An interesting question that arose from a discussion with friends about the crime of a mother who recently threw her baby in the trash. Someone commented that this is a consequence of the nihilism of modern atheism, for which man is nothing but a mixture of flesh and blood. So what's wrong with throwing a baby into the trash?
Someone objected: But the one who did this might be a Christian.
So the interesting question is: Is it? Who is a Christian after all?
Why are you a Christian? Because it is written on your identity card? But it is not anymore! Because you do what you do according to what Christ says? But not even the Apostles did well in following His teachings. Is someone killing a child simply a Christian simply because he or she identifies himself / herself like that? Is an atheist a Christian if he follows with his heart all the teachings of Christ even if he consciously identifies himself as a non-Christian?
I think this is one of the occasions that the question is more important than the answer. And to be more precise, our difficulty to answer, simply mean that the question itself is wrong...
Someone objected: But the one who did this might be a Christian.
So the interesting question is: Is it? Who is a Christian after all?
Why are you a Christian? Because it is written on your identity card? But it is not anymore! Because you do what you do according to what Christ says? But not even the Apostles did well in following His teachings. Is someone killing a child simply a Christian simply because he or she identifies himself / herself like that? Is an atheist a Christian if he follows with his heart all the teachings of Christ even if he consciously identifies himself as a non-Christian?
I think this is one of the occasions that the question is more important than the answer. And to be more precise, our difficulty to answer, simply mean that the question itself is wrong...
