I don't understand Christianity

- The bible is 2000 years old and has been rewritten and re-interpreted multiple times but people still take it so literally
- Jesus was around just over 2000 years ago, so did everyone before then who didn't know about this religion go straight to hell?
- What about people who don't accept jesus into their lives because they havn't heard much about Christianity or grew up in a different religion? Do they deserve an eternity in hell?
- If you are Christian, why? And are you open to other truths? Or do you believe the bible is the only truth?
Make it make sense

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ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

I'm a Catholic, one of the oldest versions of the faith. I do not take the Bible literally, as it was never meant to be taken literally. I subscribe to science, as well as faith. For example, who is to say, that string theory and parallel universe theory, multiverse theory etc cannot coexist with a creator? I do not take Genesis literally, it's metaphorical. God could exist beyond the multiverse. We'd never know. That's faith. For all we know, the entire Greek Pantheon exists in some parallel universe. But I usually attribute the ancient pagan faiths to explaining natural events and superstition. Because after all, noone knew the science of thunder and lightning back then (Zeus), noone knew what the Sun actually was (Amon-Ra, Huitzilopochtli).

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ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

@Ferise1 Eh, until science can fully explain how all matter came into being, faith fundamentalists and atheists will be at an impass. To prove either, science would have to further advance, probably thousands of years and provide proof of how the multiverse/universe came into existence (basically what created the matter for the Big Bang), or God will have to come down and show himself to the scientific community. Right now, nothing can be definitively proved, even the Big Bang is still a theory (albeit a very strong one).

Carazaa · F

@Ferise1 The richest, most equal, and successful countries are all protestant, Christian. That's why everyone is immigrating to those countries and there is a waiting list 🙂

ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

@Carazaa Why do you hate Catholics so much? and Greek Orthodox? And Eastern Orthodox? You act like Protestant is the only saving "faith". You do realize Protestant was founded on sin (adultery), right?

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@ShadowWolf Isn't it true that Catholics were forbidden from reading the Bible for over a thousand years?

ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

@Diotrephes I don’t know the answer to that actually.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@ShadowWolf Maybe this will aid you?

[b][i]Why Christians Were Denied Access to Their Bible for 1,000 Years[/i][/b]
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-christians-were-denied-access-to-their-bible-for-1000-years_b_3303545

[b][i]Did the Catholic Church forbid Bible reading?[/i][/b]
https://www.catholicbridge.com/catholic/did-the-catholic-church-forbid-bible-reading.php

[b][i]Changes in Catholic Attitudes Toward Bible Readings[/i][/b]
https://www.usccb.org/offices/new-american-bible/changes-catholic-attitudes-toward-bible-readings

[b][i]
Why Are Catholics So Deficient in Bible-Reading?[/i][/b]
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/why-are-catholics-so-deficient-in-bible-reading

SW-User

@ShadowWolf I think you may be thinking of England? The origins of Protestantism are elsewhere

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@ShadowWolf The idea that science and faith are somehow separate is a false idea. Science is based on faith. You simply accept what it says because you have faith in it. It can not prove anything it says. We can observe the universe and how it works but when we get to basic facts about it we have to take it on faith.

Come let us reason together.

Option !: There was nothing. Nothing existed for a very very long time. Suddenly for no reason whatsoever nothing exploded and became everything. Some time later bits of everything again for no reason whatsoever got together and made dinosaurs.

Option 2: Over a chaos of potentials the Great I AM spoke into order separating light from dark, Day from night. Void from matter, Wet from dry, Life from non life. Going farther the Great I AM formed plants and animals of every kind on the tiny planet He specially designed to support life. HE then made a special creature that would rule over the earth and all that is in it. This special creature HE gave the ability to know or reject Him. On this tiny little planet circling a nondescript sun on the outer arm or a nondescript galaxy is the metaphorical center of the universe. For only on this planet does the Spirit meet the physical as the I AM's children go to school in the form of humans. Not all humans are His Children, But those He has made known His Name He get the right to be Sons of Yahweh.

One world view is little more that random atoms unknowingly and purposelessly bumping into each other.

The other has the creation partaking in the Creator who lovingly and sacrificially gave of Himself Life and purpose for being.

One holds that mankind is weed on the face of the earth and should be eliminated/ The other holds that Mankind is a special creation that is working its way toward becoming divine.

Having once been a firm believer in option one I came to realize that option one is null and void. Even my loftiest thoughts were of no benefit. As it is written "Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we may die". I came to reject that position. It was completely inconsistent in itself. There simply was too much evidence of a Creator. Thus one evening on the lonely windswept prairie I knelt by a small white rock and met the Lord of the Universe. He gave me a new life and a new existence and suddenly the Bible made perfect sense. It was no longer just a book of funny stories. It was the Holy Scriptures given to me to guide and correct me as I lived my changed life. If you are debating whether to take the Bible literally or not you have no relationship with the One who inspired the Prophets and men of old as they were moved by the Spirit of God.