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Discovered this link after looking around on how to tell your parents you've dropped the religion they raised you on.
First of all, I don't know who wrote this, but it's a very adolescent response to someone who did just that. Dropping a philosophy or a belief that you were raised on and surrounded by during your whole developmental period is not ( Read more... )
First of all, I don't know who wrote this, but it's a very adolescent response to someone who did just that. Dropping a philosophy or a belief that you were raised on and surrounded by during your whole developmental period is not ( Read more... )
One of the things Andy does repeatedly is call out Christians for their hypocrisy. It's refreshing, and it's a shame more churches aren't lead to love before they're lead to judge. (And, technically, it's wrong to hold non-believers to the same moral code if they don't subscribe to it themselves. The only ones Christians should hold accountable for sin are-surprise surprise-FELLOW CHRISTIANS.)
Hypocrisy in the church is sadly inevitable. Recently I heard the phrase, "there's no perfect church, because it's full of people". What's upsetting is that those who are the most outspoken and seemingly pious are quick to point the finger without acknowledging that we ALL, to some degree, have skeletons in our closets.
Christ sought out and loved sinners. People forget that all the time. I think there will always be Pharisees(ancient or modern) who get bent out of shape when time/effort is given freely to them...but those people don't have true grasp on who Christ is.
This is why I choose to focus on Christ first. My relationship with Him gives me genuine stability, whereas if I were to focus on the others around me, I'd walk away with a sour taste in my mouth.
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It's nice to still see Christians like you keeping the faith and just being good neighbors to their fellow man and the like. That's probably the only reason I still come back to it from time to time.
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