Christianity is a false religion

So, you've read the title. Alas, it is true. And here is why.

1. Christianity is a "gloom&doom" religion. It teaches that, despite "the good news" (that is the Gospel) the world would degrade and degrade until finally "the abomination of desolation" tops it.
2. It would be good if Christianity was about morals and ethics only. Love God and love thy fellow man. But no, Christianity tries to invent the future, predicting a whole series of events and rendering them inevitable. And even that's OK but the script, the scenario... is not OK. The Apocalypse, Armageddon, the Antichrist, mark of the beast. Enjoy!
3. Christianity promotes superstition. Like turning water into wine, spiting the sea, being raptured in the air to meet Jesus, etc, etc.
4. Christianity promotes nonsense and dualistic thinking. Like claiming that God is omnipotent and yet He cannot destroy the devil, allegedly the culprit of evil. Or even worse - He doesn't want to. Which makes Him a co-criminal.
Or that Jesus died for your sins. The omnipotent, almighty God cannot forgive poor people for some reason, so He must send a 1/3 of Himself to die on a cross a terrible death, so that He can forgive people for a sin they personally didn't even commit.
5. Christianity cultivates a sheep mentality. Like a sheep, the Christian "sheeple" obey, do what they are told, don't question their religion and dogma, believe a salvation through belief (I have yet to see even one person who has moved a mountain by believing and saying so), are eager to die (preferably a martyr death).
6. Cultivate a "disposable" mentality. Heck, if you believe you only live once and the world is soon going to end, why not "spend" like a drunken sailor? By "spend" I mean consume natural resources, pollute the Earth with landfills, pollute air and water, cut jungles and create concrete jungles, etc. And guess what - if you behave like "there's no tomorrow" there will be no tomorrow! It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
7. Feel free to fill in your observations.

That should be enough for now.

I'm looking forward to the day Christianity and that mentality dies off. And any other major religion for that matter.

 

More on what Christianity is. Pay attention (well, unless you are a Christian fanatic).

 

May the REALLY FALSE religion of atheism "die off" first.

 

They will, some day.
Atheism is a reaction to false religions. One ill turn leads to another.
Or take the pendulum, if you will. All excessive things lead to their opposites.

 

all religions are man made

 

Jesus taught that the material is not what is important and that underlying principles are what form the "world". Modern science teaches that the material is, effectively, an illusion and that the underlying laws of energy are what form the "world". This is not false.

 

"the underlying laws of energy are what form the "world". This is not false."... LOLOL... I just love such psychobabble. Have another toke.

 

the title of this thread gave me a good laugh. to an atheist all religions are false and all are different. from the diversity of hinduism to the exclusivity of mormonism, each of these philosophies has both its strong points and its weak points.

as usual, the op tells us more about the poster than the subject.

 

all of philosophy is manmade. what is your point other than taking a jab at religion?

 

Yeah, I bet it does.
Anyway, I can't twist my soul and claim otherwise. It is what it is.

 

just speaking the truth, what was hour point?

 

The gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't cultivate this mentality. It condemns and rejects it. Why would you add it to your list of reasons to reject the gospel of Jesus Christ?

 

Yes, it does. The NT. May be not directly but it's the end result that matters.
If you believe there will be "new heavens and a new earth" (Revelation 21:1) why would you care for nuclear waste or plastics in the oceans?

Right now there is a Rapture "hysteria" among Christian believers. They all hope to **** before the 7 years of Tribulation (destruction of this civilization). I'm sure they don't care if their house is burned down or washed in the sea.
And there is another kind of Christians - the "preppers". They buy and stock all kind of things in large quantities. That is wild consumerism which doesn't help mother Earth.

 

I don't know a single follower of Jesus Christ, including myself, who thinks that way. And there is nothing reckless or gluttonous about being prepared for catastrophe.

 

**** = get the hell out

Well, enjoy then.

 

"Consumerism" is about a FREE MARKET... an American tradition. I went to good schools, got a great education resulting in a good job and successful career. I enjoy buying stuff to make my life more pleasant.

Sorry if you can't keep up,

 

Hinduism I’ve yet to know well enough to despise as I do Christianity. This assessment I mostly agree with. Certainly it would not be incorrect to characterize Christianity as a death cult religion.

In fact, it is the very origin of the concept.

 

Exactly. Almost all of the apostles + Jesus died a terrible death, so this must be right, right?

By the way, most "rapture ready" Christians think they will be taken as is in Heaven during the Rapture. No, my dudes, first you leave this body (aka die) and then you will go up in Heaven. It's how it's done for billion of years.

That's OK, I don't wаnt to keep up.
My point was, the YOLO mentality contributes to a great deal of problems with rampant consumerism, environmental degradation, overstocking on good you don't need, etc, etc. Après moi, le déluge.

 

You have a twisted view of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as if his sacrifice justifies sin. The new heaven and earth involves also removing wicked people. It isn't carte blanche to do what we want and be rewarded, even if that is your estimation of it. But it is nowhere in doctrine or even in reason. Maybe you esteem it so as a segue to your condemnation of it. But that would be a fools game to play with the truth. It is something of a strawman fallacy.

 

If that's the case, then life itself is a death cult because it continues to renew in spite of the death that eventually gobbles it up. The birth and gospel of Jesus Christ is about rebirth and the eternal circumstance of ones eternal soul. So it isn't a death cult. It's about life.

 

What the hell does God or the Apostles have to do with this discussion? Rapture? Again, what has this to do with this discussion? Are you some sort of Christian radical?
Ok, you want to wallow in your failure and not be an achiever in this free market society. Fine. Your choice. But IS your choice... stop complaining.
YOLO? Isn't that a weight loss program?
I am a rampant consumer. I worked hard all my life to be able to afford and enjoy it! I don't degrade anything or anyone. As far as the environment is concerned, I cut my grass, have my waste hauled away, and I only use my fair share of the fresh (off the Gulf of Mexico) air here. I am something of a "prepper" just in case so I am stocked up on food, water, fuel, medicines, hygiene items, etc. But that's my right. Ni gwo wo ba!

 

As an atheist, I'd point out that the OP is ASTOUNDINGLY stupid.

And, let's remember that atheism is not a religion.

 

Ooh let’s have that debate again.

 

To not believe in Judaism, the God of the Jews, or of Jesus and his gospel of repentance, doesn't make any of it false. It is real, believed, known, practiced, testified of, and written down for posterity by the adherents. I know that God is real, that he lives and is divine. People who don't know that God lives have forgotten him, just as I had. But he sent his spirit to me to awaken me to a remembrance of him. That's why I say that I know he lives.

The religion of Christianity is another matter. To me, Christianity is what gentiles have made of the gospel of Jesus Christ, separate from Judaism, as if the laws and Prophets have been done away. And they have their reasons for this. But Jesus Christ himself said: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
This tells me that the remainder of Judaism is in full effect, and will all come to fruition at some point or points along the way, just as Jesus Christ did. So between Jews who reject Jesus and Christians who reject Judaism, Gods true work is something else.