I Don't Blame You!
If you have been turned off by "Christianity", I don't blame you. In general, I find the "Christian" population in society today to be somewhat repulsive. Here are a few reasons why.
Most "Christians" are hypocrites.
The majority of the "Christians" I see use the name when and only when it's convenient. When it comes down to actually changing the way they live to fit the model found in their own Bible, they back off with remarkable consistency.
Too many Christians want to impose their beliefs on everyone.
For some reason, "Christians" expect everyone to live by their standards. This is completely illogical and unfortunate. Christians should be more concerned with enforcing their standards among their own ranks, and realize that non-Christians have no reason to conform to their system.
The majority of Christians don't take their faith seriously.
If Christians really believed what they said they believed, they would go all-out, no-holds-barred, in trying to "convert the heathen".
In a nutshell, here's what Christians claim to believe, based on the Bible:
- Every person has at some point done something wrong, or "sin".
- Regardless of the magnitude, the penalty for that sin is eternity in a literal place called "Hell".
- The son of God, Jesus, came to earth, lived with no sin, and died to pay for our sin.
- To get to Heaven (instead of Hell), we must each "repent" of our sin, and accept, by faith, Jesus' death as substitution for our penalty.
If Christians saw this as emminent reality, I sincerely hope that they would be compelled to action by the love that they claim to possess.
It's also worth noting that the insincerity and hypocrisy of millions of "Christians" does nothing to excuse anyone else from taking responsibility for their sin. According to the Bible, each individual will be held accountable for his/her own actions- regardless of whether he/she was turned off by less-than-exemplary Christians.
But don't worry- "Christians" will be judged, too.
