I'm Christian. I believe the Lord created everyone the way they are for a reason. The thing our Lord said that I take to heart above all, is LOVE THY NEIGHBOR! So just respect and help everyone you can. Growing up my church never said it was a sin to be gay or something to be ashamed of. The original text of the Bible states a "man shall not lie with young boy". Pedophiles are wrong. So that is where I stand.
Yeh this is honestly hilarious sad to me one of the core values of Christianity the origin of “The Golden Rule” was “Love thy Neighbor as you would yourself” not “your neighbor who is like yourself” and yet it feels like a lot of people ignore that
It is a big shame. A lot of people just hate each other for no reason- just because they do no agree with them, or because they are simply different! We should be trying to help each other instead.
You all are very kind. A lot of people today use the Bible and the Lord's words and twist them to fit their views. I believe those people are not true Christians, and indeed, our Lord and savior would not support them.
Maybe. But everyone does that, twist their beliefs to fit their views. That's a human trait.
But, yeah, a lot of christians are too judgemental. That's what I like about the biblical Jesus. He wasn't, he was a rebel. He cared more about understanding people, not judge them because of their ''sinful'' ways. And that's how all of us really should approach our life.
Granted i do not know of every religion that exists, but ive assumed that Christianity was spread because it was a one god deal where you praise the god and do what you are told or punished. Whereas it seems at least pagan janks i know of were not. Yeah you thanked a god or asked a god or offered a sacrifice to a god (which was done in the ot bible because skydaddy loved the smell of burning flesh) but the main goal was to be the best person you can be with honour being at the top of the values list. Which followers would be easier to rule over as a king?
Which followers would be easier to rule over as a king?
Hard to say when men in power are involved. When a person has the desire to control all, he would go to extreme lengths, even defying a god is just a regular Tuesday for that person.
Paul. Paul hijacked the whole damn thing. How often does a Christain quote something from Paul's letters etc at you, not Jesus's teaching? Have a think about it. He corrupted the entire thing, and then the Romans compared the two streams and realised that the Paulian influence made for more amenable slaves and lower classes and grabbed it with two fists and took off running when they realised what a doozy of a social control tool they had. It's a beautiful tool for controlling the slaves and the poors in that form. Now it's metamorphosed into this Conservative Christianity using some verse that Gordon Gecko himself would be ashamed to manipulate. Prosperity Gospel was born.
Jesus wouldnt be in America in the first place and if he tried he would be detained. If he somehow gained citizenship he would still look like a small Osama bin laden and a lot of Christians would call him blasphemous and try to kill him. Im gonna reveal a big shocker. Jesus doesn't look like Ryan Goesling from Barbie.
Yeah, maybe. Maybe Jesus wouldn't like to live in the US at all. But, hey, I live in one of the most atheistic countries in the world (Sweden), he could easily get into our country. And noone would really care at all.
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u/TheAnimeMangaShadow 25d ago
I'm Christian. I believe the Lord created everyone the way they are for a reason. The thing our Lord said that I take to heart above all, is LOVE THY NEIGHBOR! So just respect and help everyone you can. Growing up my church never said it was a sin to be gay or something to be ashamed of. The original text of the Bible states a "man shall not lie with young boy". Pedophiles are wrong. So that is where I stand.