We in America are ussualy raised in Christianity. It's all around us. So at the same time you believe in santa clause, the tooth fairy, and the easter bunny you also are taught to believe in the Christian god. As a child I had little choice in the matter. If i had grown up in a Hindu place I would likely have been Hindu, or in a Budhist place, Muslum place and so on.
The difference between others and my self was/is that i actually wanted to follow in the way that Jesus taught. I tried. What i found very quickly was that others around me were only mouthing the words instead of doing the deed of being Christian.
A small percentage of people would actually try to be what was considered a true Christian but obviously not nearly enough to prove that it was a divine spirit that made them be better people.
This seems to be true of most faiths. There are the few individuals that are attempting to be enlightened and then there is the vast majority that only use the faith as a way to be a part of a group.
What would convince me is that if suddenly most Christians started actually acting Christian. Then It would show me that there was some divine source that really had the power to change people's way of thinking.
As it is no set of faiths can do anything unless the individual wants it to. So to me the real power of change is in the mere human that only believes they can't do it on their own. Power to the people.
The difference between others and my self was/is that i actually wanted to follow in the way that Jesus taught. I tried. What i found very quickly was that others around me were only mouthing the words instead of doing the deed of being Christian.
A small percentage of people would actually try to be what was considered a true Christian but obviously not nearly enough to prove that it was a divine spirit that made them be better people.
This seems to be true of most faiths. There are the few individuals that are attempting to be enlightened and then there is the vast majority that only use the faith as a way to be a part of a group.
What would convince me is that if suddenly most Christians started actually acting Christian. Then It would show me that there was some divine source that really had the power to change people's way of thinking.
As it is no set of faiths can do anything unless the individual wants it to. So to me the real power of change is in the mere human that only believes they can't do it on their own. Power to the people.
