Jan 22, 2004 11:06
This is why i hate it when people call Christians weak. We're weak for struggling to love even when we want to hate... struggling to tell the truth when a lie is easier.. struggling to be a virgin in a world filled with sex... struggling to stand strong and say "I'm a Christian" when you know the world is full of people who don't understand us; people who hate us, people who think we're stupid, people who judge us. It takes strength to be a Christian. I've wanted to lie, i've wanted to abuse my power at work so i wouldnt get in trouble, i've wanted to lie to avoid anger, i've wanted to have sex... but i don't, and it is not easy. I'm sure you can understand that, or else i'd challenge you to try living this life.
You only think we're weak because we don't live as if "this is it", but rather because we believe in more. Because we see things you dont. But arguing this has little import. The truth of a fact does not lay in whether it makes you weaker or stronger. The "crutch" criticism in no way proves or disproves the reality of God and/or His character. The bottom line is that if God is real, then He better be depended upon.
And P.S. if you read the bible and study the God of it, you'll see He does not match the profile of a creation by emotionally-crippled people.