the problem is that nothing you mention here   is a unique idea to christianity, nor is it even the focus of christianity. the gospels are about boundless love that overcomes all obstacles, forgiveness, healing, charity, and salvation. jesus's main activity is forgiveness. he didn't say anything about moderation; > don't take more than you need and if anything argued for taking as little as possible, per his interaction with the rich young man. nor does he say anything like > try not to do harm when you can avoid it because jesus's position seems to be not to do harm even if you can't avoid it. if we take the doctrine of "if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out" to the logical hilt, we should clearly avoid violence even if it results in our death. the understanding of this logic is why jesus wasn't the last christian martyr by a wide stretch. they all understood the doctrine the way i do; righteousness unto death. your life has no value, let it go. which is what this anon means;   > faith isnt an  la carte salad bar there is a strong tendency amongst westerners who have never looked at or known a religion other than christianity to assume christianity and morality are the same thing; you're either moral (christian) or amoral. but it's a religion that's 2000 years old. there was plenty of morality before it and there's plenty of morality outside of it. you're just assigning all good things to christianity and assuming they're related even though there's no doctrinal basis for making these connections.
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