Evangelical Christianity seems like a cult to me. And the meaning of the word Christian has changed for me over time. When a person tells me he is a Christian, that doesn't tell me very much. I have to find out more in order to know what he means. I know some good people who call themselves Christian, and in fact have been influenced greatly by one such woman. It is my friend's mother, who is having a 90th birthday party today. Their family was associated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church years ago, but they didn't keep up church attendance. The mom thought it was silly when she met other church members in the grocery store, and they would try to hide the fact that they were buying meat. I do have a certain respect for the Adventists, though. And the basis of my friend's religion is that the family believes in God, goodness and doing the right thing. The mom was a good and real woman, as biblically described. She stayed home and took care of her husband, home and kids, while her husband worked to support the family. That value was instilled in me by her, as my own mother's first love was career.
The eternal life in hellfire thing doesn't make any kind of sense to me, except for bringing to mind that many people like to righteously condemn others. I don't find those type of people Godly.
I'm not surprised that you've met many good people in the mental health system. Sadly, I've seen beautiful and good-hearted children horribly abused by mental cruelty, causing them serious psychological problems. Maybe you've met people in that system that had their good hearts broken too many times by cruelty.
It's interesting that you should mention Muhammad and Islam. I know very little about those things, but recently ordered a Kuran at this site.
I like the Bible very much, but it doesn't make a Christian of me. Just as a broken clock is right twice daily, I believe that truth can be found in the Bible. The troubles are that it is so subject to interpretation by the biased reader, that some who have been evangelized actually have no interest in reading for themselves, and some of the writings may reflect an agenda on the part of the writer not having to do with spiritual truth to the benefit of the reader. If one tries, one can probably use the Bible to justify whatever point of view he would like to promote.
My interest in finding out more about Islam is that I heard that the religion is closer to Judaism, by far, than Christianity.
The eternal life in hellfire thing doesn't make any kind of sense to me, except for bringing to mind that many people like to righteously condemn others. I don't find those type of people Godly.
I'm not surprised that you've met many good people in the mental health system. Sadly, I've seen beautiful and good-hearted children horribly abused by mental cruelty, causing them serious psychological problems. Maybe you've met people in that system that had their good hearts broken too many times by cruelty.
It's interesting that you should mention Muhammad and Islam. I know very little about those things, but recently ordered a Kuran at this site.
I like the Bible very much, but it doesn't make a Christian of me. Just as a broken clock is right twice daily, I believe that truth can be found in the Bible. The troubles are that it is so subject to interpretation by the biased reader, that some who have been evangelized actually have no interest in reading for themselves, and some of the writings may reflect an agenda on the part of the writer not having to do with spiritual truth to the benefit of the reader. If one tries, one can probably use the Bible to justify whatever point of view he would like to promote.
My interest in finding out more about Islam is that I heard that the religion is closer to Judaism, by far, than Christianity.
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