Thread: Christianity as a religion....

Christianity is a funny subject. On one hand it is utterly fascinating. An absolutely perfect example of this is the book called 101 Myths of The Bible. It is truly an eye-opening read and actually makes the bible far more interesting than any professed christian can. On the other hand, you dare not say you find the bible interesting or you may face endless attempts at saving your soul for the mere purpose of brainwashing your children and any you may have in the future. At face value, though, it blatently contradicts itself and therefore cannot be taken litterally. As far as myth and fantastic battles/genocide ect goes, some parts are a fun read.

christianity in my opinion it only out for what they believe in and rejects any other beliefs(which is wrong on so many levels) they are brainwashing children into thinking that they will be cursed to eternal damnation in hell. they say things like "you better not do those sort of things or you will go to hell" yet it sayse directly in Hebrews 13:5 "I will never leave you nor forsake you." talk about hypacritical but i have no room to talk but just stating it.

'opiate of the masses', sadly this is true and not always by choise. I see this religion and some others as a form of abuse and emotional violence by brain washing, etc. that is allowed in the society.. Although more people are waking up it seems, there is still a long way to go.

To me, Christianity as it was originally intended (or how I believe it was originally intended....I guess I wasn't there) has much more in common with other traditions than does the watered-down, disempowering system widely practiced today. Organized religion tends to be politicized in the general sense, just as any organized body will be. I am part of a "religious" lineage, but the politics in my sect go no further than codifying its tenets for its followers. We don't preach, try to convert anyone, pass judgment on those who believe differently, or provide spiritual relief to those who are not receptive to the path. This last part is important, because we don't feel that people need to be "saved", and even if they do, we really don't care. It's more about personal power, awareness and responsibility, and the scriptures show this in great detail. There is no sense of "Oh please, please do this for me because I am weak or unworthy" found in our religious texts, but rather the idea that we become empowered to do things ourselves. I agree with Jackie in that it's not the fundamental idea that is bad here, and that the influence of the social mind has made modern perceptions of Christianity as it is generally understood a big, hypocritical mess. And untrue.

I studied Christianity I even went to churches studied the bible I studied theology and I went to temple studied a little there also.
Its hard to say all Christianity is intolerant I think majority of Christian's like my EX has never read the bible as a whole book from page to page. Also the majority has only heard from "Preachers" not teachers with a low education level and a ministry that I personally believe was something they filled out on the back of a Comic book and sent with a 25c fee.
I find those people the most judgmental and those people the easiest to trip up confuse and leave talking to themselves.
Like I was told last weekend by my ex that I was going to hell.
After I explained 20 different reasons why he would be keeping my seat warm for me untill I get there he finally gave up.
Bottom line I dont find Christianity bad or even people who study it bad. I do find people who use it to judge others and be as hateful as they want to be while clinging to a cross medalion around there necks or a fish bumper sticker to be cruel and afraid and frankly lazy to actually not read what they preach in the first place. I have a big problem with those but we have those type of people in Paganism as well that has chips on there shoulders and points at Christians as the real enemy. I think those people are just as wrong as the Christians imo.

without a cogent understanding of the depth of spiritual experience as a subjective phenomena religion becomes impossible to understand. modern christianity is an example of this. as nearly all esoteric fundamentals have been lost so too has much of its power. because christ was an occultist himself (in my opinion), most of his followers have no idea what he really meant.

the weakening of christianity is one of the major causes for the increase in atheism as well.