Yes, that's right! That's what someone said in church today. It was shocking and depressing. It's a Christian church, yet you have THIS attitude! The person who said it seemed like a very nice person too.
your lack of tolerance for ANYONE who's got a different religion is tragic enough. What? Only CHRISTIANS are going to Heaven? You think Moses is now sitting in the depths of Hades, smoking a jag? I doubt it!
To me, these type of people are what I like to call "pseudo"-Christians! They act like they are Christians, but to my mind's eye, they are not christ-like at all, and Jesus would be ASHAMED to be associated with them.
Hey, we are ALL God's children. Another guy in church claimed that everyone in China was an Atheist! ROLLING EYES BIG TIME! My word! No, they are NOT! Many people in China are Buddhist but does that make them Atheist!
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I don't know if I really want to go back to the church, honestly! It's a nice church, clean, modern, easy to find, but I saw a few things and attitudes that sort of scared me away.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I noticed was that the Preacher himself was sort of encouraging people to only, not like, people, but be praying for people if they sought out Christ!
You are NEVER going to win people to Christ that way. I don't care if someone is a different religion than me, and I've got nothing against Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, etc... as long as they are good people.
I also don't think that Jews are the curse of the world, as many people I've found out on the internet, just the other day do! That saddens me deeply. We got alot of great Jews living in the world now and in the times before us, that helped mankind.
Einstein, helped build the atomic bomb.. What you wanted to be invaded by Germany & Japan back in WW2 and now be under their thumbs? That could of easily happened. The guy who invented the Flu vaccine, was a Jew.
Lots of great musicians and poets, and artists are Jews. But still this HUGE prejudice exists against Jews.
There are also plenty of really NICE oriental people in the world and also in China! Don't drag out a broad brush and declare EVERYONE in China an atheist! Their government oppresses them enough! You cannot even have more than ONE child if you live in China, in times before!
How cruel! Have some respect and some sympathy for the Chinese people. They live in a Communist country.
Believe me to live under an oppressive ruler is NOT a fun thing I know.
I know Landlords who's have NO respect for their tenants' privacy, or their safety but somehow think someone died and left them KING or QUEEN and they doesn't HAVE to repair anything unless it suits them! BUT.. they expect the rent IN FULL every month, and right on TIME. Well, they NEVER fixes many hazardous condition, many of them life-threatening!
Anyways.. there were OTHER elements of the church that sort of bothered me. They offered you DINNER before the service, but there was a CHARGE for that. Their religion, in my exp. has NEVER charged people for dinner at the church, everything was FREE and people would bring in food items for others to devour, FREE of course!
ReplyDeleteThe director of new members also asked the most personal questions of me. I felt I was on the witness stand at one point! I really do NOT need for a new church I'm going to, to have to know ALL about me! I don't these people, some could be axe-murderers or child molestors.
Actually one of the leading members of the church made a comment on a young female toddler, that sort of sent chills down my spine. Well, the young lady, about 2, WAS a cute little kid, but the way that man said it, "oh, your child is BEAUTIFUL!" just the WAY he said it, sort of screamed out to me, that 16 years later, he'd have NO qualms about coming onto that same child. Forgive me, but I have a very strong 6th sense about things. There just was an element of lust in his voice, that disturbed me. Hey, little kids get molested ALL the time, even in these times.
Do I really WANT to attend a church where the head member is giving me the hebbie-jebbies in how he looks at a young female child? I don't think so.....
Too bad, cuz I DID meet some nice people.. but joining a church and revealing ALL your personal info right away, can sometimes be a very BAD move! You really do not know what you are dealing with, with strangers..
If your gut instinct is "STAY AWAY", then it's quite possible you need to heed your own inner voice!
It's too bad, but they really are not into regular SERVICE & sermons. that's their option, it's their church, but I prefer a church that deals mainly with the bible and takes its sermons from that.
And I've been to churches where I felt comfortable ON THE SPOT with the member, the pastor and NO ONE was charging me money if I wanted a meal beforehand!
Well, that's just my thoughts.....but I think I need to seek out another church.....