Interesting survey of Australians religious views

[Willpower]

For some reason this made a joke pop in my head only with a religious connotation instead of a racist one.

Three Americans, an atheist, a deist, and a Christian are flying on a plane when the pilot comes on the intercom and says the plane is too heavy. They are going to have to lighten the load if they want to stay afloat. The Christian looks at the cargo, sees a crate full of science books, and throws them out of the plane. "We have plenty of these at home," he says. The deist sees a a crate full of Justin Bieber cd's and throws them out of the plane. "We have plenty of these at home," he declares. The atheist pauses, thinks for a second, gets up, throws the Christian out of the plane saying, "We have plenty of these of these at home."

It's not as funny as it should be becaus I reworded it on the spot to fit the context of religion, but the point is we have a surplus of Chrsitians if you need any.

The doctrine of Christianity demands that Christians strive to live lives of virtue.

It asks whether or not we can live our lives according to virtue, and live a life that reverberates waves of positive energy, building people up, as we believe Jesus perfectly exemplified. We can choose lives of virtue as is God's will, or to choose lives of selfishness, arrogance, and other vices which have led to the plague of humanity we have found on earth. If people choose vice, that is their choice. But Christians believe that God sent Jesus as a prime example of virtue so that we could see the light and choose it, instead of poisoning the earth with lives of darkness. Nonetheless, many, including even "Christians," have failed in this regard. Nevertheless, religion is supposed to the message of hope, faith, unity, and virtue, that creates heaven on Earth.

It is unfortunate that it often fails to be such. It is unfortunate that may people claim to be Christian, yet do not act with loving virtue. Christianity isn't supposed to be just a belief, but rather a mentality, philosophy--a way of life that demands acting with virtue.

It is unfortunate that many Christians fail to live up to this.
It is even more unfortunate that many self-proclaimed "Christians" do not even care to attempt to live up to this doctrine.

But I don't say we should throw overboard those whom sincerely try.