Christianity
After reading Scott’s blog in class Friday I thought I would write about Christianity and maybe have big blog discussion with Scott. If anything I say offends people I am sorry. I am not trying to, but I do not think that will happen; I am not going to try and convert anyone. I am just giving my opinion.
In class Scott said that he thought the God was selfish, and he is right. God is selfish, but he is not selfish like we are selfish. We are selfish in the way where we do not want to share our belongings, money, we do not care about others, and we are concerned about ourselves and no one else. God is not like that at all. God is selfish in the way that he wants us (everyone on earth) to love and glorify Him. After all he did create us and did create earth for us to leave so that is the least we could do. God does not want us to worship another god, or have false ideals. He just wants us to put Him first in our lives. Other than that God is the farthest from selfish than anyone can ever imagine. He let his only Son die for us. How can that be selfish? Could anyone let their son or daughter die for the rest of the world and just let it happen? I know I could not, but God can because He loves us. He let that happen so we would be saved from our sins even though we do also appreciate and love Him the way he deserves. If I am misinterpreting what was meant by selfish, I apologize. I am just taking it how it sounded to me.
I do not understand how god is picky. He does not choose the people who are going to be Christians; He simply gives us the choice to believe in Him or not. God does choose who enters Heaven or not, but is based on who is a believer and who is not a believer.
I do agree with Scott that people are hypocrites because “for all have sinned and falls short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). There has only been one man to walk this earth without sinning and that is Jesus Christ. That is why he was able to save us from our sins. Yes Christians are sinners just like non Christians, and we try to make the right decisions and choose the right path, but we do not always succeed in that. I am sorry that we do not always set the example that we should.
It is ridiculous that people do not like to send the text or emails about God, but will send jokes like it is nothing. I think it is because people are afraid of the confrontations. I know that does not make it right, I am just trying to wonder why.
People go to Hell because they do not believe in God. It is not because God does not love that person; it is because that person does not love God. No one deserves to go to Heaven to begin with, but God has invited to spend eternity there with Him and all we have to do is love Him and believe that He died to save us from our sins.
I do not think it is funny that missionaries die from telling their faith to other nations, but if it is part of God’s plan then it is going to happen. The missionaries that have died because of what they believed in had fulfilled what God had planned for them. Those missionaries are now in a much better place than we are.
The Bible was written by people who lived in that time and was written by people who experienced those unique events. It is like a newspaper in that it tells facts, but it is not just stories; it is a book that can give someone eternal life.
It is funny that people can trash God and then wonder why the world is going to Hell. I do not think is funny so much, but sad because the answer is right in their face. I do not know why people like to bash God so much. Maybe they do it because they are afraid and do not want to blame their selves. People might just not understand what God is and what He does so they follow the crowd and bash God. I do not understand why people like to talk so bad about Him when He made you and everything for you. It is like the people that talk bad about their parents when they do not get what they want. Their parents are the ones who feed them, cloth them, give them shelter and all some people can do is talk crap about their parents. It really frustrates me, but I know parents can annoy us sometimes, but people still need to respect them.
Scott I do not understand how you can believe in Jesus, but not believe in God, but that is a different discussion. I really hope that Scott and I can talk about this because I do enjoy having religious discussions, but some of the discussions I have ends up getting into an argument because some people take what I say the wrong way. Again I am sorry if I offended someone that is not my intent. I know I said I am not trying to convert anyone, but if anyone has any questions or wants to talk about something I said I would be happy to talk. I know I do not have all the answers, but I do not mind finding the answer and I am not a person who will feed people some crap because I do not know something. So if I do not know the answer to the question I will say I do not know. Looking forward to another discussion Scott.