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I bet a large majority violate what it says to do every day.
Their ‘Christianity’ says that as long as you go to the proper church and agree with everything the pastor says, you have an automatic ‘get into Heaven free’ card, so you can be an evil, mouth breathing cunt and it doesn’t matter.
No surprise, it’s popular among the lazy set that prefer to be told they can be as evil as they like, rather than being told they have to improve themselves.
Some of the very nastiest people I've ever met in my life were xtians that were just like that. The icing on the cake was that during a period of my life when I was in the hard atheism camp, these types would taunt me and say that I was going to (their) hell and they were going to be in heaven watching me burn.
Nothing about any of that kind of "morality" makes even the least bit of sense. Douchebags like this who claimed they are "saved" and can behave like total monsters in their lives would be eternally rewarded, while someone that didn't accept the fairy tales they did would be eternally tormented? The only differentiating factor is that they "accepted Jayzus into their heart".
That sounds more like the fantasies of psychopath rather than any kind of moral system.
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." - Marcus Aurelius (misattributed)
A good person would reward good people for being good. If Jesus won't reward a good person for being good just because they haven't "accepted him into their heart" well... I said what I said.
Sola fide is a scourge on the souls of Christians