I’m glad there are good Christians out there and I’ve even met a few of them but it’s the exception for sure. A good Christian is good despite their religion not because of it. When you tell someone from the age of 2 onward that they are a terrible person and can never be good no matter what they do they tend to believe it. Teaching original sin to toddlers is child abuse. It then creates a ton of cognitive dissonance because none of it actually makes sense but there is immense pressure to fit into the group. Most Christians end up knowing it’s wrong but have to believe it’s right which creates psychosis.
At its most basic, religion is a tool for getting people from a very young age to believe anything they’re told without question. This is what they call faith. It’s a complete bastardization of the word and the concept of faith. Faith should mean trusting someone because they’ve proved their character through actions. To Christians faith means you must believe whatever you’re told as long as it was interpreted from the Bible or said by an approved source of leadership like a pastor or, lately, a politician who says they’re religious.
I’m glad you can see that Trump is an imposter. You have to justify your worldview by saying that you don’t believe literal interpretations of the Bible though. It’s a big problem and you really can’t blame the majority of Christians who have become evil by reading a book that they’ve been told is the word of God and then applying what it says to their entire identity. There’s good stuff in the Bible for sure but why do we need a book that has so much bad in it as well. It’s impossible to parse and interpret for most people.
I’m not here to defend Christianity, and certainly not all the terrible things that have been done in the name of Christianity. People have used Christianity to justify terrible things. But people have also used other ideas and -isms to justify terrible things. It’s not just Christianity, and not just religion. Look at capitalism, communism, nationalism, etc.
When you tell someone from the age of 2 onward that they are a terrible person and can never be good no matter what they do they tend to believe it. Teaching original sin to toddlers is child abuse.
Yeah, don’t do that. No Christian I know does that. It’s a weird, cultish thing that you sometimes see in ultraconservative circles, but not universal. I don’t think they are the majority, but they do seem to be the nost vocal.
Biblical Literalism is a fairly recent heresy. In the past, multiple levels of interpretation of the bible were recognised, of which the literal one was often considered the least important. Treating the bible as purely literal does no justice to the underlying meaning or the context in which it was written.
Not to mention that biblical literalists often tend to ignore the most important parts. Like the words of Jesus.
I don’t understand then. Original sin is a primary tenant of Christianity. Christianity cannot exist without it. Otherwise what is Jesus saving you from? You have to deserve hell so that you can be saved.
If you don’t believe this and force it onto your children then are you even a Christian? Why wouldn’t you want to completely brain wash your children to keep them out of hell? This is not some fringe thing. It’s unavoidable and necessary to justify the Christian religion’s existence. When I grew up in the church no one told me word for word, “you’re a terrible person and you can never be good”. They just taught me the Bible and the Bible is very clear on this.
And don’t worry I’m not only attacking Christianity. Religion is easily the most harmful human invention. It has caused more suffering than anything else. Capitalism, communism, nationalism, etc are all bad but it’s not even close. Let’s eliminate religion first and then move on to the next most harmful thing.
I’m glad there are good Christians out there and I’ve even met a few of them but it’s the exception for sure. A good Christian is good despite their religion not because of it. When you tell someone from the age of 2 onward that they are a terrible person and can never be good no matter what they do they tend to believe it. Teaching original sin to toddlers is child abuse. It then creates a ton of cognitive dissonance because none of it actually makes sense but there is immense pressure to fit into the group. Most Christians end up knowing it’s wrong but have to believe it’s right which creates psychosis.
At its most basic, religion is a tool for getting people from a very young age to believe anything they’re told without question. This is what they call faith. It’s a complete bastardization of the word and the concept of faith. Faith should mean trusting someone because they’ve proved their character through actions. To Christians faith means you must believe whatever you’re told as long as it was interpreted from the Bible or said by an approved source of leadership like a pastor or, lately, a politician who says they’re religious.
I’m glad you can see that Trump is an imposter. You have to justify your worldview by saying that you don’t believe literal interpretations of the Bible though. It’s a big problem and you really can’t blame the majority of Christians who have become evil by reading a book that they’ve been told is the word of God and then applying what it says to their entire identity. There’s good stuff in the Bible for sure but why do we need a book that has so much bad in it as well. It’s impossible to parse and interpret for most people.
I’m not here to defend Christianity, and certainly not all the terrible things that have been done in the name of Christianity. People have used Christianity to justify terrible things. But people have also used other ideas and -isms to justify terrible things. It’s not just Christianity, and not just religion. Look at capitalism, communism, nationalism, etc.
Yeah, don’t do that. No Christian I know does that. It’s a weird, cultish thing that you sometimes see in ultraconservative circles, but not universal. I don’t think they are the majority, but they do seem to be the nost vocal.
Biblical Literalism is a fairly recent heresy. In the past, multiple levels of interpretation of the bible were recognised, of which the literal one was often considered the least important. Treating the bible as purely literal does no justice to the underlying meaning or the context in which it was written.
Not to mention that biblical literalists often tend to ignore the most important parts. Like the words of Jesus.
I don’t understand then. Original sin is a primary tenant of Christianity. Christianity cannot exist without it. Otherwise what is Jesus saving you from? You have to deserve hell so that you can be saved.
If you don’t believe this and force it onto your children then are you even a Christian? Why wouldn’t you want to completely brain wash your children to keep them out of hell? This is not some fringe thing. It’s unavoidable and necessary to justify the Christian religion’s existence. When I grew up in the church no one told me word for word, “you’re a terrible person and you can never be good”. They just taught me the Bible and the Bible is very clear on this.
And don’t worry I’m not only attacking Christianity. Religion is easily the most harmful human invention. It has caused more suffering than anything else. Capitalism, communism, nationalism, etc are all bad but it’s not even close. Let’s eliminate religion first and then move on to the next most harmful thing.