Pastor Matthew Best
1 min readOct 20, 2024

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No. I was commenting on your comment that there was nothing that Christians have contributed to the world that was good.

Look, I get you really don't like Christianity. I don't know what happened or if someone Christian did something to you at some point that gave you good reason to hate Christianity. There's plenty of things that Christians have done over the centuries that have been destructive. There's plenty of branches of Christianity that I really don't like and find their theology to be detrimental when put into practice. And doing terrible things is not something that is just contained in Christianity. People have done terrible things throughout human history - whether in the name of their god, or without any faith at all.

And history has shown that there are also many things that have benefited society and these were done because of people's faith. Gregor Mendel was a monk and scientist. His faith inspired him to dive into science. And his discoveries have benefited humanity in many ways. That's just one example. There have been numerous hospitals built in the world thanks to Christians.

Hate Christianity if that's what you want to do. I'm certainly not going to change your mind on that. Who am I to you? No one. All I'm saying is that all or nothing statements about Christianity, or really most faiths, or belief systems are rarely true.

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Pastor Matthew Best
Pastor Matthew Best

Written by Pastor Matthew Best

My name is Matthew Best. I’m an ELCA (Lutheran) pastor who attempts to translate church and churchy stuff into everyday language.

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