RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 3, 2015 at 12:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 12:44 pm by Lek.)
(March 3, 2015 at 1:57 am)robvalue Wrote: It's terrible Lek that Christianity has managed to convince you that you are doomed just for being a human.
Don Baker puts it best, "Religion breaks your leg then sells you a crutch."
Christianity works really hard to get people to despise themselves, to find them unworthy, dirty and in need of punishment because of some vague interaction between God and their ancestors.
The concept of "sin" is entirely a religious construct. It is not real. It's like an imaginary debt has been given to you when you are born, "You owe God 500,000 sin points." There is no debt, no one deserves to be punished just for being born. And any "God" which thinks so is not worthy of worship anyway. It has all the hallmarks of a scam, because that's what it is.
Whoever indoctrinated you into this religion is the one which put this "sin" idea into your head. I hope one day you can just cast it out. Because it's not real.
It just amazes me that you guys can look around the world and say that sin does not exist. Look around you and tell me we're all basically good. We're not punished for being born, we're punished for our actions. Are you saying that if we murder someone, we're not sinning? I don't think you are contending that nobody does anything immoral, but that our actions don't incur any debt to a god. Of course, if you don't believe in God, then you're not going to accept the concept of sin. You're idea of being good just to be good is a Godly concept, and is actually why we should lead moral lives. The problem is that we are born with a propensity to do bad things, which is demonstrated in the world, not only in the present time, but all through history. Is there anybody you know who has never done anything immoral? Have you made atonement to everyone you have wronged? If not, why do you not feel any guilt. If you feel no guilt over these things, then what is your mechanism for not repeating these actions? If I saw a situation in which non-theists were all living in love, peace and harmony your argument would be much more convincing to me, but I've never seen that yet.
