As a Christian, I've been dismayed by conflicting comments about "faith" in general, & I feel the need to make the following observation (not my own words): "It's not that Christianity has been tried, & found lacking -- It's just that it's been found difficult, & left untried." Your thoughts?
2007-10-29 19:44:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe the main reason for this is because as we are told in the Bible, many would stumble at the simplicity in Christ. For many, it is too easy so therefore must be more to it than being justified wholly by grace as many today will state that it takes works as well. Not so says the Bible, a man is justified wholly before the Lord by faith.
Ephesians 2:8-9 blows away any idea that our works play any part in God's plan of redemption for mankind.
2007-10-29 19:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A little more between the two. If it were completely untried God would have no church of which to claim the gates of hell could never overcome (Matthew 16:18). However, since "many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14), and that it is a "narrow... gate and difficult... way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:14), all suggests that it is not an easy life, and many turn back from trying it.
In other words, True Christianity is LARGELY untried... by the masses -- even those who claim to be Christian.
2007-10-29 20:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by BC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MY take on it is this "It's not that Christianity has failed the people, it's that the people have failed Christianity"
I personally don't find the precepts of the religion to be lacking - most are quite solid, common sense, and good. HOWEVER, I do find many of the members lacking, because they are too lazy or just plain unwilling to follow the very basic precepts set out in the religion.
It's not hard to be a good Christian, like so many insist it is. IF you make an effort, you can be a good Christian. However, too many are not honest with themselves and others and only make half hearted efforts.
I think the more honest folk are those who openly walk away from the religion - they still live by the precepts - after all, most of them are every day moral codes we all live by- but they don't pretend to be something they truly aren't.
I wouldn't be suprised if god finds those who are honest about it more worthy than those who claim it but don't live it. Get what I mean?
(I'm not a Christian not because I can't handle living by the precepts, but because I get disgusted being around the people who purposefully fail to, yet proclaim how Christian they are at the top of their lungs.)
2007-10-29 20:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist now, but I get the gist. The "original" Christianity was apparently more focused on compassion, sharing in a community, and "opening up" a belief to gentiles (since the first ones were of course Jews). But the belief is difficult-- so much so that I must now consider the central Jesus-myth a beautiful, but horrible, fable. But real "genuine" Christianity hasn't really been tried at the level of the nation-state, at least in the way that say Francis of Assisi might have wished.
I'm reminded of Gandhi's response to this question: "What do you think of Western civilization?"
Gandhi: "Well, I think that would be a good idea!"
Jesus, fictional or not, may have summed it up best: "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Noble ideas (some of them, anyway), but the daily practice (to do good) is hard.
2007-10-29 19:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are forgetting the little word Faith. The people telling you its difficult and untried, don't understand it really is difficult to sometimes keep the faith. We all question it from time to time. In the end though, you just have to open your eyes and look around. get up before the sun sometime and watch it. Look at the smile in a loved ones face. Watch people go by on the street. Go to the woods or the lake and just sit and observe. Then tell me its not tried or true.
2007-10-29 19:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by Tony K 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"faith" is a persons personal belief.
the main reason for conflicting comments is I supose their church background or teachings. after all there are thousands of denominations and they have their own view of the finner details.
But one thing is true and that is we belive in Jesus as our lord and saviour and salavtion comes through him.
thats the foundation.
2007-10-29 20:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by illuminate 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a sense your right, who wants a religion that says your going to hell? and in my opinion that is exactly what Christianity does. Nobody can live up to its standards, I could be wrong, and im not particularly atheist, just skeptical
2007-10-29 19:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by scorch_22 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I beg to differ with you my friend...i did try it...for it was all that i knew as a youth growing up.....and as my awareness and perceptions of my life experiences changed....i did find the christian faith lacking....for me.
Just because your belief differs from mine, does not make either any more or less valid in the eyes of the Divine Creator, most commonly referred to as God.
We simply have chosen different paths to reach the same destination.
blessings to you and may peace and serenity surround you
)o( Trinity
2007-10-29 19:54:35 · answer #8 · answered by trinity 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I prefer to get even more basic, and get right to the fact that there is no evidence for the existence of any god or gods. That being the case, religion -- every religion -- is nonsense.
2007-10-29 19:59:59 · answer #9 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u shood convert from a christian to a sensible athiest.
2007-10-29 19:58:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋