I feel inspired.
Like I said inspiration smoothed the musical strings and stroked the creativity fires of something.
Bah.
I Write cause I think Someone write something I ought to reaffirm.
Why the "contradict" appeared in a mass of nonsense at the title means that I will now question the Church.
Thankfully, nothing momentous have happened to me. No deaths, break-ups or what not.
What my friend basically went through was a death of a loved one, people from his church started "encouraging" him when he stopped going to church.
The reason of why he stopped going was for the sudden attention he got, "concern" he got.
If you can intepret his mind, or at least fanthom some aspect of his troubled mind It is painfully obvious that he does not like attention and the sudden interventions of so many people was intepreted to be largely hypocritical.
If someone does not talk to you for an age and comes back when you STOP going to church just cause they WANT you to come back is thought-provoking.
18 years of growing up in church has taught me more than one thing.
Most people from youth services have little clue of others and most hardly think of anybody else except their precious church or cellgroup.
Most, i reiterate that fact.
Most of this people become friends or "friends" surprisingly quickly all with the intention of bringing someone to church.
While I do wish for more people to come to church, the words used and actions shown are so incredibly idiotic which stems from the inability of these people to read other people minds.
It's not difficult, it's human emotion, it's basically translating how YOU would feel to someone elses, or the popular cliche goes "putting youself in another person's shoes"
Pastors who preach about people in the DARK, in the WRONG, drenched in SIN are right in a way.
BUT THIS CREATES a perception to the immature teenage mind (youth services) that people who are not christians are IDIOTS, PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HELL and WRONG.
It is not TRUE!
That perception leads to friendships made on thinly veiled or ulterior motives that eventually that person will want to being the person to church.
It's little wonder so many people hate church people (hmm) , irritating people who always want to bring people to the Kingdom of Light.
Are not other people fully functional people?
In fact some christians are only christians in name!
There are so many non-christians that are much better in attitude and person compared to christians.
This is also because they are taught that good deeds will not get you to heaven, making other people feel happy will not get you to heaven, going the extra mile will not get you to heaven. Yes this is true.
But that NOT THE POINT!
Only reading a part of it, without reading the other part of doing good deeds of the wise king Solomon. (oops)
If anything I appreciate the Buddhist belief of doing good deeds very much.
So if christians are taught that non-chrisitans are in the dark, lost and stupid and are pressurised to bring people in the Kingdom Of Light, what can be accomplished?
Is it their fault?
NO, they are also called to call people by that!
Sigh.
The quote used by my fren "The so called "I'm friends with the whole world because I'm loving" is ambitious, but not realistic. Friendships have to take place naturally in the wild. Same interests, same personality types for example. You can't force a friendship. That's what these christians are doing. That's why so many people hate christians."
is so true I can whimper.
I'll try with an example.
People A is a person who is a Christian who goes to cell groups and youth services. :P
People B is a person who is a non-Christian who is happy and is generally being really nice and likable.
A ask B :" Come church LA"
B feels weird " No la, Cannot, haha."
A persists"come la, very fun one"
B thinks" Fun?? Christianity (WHICH HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT) is fun? Why?"
B"no thanks, it's not good for me" - Dabbling about religion usually puts friends off.
A goes on "Why? Can one la. Come on time Can already. -WHAT IS THIS COME FIRST TRIAL AND BUY THE PACKAGE?
B gets fed up " You come temple la, haha"
A shrieks "ARE YOU MAD? THAT PLACE NOT GOOD ONE!"
It is due to these people that christians are hated.
Sigh.
However, I am a christian (i don't go to the youth service) ramifications of that can be asked personally.
There are pastors and christians out there that are generally pure loving and true.
It's just that...
Christians are not perfect people but perhaps too many people are using it as an excuse to their ignorance.
So please read this post again and understand the severity of it.
If you're a christian and have been guilty of such, think about others next time.