Christianity is a trend... its like the atkins diet, cabbagepatch kid dolls... tickle me elmo... and whiny emo music... If you were born anywhere else in the world, like pakistan or india, you wouldnt be christian... christianity is given to you by society... your parents are christian, your friends are christian, hell christianity is glorified on television in books and during school, and so you are christian... its just one huge quest of fitting in with others in a christian society... and some people are so afraid of being outcasted by their friends and relatives that theyd do anything even if it were so illogical as believing in Christianity. Christianity exists on these grounds... it must spread itself in order to live, and keep itself as part of the society... without its massive popularity and power over society, no one would believe in it... this is why their are missionaries all over the world, even in third world countries, destroying the countries original culture to replace it with Christianity. if they can get it to be a worldly thing other than just a european/american thing, it means more money for the church, and more power for the church leaders. Very very very very little people actually BELIEVE in christianity... there are those who claim to be christian, but that is a lot different than BELIEVING in christianity... Highschool is where popularity is key and kids pick on eachother over menial things (kind of like the young hippies forum)... this is where real religious seperation comes from... so many of the popular kids, dare i say preps, are christians and so many of those losers outcasted have to function under groups like "goths" or "punks" Anyone have any remarks out there to prove to me that this whole christianity thing isnt just one MASSIVE trend which started over 2000 years ago and has been spreading sense? Its sad that someones beliefs will be shaped by the society they live in... and its even more sad that these people whos beliefs were influenced by their society, will bicker between one another over moral and ethic code to others who grew up in another society with another religion as its main trendsetter. Hell, we might even go to war with them for being "intolerant" of christian america.
Jesus, you could basically substitute any word for "christianity" in that rant; globalism, homosexuality, enjoyment of anime. Tha fact is that our minds, our perceptions, are molded by the reality around us. Ya say that most "christians" don't even really subscribe to christianity. Well, hell, most "anarchists" don't really subscribe to anarchism, nor to the majority of so-called "communists" in this world. People assign themselves these labels. They are a lense thru which one can define the world and one's self.
just as if you were born in another part of the world you wouldnt be as anti christian your antichristian beleifs are just as much trend as their christian beleifs
I'm not sure "trend" is the right word. Sure, there's some, especially as teens, but that's natural. But most people are christian because they were raised that way, in a Christian world. Even if they end up being an atheist or whatever for a while then "on their own" go back to it, it's largely a result of early childhood forming to those beliefs; they are in a sense wedded to them. That's not being trendy though. Such core beliefs have little to do with trends and more to do with early childhood experiences. Now, of course that doesn't mean everyone is stuck there, but it's hard to break free. Alternatively, those early-set beliefs can be expressed in other ways than the EXACT way one grew up with.
Well first off know that I'm not, in anyway, attempting to change your beliefs, just stating my opinion. I don't claim to be christian, in fact I don't claim any religion, but I do believe in God. Now when I say (or write) God, I don't mean any "specific" God. Not the god of Christianity, not the god of the muslim faith, and so on and so forth. To me, in actuality, all of these different Gods each religion worships, are one and the same. The same god, different theories. Which, I believe, means the "Christians" and "Muslims" are in reality worshiping the same god, it is man that has distorted the real picture. This is how I justify all of the religons across the globe, thus the whole, place of birth marks the religon (which is the truth) really doesn't matter in God's point of view. To me, all he cares about is if you believe he exist, and if you follow the principals laid down by your choosen religion. Because if you study the major world religions closely you will come to notice they tend to have the same aspects, just in different, small variations. Now it is true that previous world religions were trends, such as Greek Mythology, but Greek Mythology was created by the Greeks in an attempt to explain the science of the world, and weren't really based on any events that had taken place. Yet Current world Religons are. No one can deny the existence of the men Muhammad and Jesus, they were here and they alone are responisable for starting two religions that have grown to number in the billions. Single Induviduals that changed the world, and neither of them were born into royalty. That, to me anyway, means somthing. What I'm not sure of, but if two poor men could claim the heart's of millions back in their time, they must have had help from somthing bigger, so that is my spin on religon. Sorry for the Length, and thanks for taking the time to read.
not really, christianity spread from just something small into something humongous... atheism isnt even close to as trendy, and has just begun to become tolerated by religious people as of lately.
