Re: Evolution is bunk...
Hey Klash!
I went home terrified of going to hell and my parents confirmed what she told me. I was baptized the next week. As I got older, I would think: if god is omnipotent he knows I don't love him but that I just fear hell. No matter how hard I tried to convince myself, I couldn't understand how I could have more compassion for people than a god that created us.
This is the problem I have with what I call "fire and brimstone" preachers. The ones who preach fear. I have been blessed, since I came to Christ, to have a preacher who focuses on the mercy of God. You see, in order for God to be just, He must punish those who break His law (just as any judge is bound to do). But, too many preachers focus simply on judgment, doing a great disservice to their flock. But, here is the mercy of God: "When the fullnes of time was come, God sent His Son...to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." (Galatians 4:4)
We can't possibly love others more than God loves us. I can tell from your post that you don't believe this is so. But think about it: When He could have left us all in condemnation, He came down and suffered for us. And when Christ returns, time is no more, and He brings His church home, there will be no more suffering (Revelations 7:16-17 "They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst...for God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.") and, more importantly, there will be no more sin ("...an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you." I Peter 1:4)
and the unrealistic authoritative standards to make us aware of our "imperfections".
The Law that God gave to Moses was, indeed, intended to show us how imperfect we really are. And, true, no mere man ever could. Now, when Christ came, He did not do away with the Law, but He fulfilled the Law for us. He became sin for us (II Corinthians 5:21), so we, in these bodies, don't necessarily have to be "perfect". We can screw up, and we are going to. We'll do things, say things, think things we shouldn't, but God knows that. That's why, if we have Christ as our Savior, "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus...For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1-2)
Christianity is nothing but a cult that locks people in their own minds, fearful to look away.
This is one difference between Christianity and some other religions. As Luke wrote of the Bereans in the Book of Acts: "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica...for they searched the scriptures daily, whether these things were so." No matter where you may look, there is only one Truth. That truth is named Jesus Christ. God bless you, Klash.
NC
"If any man is in Christ he is a new creation. Old things are passed away, behold, all things are made new"--II Corinthians 5:17
"I am speechless in Your presence now
I'm astounded as I consider how
You have shown us
A love that leaves us
Speechless"
--Steven Curtis Chapman
Train like a nightmare. Those hills that kick your butt today will kiss it tomorrow.