If anything is truly the "anti-christ" it is fear. Any religion or organization that utilizes fear (manipulation, control of free will) to create a following, a data base, or structured organization should be thoroughly researched rather than blindly adopted through cultural or familial practice. If you feel the need to go to church out of a sense of unworthiness, lack, guilt, defeat, failure, hopelessness (FEAR BASED EMOTIONS) and/OR are following a religious structure that restricts your free will and ONLY ALLOWS room for their rules and doctrine, it is questionable at best.
2007-12-09 10:40:24 · 8 answers · asked by sunnygirl7 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not the church, but a mosque :)
2007-12-09 11:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by mephisto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't go to church to sooth my fear or my guilt, though God used those things at one time to bring me to an understanding of my need for a Savior... my fear of Hell finally pulled me into church, and I'm very thankful for that. Since then, I have begun to understand that the church is a loving and nurturing family that encourages me to get to know my Savior Jesus better. They love me, support me and my familiy... and have been a vital part in teaching me the basic tennants of my faith. I am very thankful for my church... and I believe that anyone who will truly give a genuine bible believing church a chance with an open and willing heart will find the same thing that I have.
2007-12-09 10:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have an interesting theory. I go because this is my day of rest and reflection on things of church, family, and country. I also go because I need to get another slant on the scriptures, an interpretation that I had not thought of previously. Also when many are gathered together in His name, Christ promised that He would be there. It is good to pray together.
2007-12-09 11:19:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bibs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I choose to go to church to build my relationship with Jesus. There is no guilt or fear in my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ God Almighty
2007-12-09 10:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm....my church does not use worry or guilt to make me beleive. i do no longer understand what church you pass to, yet mine does not try this. in certainty, our little biblical studies e book that we've been utilising had a lesson titled "upward push from worry".
2016-10-10 22:40:36 · answer #5 · answered by owen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to all of that and more. But I was raised that way. I'm in a totally different religion now. But we are still under that type of thinking, if you ask me.
2007-12-09 11:52:43 · answer #6 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i go to church to get closer with the Lord and to listen to good peaching and great worship music that gives me such peace and joy :)
2007-12-09 10:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by Illuminated2Truth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
going to church has nothing to do with faith. It's just a building, you can worship, praise and learn about God our whatever you believe in, in your own home, or wherever you please.
2007-12-09 11:06:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋