which is why I deleted the post but didn't ban the user. But I agree it's better to err on the side of caution these days.

[–]soundsituation 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's honestly a pretty common troll technique. The recipe is:

1) Make outlandish claim
2) Distance yourself from that claim by attributing it to "others"
3) Fail to show any examples that illustrate your claim

The posts usually reference an always un-cited they/them so this one is different in that it uses us/we, but the game is the same.