Christian Atheism
I learnt a new word today. Christian Atheism Doesnt the word sound wierd to you? I always thought Christians who believed in Jesus Christ, the son of God? So how could there be Christians who were atheists? First lemme try and explain what my understanding of Christian Atheism is.
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Christian Atheism is the following of the moral teaching of Jesus Christ without the believe in God. Isn't that kinda weird, but it's understandable. Lots of people are gradually losing faith in the believe of a Supreme Being.
Lots of people this days go to church, give to the needy, live peacefully with others, pay their tithes and do a lot of good, but they aren't sure of the existence of a God. They aren't against the existence of a God necessarily, but they just don't believe He exists.
Being a Christian is about following Christ to God. You can't follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and not believe in God. Then you really don't know God.
Being a Christian isn't only about going to church. It involves knowing God and his son who came to earth to die for the sins of the world. It involves the believe in the existence of God, His son Jesus, and believing He came to die for your sins.
God is real. Jesus is real. I've not seen any of them, I've not been brainwashed, but I know they are real. Wether you believe or not is your decision, but you have nothing those believing now and finding out later they weren't real. It will be a shame to find out they were real when it's too late.
Ok, I don't want to be tedious, but I ran across a couple of things relatively recently that opened-my-eyes on some very important things, and they also happen to explain why someone might want to be a "Christian-atheist".
Number One,
This guy explains how and why group activities such as singing hymns (the same 20 songs for hundreds of years) and large pot-luck style dinners (feasts) like you often see at Churches and other activities like "giving testimony" by telling your personal story in front of a live (friendly) crowd are evolutionarily and physiologically essential for human mental health and general well-being.
And Number Two,
This guy does kinda the same thing, but with a lot of scientific data.
I understand why someone would want to be that, I'm not against someone being that, I'm against them making those who believe in that sometimes think they are being brainwashed or something
It doesnt surprise me that human culture developed to take advantage of all kinds of what now we consider 'hacks'.
Yeah, it also explains how you can't just say, "god ain't real" and then expect all the Churches to just instantly close up shop. Humans really do need some sort of regularly scheduled community meetings and group activities, regardless of what metaphysical hypothesis you might or might not subscribe to.
Thank you.
Church is more than that for a lot of people though, me included.
Lots of people are taking advantage of that, true....but not everyone
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