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Monday, May 18
The Indiana Daily Student

Christianity a religion of love

I would like to help Mr. Salter understand Christianity and other religions (“Jesus Christ just one of many paths,” May 24). One must create amazing rationalizations to conclude that the Bible is fictional. Please state your case.\nThe most common understanding of a “cult” is a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, and “devotion” regarded as a literary or intellectual fad. It is unclear what cultism you are referring to. A Christian group may be cultic if it deviates from what the Bible says and tortures the reasonable understanding of a given passage.\nI agree that it is difficult to see how any religion can claim to be right. Clearly where they oppose each other they cannot both be “the only one.”\nHowever, it seems like a leap of logic to assume such insistence is hateful. If one believes they are right about a warning of impending doom or a method to improve life, the motivations may be a strong love of others.\nChristians peacefully oppose harmful issues more than most others. The general consensus at times causes problems that secular society either overlooks or decides are acceptable costs. The difference is in realization of the risks and suffering. If a publicly ignored activity is in fact harmful to a group of society, I am bound to oppose it. This may appear to some a hateful response, but actually, it’s an act of love.\nJesus indeed preached humility and love. Some fall short of that, and we all are a work in progress. Jesus taught tolerance for those who would surrender their pride and willto accept him as Lord and Savior. Otherwise, the unrepentant Jewish leadership for example, received very harsh pronouncements.\nThe love of Christ was for those who recognized their need for him and service to others. What some called hate Jesus called Love.

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