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MrSmooTh · 31-35, M
That's kind of why I am taking a break from church right now. Mainly, because of my job and by the time I get to Sunday I just need to rest and catch up. But something that didn't sit right with me is that one day the pastor had said "God is always on the side of the poor." And then when people left the church a lot of them went out to eat and drove right past a lot of homeless people without giving them a second thought. I am just tired of church being a show. My dad is a pastor and I grew up in the church. I always went for my own reasons and didn't worry about the fake people, but now that I'm grown I just can't live with people saying one thing and doing another. Instead, I try to be an example of Christ in my everyday life. I try to make others feel good and help out where I can. Little things like helping an older person get something off the top shelf at the grocery store or a word of encouragement to someone who is feeling down go a long way.
4meAndyou · F
@MrSmooTh YES!!! Hypocrisy in church goers is very difficult to process. But loving other people, as Christ did, is, IMO, the true Christianity...not nit picking their lives or their behaviors.
LIVING as Christ did, as far as we are individually able, is also VERY important. God is love, and we must always love our neighbors and help them if and when we can.
LIVING as Christ did, as far as we are individually able, is also VERY important. God is love, and we must always love our neighbors and help them if and when we can.