What are some things that Christianity has gotten wrong?

Answer 1

1: They do not worship God, they worship a man named Jesus who claimed to be the Messiah.

2: Their whole book is contradicting even what their Messiah says.

3: They intertwined their newfound religion with Paganism so we don't know how much is truth and how much is pleasure.

Answer 2

All Christians haven't erred in the same way or to the same degree, and many Christians have gotten it right in many ways. We could talk about the nature of reality for a start, where Christianity as a whole is deluded, but I think the key error is the most important is whether they got Jesus right or wrong.

I think the further from his death they got, the more they got him wrong, making him a god and focusing on all the Greco-Roman paganism supernatural initiatory religion crap Paul was pedaling (and the author of John's gospel as well, who tells of a completely different Jesus than Mark).

What we call Evangelical Christianity here is all about the deity of Jesus and Christian lifestyle and culture, and demons and angels and heavens and hells, and not the Jesus of the Synoptics who preached primarily about how to emulate the Kingdom of God on earth in our conduct. Evangelicals call their god Jesus, but that god is as made up as Astarte, Amon-Ra or Zeus. Jesus the social critic and righteousness teacher attracted followers for good reason, as he would today.

Answer 3

Since Christianity is a more of a 'moral framework' than it is a binding series of physical laws, most of the error has been when it has tried to extrapolate and expand those 'moral' frameworks into physical existence.

Because Christians are 'right', their actions must therefore be 'right', which is what led the Church to participate in such activities as witch burnings, crusades, and other social and political errors.

Likewise, their moral framework has led them to try to impose their 'ideas' in the realm of science, such as determining the age of the Earth, dictating the Earth's place in the solar system, denying the validity of evolution (in so much as it is true, so does it reflect a 'creator's truth, since it must be the 'creator' that made it so) and otherwise obstructing science when it 'perceives' it to be stating that which is scientifically valid but in conflict with doctrine.

As a moral framework in and of itself, technically every time a Christian 'fails' to follow the teachings set forth by Jesus Christ, they are 'wrong', so Christianity has gotten it wrong, in some ways, ever since.

Answer 4

I'm not Chrisitian, but that doesn't mean I don't respect it. They believe in a certain God and certain book, and certainly that's acceptable. There's definitely no fault in the beliefs.

But, there are other things, like today's people obsessing about losing Christmas, violent Islam, evil Harry Potter that's not right. Every religion and group have the right to believe in what they do. You can't judge a whole group because of what few do, and u can't dismiss some others because they don't believe in what u do.

Islam too has some problems with the same thing.

Answer 5

Many Christians have gotten their own religion wrong. Christians like Pat Roberts, Jerry Falwell, and James Dobson have bullied the political process in mean-spirited ways that look anti-Christian to me. They appear more involved in divisive politics than charitable acts... I know where they stand on political nominees, ant-gay amendments and who is secular (a bad word to them) in their own estimates but I know nothing of their philanthropic foundations.

This would be an easy time to attack Christianity but I see the problems with individuals who call themselves Christian. Not the religion. The same could be said for other faiths.

Answer 6

Do you mean Christianity the teachings, or Christianity the organized religion?

The teachings seem pretty decent. Loving one another, caring for the sick weak and infirm, not surrendering the spiritual to the government, that wealth does not purchase salvation... I like the story of Christ chasing the Pharisees out of the temple. The Pharisees were the literal interpretors of the Bible. Overall, the teachings of Christ seem quite deep and meaningful.

As to whether the Pontiffs and various Synods have sold out to the military and the kings... well, that's pretty obvious. The organized religion is just an institution for enslaving the believers
and maintaining the political status quo in perpetuity.

If Christ were to return, I think it would be a wonderful thing to see who exactly he embraced. I can tell you it would not be the
false believers in political mufti, nor the televangelists... nor would they recognize and welcome him.

Answer 7

The 10 commandments, the 10 commandments were given by a false god.

Jesus has told you this over and over again, he has given you many, many clues and direct statements, but because you love money more then you love him, you deny him, and worship the beast.

The statement "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man must be lifted up" This is clear and direct statement that Moses worship Satan, but men have told you what you wanted to hear even though you know in your heart it is false

You deny Jesus because Jesus Commanded that you resist not evil, to turn the other cheek, to lay down your life, and give to all that ask.

You prefer Moses over Jesus, because Moses stood for those things Jesus was against.

Answer 8

The Crusades and the Inquisition were icky. Yeah. It's just bad form to kill that many people in the name of a religion where the leader advocates love and peace.

Leviticus is nasty, too.

Overall, I don't think The Bible, as a work of literature has done anything wrong. The people who have done wrong are the people who have twisted it to suit their own agenda.

Answer 9

Christianity hasn't gotten the whole Islam thing yet. It's tried reading the Koran, but in the end, the sounds of dudes playing harmonica or dropping weights in the background keep it from Allah's truth. It will be back on the streets in 10-13 months without his word. Shame.

Answer 10

Some things that Christianity has gotten wrong are
1)Christians believe in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
2)As a member of the Trinity, Jesus is viewed as God Himself.
3)Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross.
4)Christians believe Jesus was resurrected (raised from the dead) three days after being crucified on a cross (Good Friday to Easter Sunday are the days when Christians remember and celebrate this.) Jesus' crucifixion they believe, redeems Christians of their sins.
5)Eschatology - most Christians believe that judgement takes place, immediately upon death (i.e. they will either go to Heaven or Hell, or as in the case of Catholics, they could also go to Purgatory immediately upon death). Christians also believe that the final Judgement Day is only for all those people who have not died yet and will be for those remaining on earth.
6)Hell is eternal, but Purgatory is not (note: Catholics believe in Purgatory whereas Protestants do not). While Catholics believe that Purgatory is precisely the same as Hell, it is not eternal. They believe it is a place or state of punishment wherein the souls of those who die in God's grace may do penance for past sins and hence become cleansed and fit for heaven. Only Christians can go to heaven.
7)Christians believe in Original Sin, (all of mankind is held responsible for the sins of Adam and Eve) which only the sacrament of baptism in the name of Christ can expiate.
8)Christians believe in vicarious atonement -- that another person can extinguish the guilt incurred by another person's sins. Jesus is believed to have died so as to atone vicariously for man's sins. He was considered to be the Lamb of God, which means that Jesus was considered to be the perfect sacrifice by which the hold of Original Sin was broken. Christians believe in intercession and intercessors such as priests and monks.
9)Christians believe that divine inspiration (the Latin word is 'afflatus' which means 'divine wind') inspired the writers of the scripture. Hence they believe that the Gospel of St. Mark (obviously written by St. Mark) or the letters of Paul the Apostle are the "Word of God."
10)Prophets do not have the same stature in Christianity that they have in Islam.
11)The source of Christian (or Canon) Law is the scripture, which has been interpreted by the Pope for Catholics; by the Patriarch for members of the Orthodox faith; and by the consensus of the community for other groups. The writings of the church fathers would also be relevant.
12)In the Old Testament (Jewish scriptures which most Christians regard as authoritative), Prophets are not portrayed as being infallible to say the least.
13)Christians consume the flesh of swine.
14)Alcohol intoxication is forbidden for Christians, but alcohol consumption is not.
15)Free-mixing of the sexes was historically discouraged, but today this injunction doesn't play the role it used to.
16)Christians have an obligation to proselytize. Missionary work is considered very important. While in Islam it is forbidden to put pressure, either directly or indirectly, on another person to convert to Islam. Efforts in this regard have to be through persuasion (i.e. without involving any kind of pressure). The Qur'an clearly lays down the law that the duty and function of all the Prophets and all Muslims is only to convey the message of God. Period. And look at how Islam is t fastest growing religion, when wedo not even have missonaries.

Answer 11

Within a century of the death of Jesus, Christianity became more a product to support and enrich it's hierarchy, lobbyists, and already rich sycophants, than a religion to lift the poor and the sick from their misery.