Why is so hard for people to understand Christianity?

Question

Christs=Jesus, Jesus loved and forgave people, He did not judge he taught by example. He gave his life for us. He did not kill for us.

Bible: 10 comandments, Golden Rule, Beaditudes, Full of love
Where does all the killing come in?

Why do people call themselves christian when being christian would mean walking the path of christ? They are walking the opposite path he did. It is not that hard to understand the bible.

Why do they even bother calling themselves christians? How about something more accurate that represents jugding, punishing and materialism?

Christ is loving why do these people filled with hate poison his name?

Who said what I am. I do understand at the very core of many religions there is great beauty and love. The thinks I mentioned like the ten conmandment and golden rule and beatitudes are in the bible. Who cares what I am. Who cares where I go. All I can do is do my best and try to love and care for others. I love people of all religions perhaps that is wrong in some peoples eyes. I do know there is good in many religions at the very core, but when it becomes organized in chritianity it gets ugly from what I can see. Sometimes. I do appreciate serving those less fortunate and helping those in needs. That is where organization suceedes in serving others. Where it does not in my opinion is in spinning our wheels worthlessly against eachother. I just think that jesus was a loving man and that it is not so hard to see in the bible. Perhaps I was just exposed to a libral catholic adgenda. Catholicism is getting so radical.

Perhaps catholics are radical because they believe in life in all forms from fetus to end of life, serving the sick and poor and world peace. Perhaps because they give. From the way the world is now it has become a very libral form of christianity. I was exposed to that form of chiristianity for years. Who knows what I am. Who knows if I am going to hell. I thought the bible said judge not least thee be judged. I am just saying that our god and christ has things that the religion represents and these things that other people represent are not christian. If you think I am going to hell so be it. What about those without sin cast the 1st stone. I am not without sin. I am just a woman trying to lead the best life she can and make as positive an impact as I can. I am trying to lead a good life. I never said I was better than anyone else or a true christian. Personally I do not know what I am. I think christ has some good teachings. Perhsonally I think there are some

beautiful and wonderful ideas from other religions. I know that religion can be beautiful at the core. I just do not think killing is christian and perhaps these people should create a new religion or values based concept more suited to their values of judgement and punishment. This would be something that would fit how they fell more. Not that they are going to hell or being punished. It is not my responsibility to punish. I am a mere human.

It would be nice if Jesus Christ would come for a brief visit and tell people what being christian means. Ask them if they want a part of it.

Answer 1

Jesus is cool. It's his fan club I can't stand.

Answer 2

adobeprincess,
It's because there is a miracle that might be so commonplace to you that you don't even notice it. The miracle is that you cannot understand and believe the scriptures without God's Spirit. It as plain an answer that I can come up with.

Jesus wasn't talking about peoples eyes sometimes when he talked about being blind. It was their ability to understand ( discern) spiritual things. Those that are, would even deny that.

It shows that you are either a young Christian, or maybe never looked at it that way. But that, I believe, is your disbelief talking.

That's why I'm here. I am dropping seeds. Let this one grow. God's Spirit is working here. You can look at the same verse you did yesterday and get something new out of it. Tell me you didn't notice that by now! lol

Time is getting short, sister. See you when we get there.

By the way. Read Acts 5. That's not saying that it's okay to kill. But you cannot ignore the love of God in the Old Testament, neither the judgement of some in the New Testament by the Spirit of God. He's the same God.

Answer 3

Because if only the totally nonviolent were Christian, then there would be virtually no christians, and I don't think the religion as a whole wants the majority of the world going to hell. Okay, wants the VAST majority of the world going to hell.

Christianity is hard to "understand" because there's a lot of subjectivity in there. It's all about interpretation. I'm all for the promotion of non-violent christianity, but sometimes people choose which aspects they want to follow or rather, choose to interpret such things that only the aspects they follow are actually part of the religion.

Answer 4

It is not at all hard to understand Christianity - It is very simple - that is why even an infant could be taught Christianity.

But my problem is that these infants grow up believing the same fairy tale. I mean when people grow up and come to an age of understanding, they do move out from myths and fairy tales - I no longer believe that Princess kissed a frog to become a handsome prince.

Christianity is so easy to understand, I have grasped most of the important teachings, and decided Hell - NO !. A lot are doing so too - So it could be safely assumed that the world is finally seeing reality.

Answer 5

Because the whole world is waiting until we make a mistake and then they blow it up!!! As Christians we strive to be Christ-like, but we will are human and Jesus (Christ) is God. Many people say they are Christian and yet don't live a life striving to be Christ-like. Yes there is killing and wars in the Bible, but when did Christ kill? NEVER! The Bible also tells us to protect the weak, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked. It also tells us that Christians will not be understood, and will be persecuted. It is a sacrifice that we have to make. We are born with a will, God gave us a choice, walk with Him and have eternal life with joy and happiness or don't walk with Him and have eternal fire and brimstone, your choice. God doesn't send people to hell, people choose to go to hell. My choice is walking with Him. (sorry, I was distracted a little bit by the other answers too)

Answer 6

Paul has attempted to destroy the belief in Jesus every chance he could, from the time he held the robes of those who stoned the president of the church of the disciple's, Stephen; till his last book in the New testament and those without discernment have followed Paul to the point where what Jesus teaches is dismissed as immaterial. That Jesus only lived to die is the message of the unforgiving Christian, that they are forgiven is assured, but they need not forgive others themselves. The only way anyone can combat them is to say you follow Jesus, not Paul and pray they wake up and change their ways before its too late for them. Also, did you know that its only by Pauls inferrence that has created the belief in a Rapture where the chosen escape any evil?

Answer 7

Its not at all about Christianity. Its the people. I heard some where that 90% of Christians are pre-destined for hell. Try really hard you may be the other 10%.

I mean, maybe you'll understand it in the following way:

Islam teaches peace.
Osama bin Laden teaches murder.

Judaism teaches peace.
Ariel Sharon teaches rape and bombardment.

Christianity teaches peace.
Bush and Company throw that aside and teach hate crimes, lying and false judgment.

All the above religions teach peace!
It is the people who give the religions bad names.

Actually the only thing different about those three religions is
. lawful food
. who is god
. who are prophets

etc.

But they share a basic set of morals and ethics.

Don't beat yourself up for your people.
Only you can cause you to go to hell.

Answer 8

It is sad.
:(
People get ideas into their heads because of other people saying that 'this is what Christians do'.

Ever see on the news when they said about a certain political party having an 'edge on religion'?

You get enough people to think that it is the Christian thing to do and they believe it with closed minds, not reasoning through it and so caught up about being against the enemy, that they think they are so much better than everyone else. And that the only thing that matters is that 'bad' people get everything that they 'deserve'. (Like they actualy deserve to be forgiven themselves... No-one does.)

God=Love
We all deserve to die but Jesus died so we wouldn't.

Killing sounds the opposite to me.

Answer 9

I have to agree with fresheyeball.. alot of your statements are false. Jesus fought for what he believed in. He did not let ppl trod on him. He marched into the temple where the sellers were doing business and overturned tables.. enraged.. not an act of gentle persuasion or guided teachings but of a man with passion for what he believed in.
I would suggest that you get a fresh look at your bible. Just try reading the whole thing.. before going all holy roller on other peoples take on it, lest you be judged!

Answer 10

No major religion promotes or condones killings and wars. People are people and no matter how they might try to follow Christ, they are not like him. Many of these people have been tricked by the Devil into thinking that they are doing God's will while some are in it for their own reasons with their own goals. Many come in the name of Jesus that know him not.

Answer 11

"You are free in our time to say that God does not exist. You are free to say that he exists but is evil. You are free to say like some poor satirist that he would like to exist if he could. You may talk of God as a mystification or a metaphor; you may boil him down with gallons of long words or boil him down to the rags of metaphysics. It is not merely that nobody punishes you, but nobody protests. But, if you speak of God as something like a tiger, as a reason for changing ones conduct, then the modern world will stop you if it can. We are long past talking about whether an unbeliever should be punished for being irreverent, it is now thought irreverent to be a believer."--GK Chesterton