RE: Whats even attractive about Christianity anyway that people want to stay in ignorance
February 29, 2012 at 1:35 pm
(February 24, 2012 at 2:09 pm)Xavier Wrote: 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.
The appeal of Christianity, like most other religions, is that it satisfies the two most basic human emotions: fear and greed. Observe the terminology that Undeceived uses: "just", "chaos", "judgment", "punishment", "sin", "need for a savior"; these are all related to fear. Terms such as "gift", "pleasures", and "lasting peace" all are related to greed.
Christians have an extreme fear of death, which in their minds, is appeased by their "faith". They also have a covetous greed for life - one life is not enough for them, they want two, and they want their second life to last forever. This is the allure of Christianity, and the feeble and naive are snared by its siren song.
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