RE: Whats even attractive about Christianity anyway that people want to stay in ignorance
February 24, 2012 at 3:36 pm
(February 24, 2012 at 2:09 pm)Xavier Wrote: Going to church always bored me to death as a child.
The sermons are normally boring and hymns suck. Couldn't they play some more exciting music?
Also the image of the God that the Bible portrays is that of a bloodthirsty and vain maniac not a loving god.
I can't imagine why you's really want that God to be true.
I can understand why someone would want to believe in a religion like Norse Paganism where the gods are kind of cool characters and Valhalla is a cool place where you just drink and party with hot chicks all the time.
The Christian heaven would suck anyway though as the religion is completely ascetic in things pleasurable.
I just don't see what anyone finds appealing about Christianity.
God is perfectly loving but also perfectly just. If he wasn't just, we'd all turn out brats and run around causing whatever chaos we please. The old testament judgments are just that--judgments. We break the law we are all aware of and we face the punishment. A judge doesn't hate the criminal he sentences, he's just doing what he's obligated to do. "But God shows his love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). Christians are Christians because they see their sin and recognize their need for a savior. Jesus is that savior. "And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross!" (Philippians 2:8) "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). God had mercy on us. He knew the debt needed to be paid and he did it for us. All we have to do is say we're sorry for the wrongs we've committed and accept his gift. The pleasures of this world (like sex and alcohol) are empty and temporary. When we believe in Jesus we are given a full, lasting peace.
Sermons and music are always more interesting when they mean something to us personally. Have you tried another church? I know three just in my area that play rock music. Many churches have multiple services to cater to different age groups. When it comes down to it, worship is in the mind and spirit, not in entertainment.
