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Date Posted: 16:00:06 07/25/02 Thu
Author: Susan
Subject: Re: God/the afterlife
In reply to: Appy20 's message, "Re: God/the afterlife" on 09:11:23 07/25/02 Thu

>I think that some people are strong enough to question
>the status quo and see when the Emperor has no
>clothes. Some people are too afraid to do that. In
>some sense, I think Seekers are born. We have that
>capability from the beginning. Add some hardships
>from life. Then presto, you have a confirmed seeker.
>I feel like it is really what God wants. Jesus said
>Seek and ye shall find. I really think He meant it.
>
>I did reject all other organized religions once I
>learned about them. I was surrounded by fundamental
>Christianity and that is what I rejected first. It
>was all I knew. And that is not even a reasonable
>example of Christianity. Growing up in a
>multicultural town where I had dear friends from all
>over the world made racism a foreign concept to me.
>So when I saw it in the churches, I was confused and
>later disenchanted with it. Then there was a whole
>ministry devoted to destroying gays' right to live in
>peace. I am not gay but gee when people like that
>start with one group they will eventually go after
>everybody. It gets kind of scary. A lot of what I am
>afraid of about Fundamental Christianity has
>absolutely nothing to do with me personally. Other
>than it wrecks the peace in the world I live in.
You are absolutely right!!! Another part of the Christianity thing I couldn't reconcile is the fact that they preach a God who loves us unconditionally, yet is willing to see a large portion of his creation spend eternity in hell. Didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
I had a friend who was very fundamental Christian. She was absolutely beside herself with anxiety about her father going to hell. He was in a Nazi concentration camp as a child and rejected God at a very young age because of the emotional,spiritual, psychological trauma of that experience. He would never consider the possibility of God after that, as he couldn't believe a loving God would have allowed all that pain. Now, his daughter is convinced that if he doesn't "get saved" he will spend eternity in hell. Now, an all-knowing,benevolent God, who ( more than any of us), can understand the trauma and pain that poor child went through surely could not be so cold as to damn this man for ever. Ludicrus (sp?)! It's like God saying "I love you unconditionally, and unless you love me back,you're going to hell. First of all, that is very conditional. Second, it just doesn't make sense.
Well, enough preaching. :) I, too have difficulty with the idea of aligning myself with any organized religion. I think we have a lot to learn from all disciplines and philosohies, but no one has the corner on the truth.

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