(February 21, 2018 at 7:40 pm)Astreja Wrote: Why should we believe you? Who's to say there even is a "right knowledge of the scriptures"?
This ^^^ is why I can never become a Christian. Threats of eternal torture or of annihilation are manipulative. Guilt-tripping to get someone to accept Jesus is also manipulative. Telling someone that they're a sinner and incapable of fixing their own mistakes is manipulative.
And for me, faith is a neurological impossibility.
The right understanding of the scriptures has to be based on correct English reading and comprehension. I don't know if the world is changing or that people are losing their reading skills. People read into it what they want to I guess.
Eternal torture is a lie, and if we are talking about annihilation - we are caught up in a world of death anyway, so we can't blame the Bible for that.
Guilt tripping coupled with sensationalism is the formula of the church pill. It numbs the brain and warms the pews.
But people still suffer from guilt regardless of their upbringing, and I am not certain whether that is from religious influences.
Religion has always been in the world, it seems to be part of human nature. Some people believe that religion is a thing of the past and will be outgrown by the modern man.
Being a sinner makes it impossible to fix some things, but there is a large class of Christians who believe that they cannot fix anything, and that it is impossible to overcome their errors - which is nonsense of course.
And faith being a neurological impossibility ? I wouldn't have a clue.
Before Lucifer rebelled, he lived by faith in God. The majority of the angels still do.
