Religion is weird.

I've been with my church about a year or so now, baptized about half a year ago. Before that I was a hypocritical mess of a human, and honestly I'm still not the best Christian out there,

Buuuut, what Ive found funny, is all those people that see something like..... Pokemon and DnD for example and scream and call it satanic and that you'll go to hell,

Meanwhile, actual Christian rules: don't give in to anger, don't rush to judge others unless you yourself are perfect in the eyes of the Lord, also literally says that those who spread false gospel and try to deceive the young (like for eg by claiming a videogame will doom you to hell) will themselves be thrown in the deepest pits of hell...

Just find it extremely ironic

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PatientlyWaiting25 · 46-50, F

A lot of people have been decieved by large 'organised' denominations spreading false teaching. Those people are like the Pharisees. It makes me sad. The gift of salvation is only by God's grace. It's the ultimate gift of love and freedom. It's all about Jesus. ❤

Adstar · 56-60, M

A Jesus said, It is the sick that value a Doctor more then the healthy.. It is the greatest sinners that value the Atonement of the LORD Jesus more..

Also people who make statements like ""You will go to hell for this or that sin"" have not really believed in the atonement of the LORD Jesus which covers those sins for those people who believe Jesus and trust that His atonement covers those sins..

Lets hope that the ones who believe in a false Gospel end up repenting and come to finally accept the true Gospel that saves..

Oh and yeah a lot of church going people are not Christians sadly..

LauriesDarkDesires · 31-35, F

I am a Christian, but the sad thing is many Christians are the most judgemental people in the world.

I believe we have moved past that and are in a new 3rd dispensation.

https://similarworlds.com/romance/sex-open-mind/4443951-SEX-AND-RELIGION-Sex-Nudity-and-the-Modern-Christian

GinPanda · 26-30, F

@LauriesDarkDesires I have no idea how I missed that post.

LauriesDarkDesires · 31-35, F

@GinPanda
It's one of my best :)

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MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

It's very simple really, just read the bible and don't focus on the people too much. People are messy, they have their own ideas, they're not what makes the religion (what you believe in).

BohoBabe · M

Call me cynical, but this is partly why I think most people don't really believe in their own religion. Does anyone really make an effort to follow their holy text or official church teachings?

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BohoBabe · M

@GeminiDuality But then couldn't you make the argument that this god should have made a world without wealth or poverty? I don't believe Communism is possible, but Yahweh could have created a reality where it is.

We actually don't have free will. Every decision we make is a result of other factors we have no control over. It's actually been proven that our subconscious makes decisions before our conscious is aware of it.

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@BohoBabe in that case you are by all means free to believe what you want to, personally I will continue to believe we all have free will

He could have made a world without those things, and in HIS world , yep that's what we believe will be the case, but we shaped this world in our interests, and we decided we wanted those things. Look I can't tell you why something exists, I can't tell you what Jesus thinks,

I believe because to me the idea of pure random chance existence, resulting in eternal nothingness sounds hollow , I can't tell you why God allowed drugs, sexual abuse, murder, cp, or any of the other horrifying things, I can guess and assume but I don't know.

Adstar · 56-60, M

@BohoBabe You have a performance based mindset when it comes to religion.. You think the religious must never do any of the ""sins"" their religion identifies and must do all the good works their religion lays out.. If you where religious you would have a Works salvation POV and doctrine..

As a Christian i am called upon to Believe the standards that God has revealed in the Bible as being true and good.. I must acknowledge that i fall short of those standards every day and that i need to trust in the Way the LORD Jesus has made for me to be justly forgiven all the times that i sin and all the times i fail to do the good things that The LORD has told me to do..

The standards revealed in the Bible are there to teach us that we all fall short of the good standards of God all the time and therefore we need the Intervention of The LORDs atonement which He secured for the forgiveness of our sins on the cross..

Eternal life with the LORD Jesus was never and can never be secured by good works performance or successful sin avoidance.. No one does the Law without failing to do the Law..

Ones belief in the teachings of God are totally separate from ones level of adherence to those teachings.. Like an alcoholic can hate themselves for drinking alcohol to excess, they are yearn to break the habit.. But their addiction sees to it that they will continue to abuse alcohol.. Their abuse of alcohol is not proof that they love alcoholism.. and neither is a religious persons sinning proof that the do not believe that their sins are wrong..

jehova · 36-40, M

Yes hypothetically I chose to write my own in pursuit of stressing the aspects most important

BritishFailedAesthetic · M

Errr.. Christians playng DND, Magic The Gathering, etc doesn't lead to hell. Rejecting Christ's sacrifice on the cross will damn your soul.

Oh boy... I can see the "Wahhh I'm so sorry about other Christians" people are out in full force. 😆

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ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M

Intentionally deceiving the young isn't the same as having a difference of opinion

MoveAlong · 70-79, M

RUN

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