Ask yourself "why does christianity make me so angry?"

I have been reading alot of your post and I'm a little confused why Christianity makes you so angry. If anyone can tel me why scripture upsets them so much I would appreciate it.

P.S. save the rants about the actions of the christain church. I'm talking about the Book.

 

It doesn't make me angry but I have no use for it in my life, it has nothing to offer me.
God bless

 

it doesn't make me angry =/

lots of Christians make me angry, but the religion itself does not

 

Maryslittlebrat - It dosen't make you angry yet you have chosen to use your identy as a method to insult to insult the God of the faith? You have no use for love? Tell me about your pivotal bad experiance with the church. I promise that I have no intentions of belittling or insulting your views.

Duck - I am also upset about the misrepresentation of Jesus' teachings. You have no idea how much grief and pain it has caused me. Imagine being part of a family that has a brother consistantly throwing rocks at the nieghbors house.

 

how do you know yours is the right interpretation?

 

Because it is proven true and has proven true in everything I do and have done.

 

How so? Proof is always like a breath of fresh air when it comes to this topic. My lungs are crying out for oxygen, and you have my curiosity.

 

One of the most absurd things is the general idea, popular among some US chritians who post (or posted) here that our works are useless and it is only grace that can save us.


This doesn't make me feel anger so much as exasperation.

Anger is a foolish response to a belief system -

 

My upbringing in the church and the hypocricsy there upsets me a bit but since that isn't what you are asking...well, it kinda upset me that the Bible says it's wrong to be gay, for women who are divorced to remarry, that a wife must OBEY her husband, etc.

 

mellow - I know that the actions called "sin" in the bible have most definitly brought me pain and suffereing. I know that the behaviors labeled as "rightousness" have created peace in my life and in the lives of those around me. I pray, and things happen. When I ask God if he is still with me, I feel a physical, hard to explain sensation. Very real and unmaufactured. I could on if you like with specifics?
Blackbillblake - "Faith without works is dead" Apostle Paul. I'm sorry that some of the Brother's and Sister's have falen prey to poor teaching.

"If you love me, you will do as I say" - Jesus

Without grace, however, the whole concept of salvation is moot.

Lucky - I sometimes think that Satan does the PR for the church. More lives are shattered by Church hypocisy than by drugs, irresponsible sex and alchohol combined (in my opinion. Stick with the book). Ask yourself why those things upset you. You have to rearrange your thinking. A christian believes in enternity in Heaven. From this context, I mean by truly believing this, being obiedent to your husband is an absolute blessing. 30-50 years of navigating through life with a clear objective of support and houshold management vs. enternity spent in bliss. Serventude is the basic tenet of christianity. Jesus washed his dicipiles feet. We are all servents and the least shall be first. Just make sure that the man you obey is good and right. You have to think of things from a humble standpoint.

 

I do not get angered, but there is a lot of intolerance in the Bible. I also disagree with the claim on Jesus' divinity. I recognize him as a prophet but still an ordinary man. The trinity is contradictive, one all powerful God yet there are three parts of him. The fact that over the course of history Christianity has been altered to fit the needs of the clergy. When forcing Christianity upon Anglo-Saxon England the Church changed the dates of its holidays to replace the dates of the Anglo-Saxon festivals. Christmas is really the date of the winter solstice festival, Easter is really the spring equinox festival, festivals praising pagan gods, I might add. The Bible today is not the same Bible from Jesus' time. Christianity is lead by the Church, its power has diminished and so has its corruption, but it is hard to deny that in its peak it has altered Christianity in ways still observable today.

 

Ditto here.

Ditto here again.

 

Paintballer,



I do not get angered, but there is a lot of intolerance in the Bible.


Define intolerance. Is not tolerance the unwillingness to stand up for something you believe to be correct or incorrect (without hatred or malice ofcourse)

I also disagree with the claim on Jesus' divinity. I recognize him as a prophet but still an ordinary man.


Jesus openly claimed to be the son of God. Either he is telling the truth, he is evil and attempting to decieve the whole of civilization, or he is completely insane.

The trinity is contradictive, one all powerful God yet there are three parts of him.

The trinity is way to complex to argue on a forum.


The fact that over the course of history Christianity has been altered to fit the needs of the clergy. When forcing Christianity upon Anglo-Saxon England the Church changed the dates of its holidays to replace the dates of the Anglo-Saxon festivals. Christmas is really the date of the winter solstice festival, Easter is really the spring equinox festival, festivals praising pagan gods, I might add.

Yeah, not going to defend the acts of church. Although, you have to admit that is was a brillant way to uproot the pagans, right?

The Bible today is not the same Bible from Jesus' time.

UMMMM, how do you know that?

Christianity is lead by the Church, its power has diminished and so has its corruption, but it is hard to deny that in its peak it has altered Christianity in ways still observable today.

My christianity is not lead by the church, I can't speak for others. My christianity is led by love for you and everything else created by God.
The church is ran by men. Men are corrupt. Show me any institution ran by men and I will show you corruption.

 

How can anyone be angry at such a hilarious load of crap?


Believing a virgin gave birth to some dude that rose from the dead... That's comedy gold, baby! Gold!

:lol:

 

and how do you know it isn't the same way with a different person and their different interpretation?

 

are heading toward the "no absolute truth" discussion?

 

Christianity is dogmatic.
Christianity believes everyone who is not christian is going to "hell"
Christianity promotes a sense of moral superiority.
Christianity divides people instead of unifying them.
Christianity promotes intolerance.
Christians are hypocrital in that a person can rape and murder a child, ask for forgiveness and be saved and that person will be seen as "saved" or "walking with the lord", and it will be universally agreed by other christians that said person is going to heaven, however an atheist or agnostic can lead a good morally pure life without such atrocities and still be seen as spending eternity in "hell"
Christianity views men as superior to women.
Christianity denounces a human being solely on their sexuality.
Christianity promotes "leading people to jesus" or in the real world "shoving religion down peoples throats and deeming them evil if they fail to swallow.

....I could go on but you get the point. All that being said christianity makes me no more angry than Alice in Wonderland. It's the people that make me angry.

 

What does the Bible say?

 

You cannot possibly expect me to take the time to sit here and debate scripture with you. It is a complete and total waste of my time and I will not be lured into it, if you disagree you disagree. That is the beauty of NOT being a christian............I don't feel that I have to force my beliefs on you or justify them. In case you are wondering however I was raised a christian and not only did I go to church my entire young life but I have also read and studied the bible in its entirety (as well as the qu'ran, the Bhagavad Gita, and a number of lesser known theologies)

 

All I am saying is if you have a problem with Christianity take it up with the Bible NOT the people who distort its message.

Now if you are willing, where does the Bible go wrong?