I think a lot of Christians get the image of Jesus wrong...
Yes he's part of "God", the trio, etc..
But he's NOT God himself!!! This modern idolization of Jesus is crazy and inaccurate.
For hunting or skeet shooting, sure.He also did not preach vegetarianism or pacifism like many Indian gurus so one can assume gun ownership is acceptable for Christians.
If Jesus didn't preach pacifism, then what was all that "turn the other cheek" business? It's the old testament God who was vengeful and murderous.Well, Jesus was a Jew and made statements that would be considered racist in today's times both about his own and other peoples. He also did not preach vegetarianism or pacifism like many Indian gurus so one can assume gun ownership is acceptable for Christians.
However, as someone who was much more drawn to Orthodox and Catholic versions of Christianity I am not the biggest fan of American evangelicalism either. For anyone interested in learning more about Christianity, I would recommend looking back at its roots, studying church history, reading the desert fathers, the monastics and saints and getting an idea of what Christianity was originally about. Prior to that, I would recommend avoiding all modern day protestant sects.
Come visit Orthodox temple.You won't understand nothing(few are capables),there is no preachers,chanting all the time....a lot of smoke&incenseJust relax your mind.....no need to believe in anything if you don't want......or you can relax at home with some cold beer in your hand ofcourseMy #1 problem with Christianity, or organized religion in general, has always been preachers.
The man that claims to know more about God than you do. The man who claims to be more pure than you. The man that tells you how to know God. The man who tells you how you should interpret the Bible. He is an obstruction to my connection with God.
They tell you how to think. They tell you how to act. They tell you how to believe.
People should come to their own conclusions. People should have a direct, unobstructed, relationship with God without someone standing in the way telling you how to do it.
Christianity is just as fallible as that man who is preaching it to you... and man is a highly fallible creature and prone to corrupt biased thinking.
A man cannot be God. He was just a man. Worshipping men is idolatry.
Christianity is full of idols (Christ, Mary & the Pope among others).
Jesus said something like, "I am the son of God and you are my brothers and sisters." So, why is he on a pedestal?
Xorkoth said:he was saying "hey guys, we're all a part of god, disregard all of this stuff (the old testament stuff), and the corrupt church, instead, just be kind to each other, help each other out, we can make heaven right here for ourselves
Very Satanist of you.Fuck Jesus. I'm going to worship me.