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And, also to add, it is this intolerance of god that made me absolutely miserable, to the point of wanting to die and a suicide attempt. When god was in my life, I nearly didn't survive my teens. And, without god and his intolerance, I even began to eventually appreciate just being alive, and enough caring enough to care about the things I eat.
ACCORDING TO CHRISTIANITY, Christians should refrain from looking for faults in others and instead consider their own faults.
I'll assume you recognize the hypocrisy in your statement.
No one knows what happens when we shed this mortal coil and go to that undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
It doesn't concern me. Concerns me no more than whatever was headline news in China 100 years ago.
The Gospels record--three times at least--that Jesus said nothing of law has been done away with, not until all things have been fulfilled, and he gave things during his life that have not yet been fulfilled.
That has nothing to do with it. At worst, for heterosexuals, the Bible says that Jesus said a man who looks upon a woman with lust has committed adultery in his heart. It doesn't say though that heterosexual adultery is an abomination, detestable, and the only ones to be put to death over it are women who are found to not be a virgin on their wedding night (via a "test" that is in no way reliable for determining the virginity or lack of in a woman).
And this is where the torment of LBGT youth in Conservative churches begin. Jesus said "Judge not" and "Let he who is without guilt cast the first stone," yet everywhere else LBGT "sins" are judged worse by Christians, they are degraded moreso than other sins. Here you are, even, saying that a loving and consensual sexual relationship is just "a little bit better" than a violent, heinous, and non-consensual sexual assault. How do you suppose such thinking makes LBGT teens feel?
He grew up Catholic but does not attend a Catholic church and belonged to Grace Evangelical Church, which is a mega-church. His last public statement on this was in 2013 whereas he said that he and his family were looking for a new church to go to.
This makes no sense. What do you mean by "according to christianity"? Of course Christianity is going to say that, as they are biased. It is necessary to take a step back and think. Being Christian doesn't mean that you necessary follow the rules of Christianity or the Commandments. There are plenty of Christians who don't even follow Jesus' most important commandment, treating others how you would like to be treated.
Actually, the commandment is not to have any other God besides God. Atheists actually do this quite well, as they don't believe in any deities.
Atheists do not worship idols either, so they probably do better on this one than Christians. They don't believe in any supernatural deities, including idol worship.
It would be incredibly unreasonable for God to judge atheists for not keeping the sabbath when they do not believe that scripture has any merit whatsoever.
Christians do this just as much as atheists. And, it's a lot less worse when atheists do it, as they don't believe that God exists in any way shape or form. So they don't think they are offending anything.
This is just patently false. Atheists and Christians alike say "swear to God" just as much. And, dishonesty is not something that is directly associated with atheism or christianity in any way. So, it stands to reason that this is a toss up, violated by both atheists and christians in more or less equal amounts. And, don't forget that it would be unreasonable to expect someone who does not believe in God to follow his law beyond being honest.
But, atheists are 100% in the "ignorance of the law" crew, as they do not believe that the Bible has any merit. Thus, the claims made in the Bible about God wanting us to keep holy the sabbath (etc.) have no merit. In other words, atheists do not believe that God ordered us to keep holy the sabbath, as they do not believe that God even exists.
Those who do not believe that God exists in any way do not have knowledge of any of God's demands. To them, they are merely demands made up by imperfect, unknown men thousands of years ago. Thus, to them, they are of absolutely no importance whatsoever.
But, our moral conscience certainly does not automatically prompt us to believe in the Abrahamic God and accept Christ. If you think it does, what proof can you provide?
