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I think your comment at Talk:Joseph Kony is absolutely right. But, as we all know, Wikipedia is all about verifiabilty rather than truth. So... journalists describe Kony as "Christian" ==> he becomes "a Christian". And thus Wikipedia becomes the cheap hand-maiden of popular culture, rather than some useful kind of reliable and independent arbiter of real knowledge. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
- THE BIBLE, which should be the DE FACTO relyable source on what is it to be a Christian, SAYS: in Matthew 7:15-16, 20 to WATCH OUT for false prophets,.. and that we will know them by thier fruit,.. by the way they act. New Living Translation (©2007) 15 Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?...20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. ByStander2 (talk) 17:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, but I think we can agree that Kony has not come "disguised as harmless sheep". Martinevans123 (talk) 17:51, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
- And the bible says you wil know them by their actions.... set that along side jesus very own "New Commandment" I give you,.. to love one another. --- This man is not a Christian... EVEN Wikipedias OWN definition of Christianity, is one who follows the life of Jesus. this is CLEARLY not what this KONY guy is doing. ByStander2 (talk) 18:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
- I think there is a real fudge here over the actions of the LRA in infiltrating/ annexing legitimate church organisations, and the prominence of the "Ten Commandments" in LRA ideology. Neither of these things necessarily have anything to do with Christianity, and certainly not with being a Christian. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)