Sunday, 23 February 2014
Adiós Christianity
It has a long and wrong and bloody history from the Crusades to the Inquisition to the oppression of science to child abuse and people cannot understand how goodness can come from such a dark past.
It has a deeply pessimistic view of human nature and requires people to be saved from their own God.
In modern times, we encourage people to reach for the sky, not to cower in fear and submission. Christianity represents the past—a relic from an unenlightened and ignorant age.
Perhaps, most importantly of all, we have no reason to believe it is true. No reason to believe God is real, that Jesus ever existed, that anyone was conceived of a virgin and was restored from death after three days, that eternal life is possible. And, if there is no reason to believe, we won't believe.
The figures speak for themselves. People are leaving Christianity in droves across the developed world. Churches are closing and have vacant parishes as they struggle to find people prepared to take a career in ministry.
So Goodbye Christianity. I would say it was nice knowing you but really it wasn't. It was a burden we carried for 2,000 years that can, at last, be put aside.
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- As a 20-year-old I was insatiably curious about the world and passionate about rejecting superstitions and all kinds of false beliefs. I still am today. Sometimes when people believe things that are not true, it make little or no difference but sometimes the consequences can be disastrous and deadly. Now, I do what I can to help people improve their thinking skills, especially in how they impinge on core beliefs, such as cultural values and religious beliefs. I have an active Facebook page for which I create memes and write articles almost daily. I also engage people in on-line debates. You can find me here: https://www.facebook.com/bill.flavell.1 I lecture at universities around the world and present or debate at public meetings. I also, draw on my management consultancy background to help freethought groups, almost anywhere in the world, to get organised, develop strategy and improve their media and presentation skills. If you would like me to present at your university or for your church group or freethought group, please contact me.
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//It has a deeply pessimistic view of human nature and requires people to be saved from their own God.//
ReplyDeleteI want to understand this statement from "Adios Christianity" where the impression that people need to be saved from their own God comes from? because the Bible does not give such a view point, the only view it gives is people being saved from themselves and their own destruction.. and am sorry to tell you that there are plenty of people turning to God now, just look at your planet in turmoil, destructions and violence is everywhere, injustice and corruption are well documented, this failing, and it won't last a thousand years. Life is deteriorating... We need a rescue mission, and will return to claim his own. "and I want to be part of that small group of believers, when it happens."
"where the impression that people need to be saved from their own God comes from?" Many Christians believe they need to be saved from hell. They believe God created hell and God will decide who will go there. So their own God conceived, set up and manages the torture chamber. So they need to be saved from their own God.
DeleteOddly, the Jewish god doesn't have a torture chamber and the Islamic God has many. Strange isn't it?
Your observation does not hold true in the developing world though.
ReplyDeleteCorrect but, assuming the developing world develops, it will in due course.
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