Here is one of the answers I heard...
"Well, I believe that when this world passes away, we will move from this realm into another realm, and it will be similar to this realm, because there will be people and video games and stuff, but this realm will pass away and a new realm will form..."
Are you lost yet? Ask them, however, about the Lord and Jesus and Creation and you get something to the effect of...
"@#$% that @#$% man. That can't be true because they don't like it when I cuss or smoke pot. That can't POSSIBLY be true. How could you be so closed minded. How can you believe in something so far fetched?"
Stop. Jesus is far fetched, but the earth moving realms and something about video games makes sense? I'm very lost now...
Why is that? Why do people believe that way? How can people believe in some kind of cooked up nonsense and think Jesus is far fetched. And why do people believe that Christianity is so Exclusive when it is actually one of the most inclusive ideas?
Comment at will, I'll post more on Sunday!
Well, Christianity kind of excludes those that aren't Christian. Which is a lot. And frankly, those who grow up outside of a church life (and even some who didn't) don't really know anything about Christ, therefore their cooked up nonsense is all they know. It sucks, but it's something we have to face. And from the outside, Christianity does look very closed minded.
ReplyDeleteThink about it, if you don't have a clue as to what the answer to a question is but are open to suggestions, and someone else takes a guess, puts his faith in it, and rejects all other ideas and offers little evidence as to why, who's the closed minded one?
When you're raised by the world, it only makes sense that you'd end up worldly. The idea that something so radically sure of itself is the absolute truth in a world of uncertainty can be hard to accept.