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I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
I can relate to this. I studied the Bible a lot as well and kept annoying people with pointing out inconsistencies in their interpretations. Christians attach a lot of meaning to passages that have nothing to do with what they claim them to say. At worst I found out people deliberately misread the stories to fit them into their restricted view. (One example I found especially amusing is the story of Noah and the flood. If you read it word to word you'll find a completely different narrative from the one you're told to believe.)When I was a Deacon and Youth Leader in a Southern Baptist church, I felt it was my responsibility to really understand the Bible. I spent most of my free time studying and researching, and the more I read and studied, the less it made any logical sense. After a long internal struggle, and lots of prayer, I came to the decision that revealed revelation and dogma were of no use to me. I left Christianity and have never looked back.
And I have never felt better.
But now, ask me my journey for why I left Buddhism, and I'll give you another story.
I could go on and on about why I left Christianity, but I'll try to keep it to a few main points.
1. The Christian idea of God is not logical. Furthermore, the Christian God seemed, to me, if it exists, as someone cruel and dictator-like.
2. The Bible contains too many errors, contradictions, historical and scientific inaccuracies, and just other mundane nonsense to be of any spiritual value.
3. The person of Jesus, as presented in the Gospels, didn't seem to me to be historical.
4. The Christian idea of salvation seemed to me to be very superficial and artificial. Not only that, the rationale behind it, from God's perspective, seemed illogical and unnecessary.
5. Christian history is full of things that I couldn't accept. The early church, from the end of Acts to the first council of Nicea, seemed simply unreal. The history of the church from then to the Reformation is full of nonsense: greed, power-plays, murder and other such atrocities. The history of the Reformation to today is pretty much full of the same. For a religion that claims to be 'loving', it's more full of hatred and murder than any other religion, with the possible exception of Islam.
6. The division of the church is a big problem. If the Bible is the sole rule of faith, and is self-interpreting, and means only one thing, then why so many churches? There are over 30,000 different denominations, each with their own interpretation of the Bible, which is supposedly self-interpreting.
There's just a few of the many reasons why I left Christianity, but there are many, many more, but most are just details on these main themes.
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Once I truly new the kickers for Christianity and its unholy origins I just left, no contempt at all. It took me no more then a few days to do such actually. I did not feel regret nor confusion. Very easy for me.
What's your view of Jesus? I can't find a negative to his teachings.
What's your view of Jesus? I can't find a negative to his teachings.
Luke 19:27: But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.
Revelation 2:22-23: So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
Matthew 13:10-15 The disciples came to him and asked, Why do you speak to the people in parables? He replied, Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables. Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this peoples heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
It sounds like you're describing fairly conservative Christian beliefs. More liberal Christian beliefs may sit better with you.
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...