(July 16, 2010 at 12:35 am)tackattack Wrote: Christians are given the the great commission (in matthew chapter 28) and it tells us to spread the word, but not how. Those who learn and worship out of fear, teach fear. Those who seek reward, teach to seek reward. Both fall miserably short and are selfserving. The messsage of salvation Jesus brought was a common type of salvation, whom all may partake in and this is commonly missed when attempting to force others into your beliefs instead of simply sharing. THe goal should be that all may share in a Christian's joy with Christ, but often it seems like recruitment when sides are so staunchly entrenched in who's wrong and who's right. Most Christians I know really do care and that's their problem, caring too much. When you care too much about a stranger's well-being (be it in this life or one that follows) there's still a difference between healthy concern and domineering.
Lol, that's really the problem with the majority of he Christians. Actually, it's mainly a North America phenomenon where Christians just take things too literally and want envolvement with everyone. Not only that, but they even want to have their book of RELIGION to be taught in public schools. Like how the Creationist movement thinks that it's only fair to teach Creation(from the Bible) as a science along with Evolution. I mean, even normal people know that the Bible is not a science nor a history book. With that, they literally want to revert the country back to its religious foundation, which completely violates the 1st amendment of freedom of religion. It's true that the majority of this country has a belief in a form of Christianity, but it doesn't mean that a majority will cause everyone to believe. I know that sometimes they want to share ideas and that's just whatever, but why would they warn us of armaggeddon if many don't caree or don't take that literally? It's like they are forcefully going to make it happen if it doesn't happen. I have a feeling that they themselves would cause armaggeddon.
