Freedom. I can remember hearing MANY sermons about Freedom in churches. "It was for freedom that Christ set us free" (Gal. 5:1a). Ponder freedom. What does freedom mean? Freedom from what? From Satan? From eternal damnation? From pain? Freedom from fear? Or is it Freedom TO? Freedom to... what? I have searched for freedom in my life and I don't see the type of freedom that I am looking for in most churches in the U.S.
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PAIN. Obviously we are not free from pain. My sister just gave a kidney to my cousin. She chose pain so that he could live a longer life. His life has been full of pain having been born with only one kidney, an unhealthy one. Both my sister and cousin are Christian and moral people, yet they experience pain.
SATAN. ETERNAL DAMNATION. Ok, there may be some argument for saying Christian's are free from eternal damnation. I just don't believe in an after life, and especially not in hell.
FEAR. The Christians that I have met have way more fear than the atheists I know. They fear hell and judgment. They fear corruption by other sinners. They fear not being good enough. And they may argue with me that by following all their rules that they aren't exhibiting fear, but I think that strict adhering to rules that make no sense can only be birthed out of fear.
Freedom. What about freedom to act on sexual orientation? What about freedom to say "no" to authority? What about freedom for women to take care of their own bodies without men's rules governing them? What about women's freedoms in general? There is very little room for women to have freedom within Christianity (and many other religions as well). I argue that religion is constricting, restricting, creates fear and does not create freedom.
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Rachel apparently has many questions which is interesting considering she doesnt respond to any comments so im not going to follow this blog anymore...she must have figured out the answers.
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ReplyDeleteI will argue right ALONG SIDE you! I haven't found any church (except the one in my mind) that allows the freedom I also seek. I think that a free society, rather than this puritanical society we live in would be much happier. There are too many constraints on an individual which has created an uptight society. All fears that religion has put on people stems from organized religions need to have power and control.
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What a rude comment f1trey. I sent my thoughts out into space, and silly me, didn't expect comments at all. I may respond and I may not. I'm not loaded with time, just questions, hense the title of the blog.
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