| I_Heart_Nintendo said: I used to identify as a christian, but that was when i was much younger (due to my parents taking me to church) and because I didn't know any better. You can't see how bad it really is until you have been in, and then have had an epiphany and left. Any christians who wish to talk down this notion do not know what it is like. Some of my best friends are christians, but they are the smart type who don't hate on people and just go for the social aspect and because they have fun doing PG rated activities. Good on em'. On what some guy said earlier in the discussion about "atheism being the belief that there is not god" or some tripe like that, is utterly incorrect. Its like a null hypothesis. The fact that there is no god is null, and the hypothesis that there is one is the alternative. People are not born christians you know, the are socialized to be so by the church because the church needs as much money from as many poor saps as possible. |
Hmm. I wonder how many churches have that as their core directed? As a youth pastor, I'm pretty disturbed by that statement. Churches don't exist to take people's money. I feel very sorry for you that the kind of church you grew up in made you feel like that was their goal. But I can assure you that is not any churches goal. If anything, the church exists to help the poor improve their lives. There used to be this thing called 'welfare' that churches worked so diligently to help the poor & needy of their community. You may want to check out a few churches that are heavily involved in such projects.
A good place to start would be churches that back World Vision, Habitat for Humanity, and various Food Bank programs.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
