Have you ever heard of a Christ-Nazi?

Question

Faith is what fuels people to live. But faith is blind. I've been taught with rigorous strictness by my religiously dogmatic mother that God is great, God is good.

My question is: IS HE?

Is God this fabulous blessed being, so loving and perfect that our mortal, foolish lost-sheep-humans cannot lay our sinful eyes uponhim without being killed?I can believe in him. But is he good? I can't bring myself to believe it.

God has an extraordinarly similar visage to that of histories countless dictators (take more into account Hitler.) Do dictators not exalt and immortalize themselves? Do they not kill anyone opposing them? Why must God have ALL the glory? Why is anyone diverse to him damned to hell? And why do the Christ-Nazis turn a blind eye and comply to every demand?

I'm not speaking just out of pure whim. I could go on forever, and give you documents, information that corroborates my hopless theory.

So am I the only insane one?

Answer 1

No you are not insane. I am sure several christians will have a problem with your post, but despite them you are not insane. I think people are so afraid to question their beliefs that they don't do it. God will understand if you question what you are told about him and if not, he is not God and you need not worry.

Answer 2

I'll treat your question with respect, but I gotta tell ya, as a Christian, I find the term "Christ-Nazis" offensive. Never heard it used, and I don't really like what it implies.

The way I see it, wondering why God puts himself above us is a little like wondering why a parent sets rules for their children that they don’t have to follow themselves. I have two preschool-age children. I get to stay up past eight o’clock, I get to drink coffee, I can watch movies that are rated PG-13 and R. My kids don’t get to do those things. If I let them do all those things, I would be doing them a disservice, because they NEED to be told no, and to have boundaries.

Compared to God, who is millions of years old, even someone who is really old according to our standards is barely a speck in time. We’re all infants here. Small children don’t often come out hating their parents because they weren’t allowed to have a cup of coffee when Mom or Dad was, or they had a strict bedtime. They would ask “why”, sure, but they don’t separate from the parents over it. That’s because it’s reasonable.

What you’re wanting, though, is for God to voluntarily give us the same rights He gets, basically, even though He’s God, and we’re humans. To decide what we want to do. To say if there’s consequences or not. To make our own decisions about if we want to follow him, without chance of any consequences.

Also, think about this. Have you ever once heard stories of any other Gods who allow people to come and live with them after death? I mean, there aren’t stories of Mt. Olympus being populated by the ghosts of the dead. However, our God gives us that option.

Also, you don’t hear many stories of a God coming to Earth and actually suffering, do you? IF they came to earth, they did some great deed and were heroic and still “god-like”. However, my God actually came down to earth in the form of an infant, submitted to God the Father, as well as to earthly parents, made friends, learned, taught, wept, was beaten and murdered.

How can you claim that my God, the God of the Bible, is not personable, or unfair? When you compare Him to any other gods out there, He’s the ONE who has made the attempt to bridge the gap between us and Him.

And for that, He wants us to behave ourselves. He wants us to live within the boundaries he’s set for us.

Going back to the former analogy, considering the fact that I’m the infant and he’s the Father, I’m pretty okay with that.


EDIT: And I hope you read this far down. :-)

You aren't insane. You're questioning. That's fine. It's your right. If you decide there isn't a God, or that you don't want to mind him, that's fine. If you decide there isn't a God, you shouldn't worry too much about what the non-existant God said about not believing in him, ya know?

But I'm not insane, either. I just made a different choice than you did.

Answer 3

Point 1: Adolph Hitler was a practicing Catholic who had two audiences with two different Popes and who regularly attended Mass. Doesn't that make him a Christ-Nazi?

You have obviously been brainwashed by your Mother and are just now coming to terms with it. You have a choice to make. You must decide for yourself if God actually exists in some form that makes sense to you. 90% of Americans choose to believe their parent's lies, and profess that God has always existed in a place called Heaven and that He hears their prayers. 10% (including 93% of members of the National Academy of Sciences) know that God is an imaginary deity, created by mankind, and frequently used by unscrupulous persons to advance their own agendas. There's a huge difference between believing and knowing and it's obvious you will get no peace of mind until you are mature enough to decide this question for yourself.

Try typing "God is imaginary" in any search engine. What you find may either disgust or enlighten you. It will certainly show you a new way of thinking.

Answer 4

no you are not the only insane one.
the trick is...to avoid the insanity altogether. i literally went off the deep end a few years back trying to figure it all out, and i now am at the conclusion that it is unsolvable.
i try to enjoy life, and i have recently decided that the purpose of life is to love others well.
the rest dosent matter much at this point.
all the best :)

Answer 5

Jesus joined the 3rd Reich?