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Well, Wednesday night, I went out to the Church here to meet up with my friend. I had promised her that I would at least look into Christianity, and keep an open mind.
Well, we go and I meet her sister and her friends, exchange our greetings, and after a while, head into the main audatorium.
There, I stand with her, and keep an open mind to the songs and prayers. But only then when the teacher on stage starts to talk does my beliefs become restored.
You see, after chatting with her, I actually thought about going back and realizing that being an Athiest wasn't too important. But when the teacher started rehearsing and I quote, "...But I know some of you here tonight, are not true believers, and when you reach the Gates of Heaven, Jesus and God will reject you..." He got a little more fancy with his words, but his basic sayings were if you don't believe you won't go to heaven which is the typical Christian attitude.
The teacher goes on to report that 96% of their attendes left after graduating from high school. Though he did not say it out clearly, he was basically saying most or all of them were not believers to begin with. Of course, this man obviously did not realize, his church is not the only church in the world, people do go to colleges in other states and can not come to Texas every Wednesday and go back, and people can be Christian without going to church.
Although I wanted to go up and tell this man what he is saying is wrong, and a very incorrect way to voice his beliefs, I decided to avoid embarrasing those I was with, and I'm sure many of you will agree.
Afterwords, I did voice my concerns with her, and told her that man restore my beliefs. But not in Christianity, instead in Atheism. She said however, that there are different teachers, and I will be going back next Wednesday, and hopefully seeing if the views of that church have changed.
I guess I can thank you for reading my rant. This is one reason I applaud GTPlanet as it is a way to help relief stress. Please feel free to voice your opinions.
Well, Wednesday night, I went out to the Church here to meet up with my friend. I had promised her that I would at least look into Christianity, and keep an open mind.
Well, we go and I meet her sister and her friends, exchange our greetings, and after a while, head into the main audatorium.
There, I stand with her, and keep an open mind to the songs and prayers. But only then when the teacher on stage starts to talk does my beliefs become restored.
You see, after chatting with her, I actually thought about going back and realizing that being an Athiest wasn't too important. But when the teacher started rehearsing and I quote, "...But I know some of you here tonight, are not true believers, and when you reach the Gates of Heaven, Jesus and God will reject you..." He got a little more fancy with his words, but his basic sayings were if you don't believe you won't go to heaven which is the typical Christian attitude.
The teacher goes on to report that 96% of their attendes left after graduating from high school. Though he did not say it out clearly, he was basically saying most or all of them were not believers to begin with. Of course, this man obviously did not realize, his church is not the only church in the world, people do go to colleges in other states and can not come to Texas every Wednesday and go back, and people can be Christian without going to church.
Although I wanted to go up and tell this man what he is saying is wrong, and a very incorrect way to voice his beliefs, I decided to avoid embarrasing those I was with, and I'm sure many of you will agree.
Afterwords, I did voice my concerns with her, and told her that man restore my beliefs. But not in Christianity, instead in Atheism. She said however, that there are different teachers, and I will be going back next Wednesday, and hopefully seeing if the views of that church have changed.
I guess I can thank you for reading my rant. This is one reason I applaud GTPlanet as it is a way to help relief stress. Please feel free to voice your opinions.