Ceasing to be Christianity...

[_moksha]

Was glancing at the MD&D board and was taken with this quote.

I think once Christianity stops being idealistic, radical, and naïve, then it stops being Christianity.

What are your thoughts on this?

[_huckelberry]

Not knowing any context to the remark I can only remark with an immediate impression. I cannot consider a Christianity having lost ideals to be Christianity. I think many people would find it easy to agree with that. I have some reservations about radical. The word is at least potentially naïve and vain. I do not see any particular place for naïvété accept that it is a naturally occurring condition for people. Vanity occurs a lot for the same reason.

[_subgenius]

radical?

[_moksha]

radical?

Think of this in terms of Joseph Smith creating a religion that was radical in nature, rather than as a concept which becomes threatening as a religion grows stodgy in nature.