Wednesday, April 19, 2006
No, read the book and decide for yourself
Have a read of the following article. It's a really good article about why the current Christian uprising in the US is fundamentally flawed as it doesn't actually teach the message of love and forgiveness that is central to the whole Jesus / Christianity movement.
Personally, I've been saying this for years. There's a huge gulf between what the biblical Jesus taught and consequently what should be expected as a doctrine for Christians to follow and what most Christians, especially the more vocal contingent, perceive as the rules for entry into 'heaven'.
I feel that the problem with this is that the majority of these vocal Christians don't read the bible or study its message and make their own decisions about the message of the text, they rely on a 'preacher' to tell them what to think about what' in the bible and these preachers have their own agenda to push as the 'word of God / Jesus'.
[remember, Friday 30th June 2006 is Atheism Day]
Personally, I've been saying this for years. There's a huge gulf between what the biblical Jesus taught and consequently what should be expected as a doctrine for Christians to follow and what most Christians, especially the more vocal contingent, perceive as the rules for entry into 'heaven'.
I feel that the problem with this is that the majority of these vocal Christians don't read the bible or study its message and make their own decisions about the message of the text, they rely on a 'preacher' to tell them what to think about what' in the bible and these preachers have their own agenda to push as the 'word of God / Jesus'.
[remember, Friday 30th June 2006 is Atheism Day]
# posted by Unknown @ 8:20 AM 
