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Originally Posted by Oscar's Mom Jeanie, I hope I did not offend you with my post...I am not sure I stated in my post what you quoted above...I KNOW that going to church does not make you a good Christian...I have not gone to church since 1998 but am a Christian and my faith is as strong as ever...we just recently started going to church again...going to church does not make you anything...believing in God and that He gave his only begotten Son to die on a cross that YOU may be forgiven for your sins have everlasting life...THAT'S what makes you a born again Christian - No man cometh to the Father but by the Son...THAT makes me a Christian. |
Debbie... to the contrary, I got your point and was agreeing with you. I just do not believe in organized religion in general.
As I stated earlier, IMO organized religion does not teach from the bible, they pick out a few passages and use them to point out other peoples sins.
I couple of years ago, I went to a Luthren church for my Granddaughters baptism. It was a very modern church and had huge screens on the walls with the words of the hymns and so forth. On the screen they had a message about a protest march they were planning to protest Gay marriages and how the bible is against homosexuals.
The entire time I was there, I wanted to stand up and speak out about "let he who is without sin cast the first stone", and "judge not lest ye be judged." Some churches preach against inter racial marriages. talk about hypocrites.
My very own sister and BIL go to church every Sundy, they are involved in many of the church functions, yet they are two of the biggest racists that I know. They told their own grand daughter that if she married a black man she would never be welcome in their house.
My SIL on my husbands side, goes to church all the time, and when talking about the illegal immigration of the Mexicans, her comment was, they should set up machine guns and SHOOT them.
My mother, who went to church all the time, believed that the reason I am disabled is because God is punishng me. And that wealth is a reward for being a good person. So when her millionaire brother got cancer she was very troubled. Was he good or bAd, then she got cancer and felt she was being punished for having been so stingy about giving to the church.
WHAT DO THEY TEACH IN THOSE CHURCHES???? NONE OF THAT IS IN THE BIBLE.
Do people really believe that God likes some people better than others???? that he puts all the people he hates in third world countries and makes all the people that he likes wealthy or gifted??????????
I'm going to start my own church. Where people get together and discuss how to be better people rather than how to make other people be better people.
Sorry sorry Sorry I'll get down off my soapbox now.
I am writing a book on all of this. So hopefully some day I will be heard.