Enlightenment, spirituality, faith — there’s nothing wrong with these things.
Organized Christianity is a social climbing scheme for people who desperately want to get away with never needing to truly outgrow their dysfunction. That’s why organized Christianity is popular with bigots, abusers, and people who hate the mirror.
At risk of taking some bait…
I profess a faith as a Christian, but am not a theologian. Grain of salt and all that, but we do exist lol
Unfortunately sorting “real” Christians from posers is difficult, and that’s how people can get away with using the “Christian” label, because who can judge but God?
That being said, when you think about whether someone is a “real” Christian who’s just not doing a good job, vs a poser who’s just using the name, consider whether they exhibit some of the very clearly articulated attributes of being a Christian, such as the Seven Virtues. If someone consistently calls themselves Christian, but makes no effort to improve in these ways, that might be a good sign they’re not genuine.
So to your point, using Christianity for social gain is antithetical to actually being a Christian.
I’m terms of Organized Christianity, and cases in which it has shielded those who do evil, that’s a big, messy topic. Sufficient to say, the church is wholely responsible for not taking it seriously for so long. It breaks my heart that it happens at all, and brings great shame that there are people who supposedly profess the same faith and yet allow these things to happen. The church can and should do better to hold one another accountable and to protect the vulnerable.
You’re delusional, building up an ideology in your mind that reduces down to “hellfire for my enemies” and “my ego is my god”. It’s dangerous. It’s unhealthy. It’s not real.
It IS a gateway to bigotry, though. That’s why it’s popular with undereducated people who never want to mature.
I’m sorry if the church has hurt you before, truly, but I’m not seeing any reasoning behind your position. Care to elaborate?
This is my shower thought. I already brought you a complete and cogent set of thoughts to round out my ideas.
stop sealioning, and maybe develop a burden of proof outside your own goosebumps and pride until you leave your playscape of borderline hateful faith
I see. You’ve added more context to your comment - thanks for the insight, I’ll stop engaging for now, as it seems that wasn’t your intent in making this post. Thanks for your time, and I wish you well.
Not sure if OP is just shitty at trolling, or just 14 and (clearly) super enlightened
Okay, hypocrite. Go climb that social ladder and pretend tickling your right parietal lobe is divine communication.