RE: Christians: how do you sleep at night?
February 21, 2015 at 5:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm by Norman Humann.)
(February 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm)professor Wrote: Hi Norm,
You have had a gut full of Catholicism?
So did I.
I've had more than I could stomach and if you have too then I'm sorry you had to go through that.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm)professor Wrote: The devil created the Catholic (means - universal) "Church" as a sly way of subverting actual Christianity.
That's an interesting claim. What do you base that on? Why do you say catholicism different from other denominations of Christianity?
(February 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm)professor Wrote: Real Christians were persecuted by the unholy Roman juggernaut and would be killing us today if they could get away with it.
It's beside the point, but what a nice example of morality: if I could get away with murder, I'd murder.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm)professor Wrote: Congratulations for pegging it as it is, however, there are people in there who actually trust Christ rather than all the hocus pocus and lies (had to say this about them).
While I did mainly have catholicism in mind while writing the OP, it's true for other denominations of Christianity as well. The whole concept of Jesus dying for your sins is a guilt trip.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:18 pm)Nope Wrote: My family was Southern Baptist but kids received the same type of scare tactics in Baptist churches. When I was in the third grade our pastor preached a frightening sermon about Revelations. He assured us that the blood of the wicked would reach the bridle of the horse Jesus rode.Up until that time I had only been taught about sweet and gentle Jesus. When I tried to tell my mom how much this frightened me she told me not to worry because only the bad people would be destroyed. For years I worried about people going to hell
Jesus appears to be very creepily inconsistent in his policies. One moment he's a turn-the-other-cheek hippie, the next he's riding in the blood of his enemies. A bit schizophrenic, if you ask me.