Memory Lane - Christianity

I used to have a personal website, where I had a section for my thoughts and opinions.  The website's gone, but I still have some of the writings.  So thought I'd put them here and give my current take on whatever I was talking about: in this case, it's Christianity.

 

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Why I'm not Christian (May '03)

Let me make this clear from the very top -- my purpose of this rant is not to bash Christianity. Like almost everything in this world, there is a good and bad side. IMHO (I hope you weren't expecting a completely formal essay, here), the only reason why people (including me) say something is exclusively good or bad, is only because they're too shallow to see the entire picture.

So anyway, let me start of with what I find good about Christianity. For the most part, the underlying themes of the religion is very noble: love thy neighbour, love thy mother and father, treat others as you would want to be treated, etc., etc.

Now for what I find at fault with Christianity. I think one of the biggest problems with Christianity is that it's too ambiguous. Because of the ambiguity, different interpretations of the scripture in it's "Book" have been made, and preached. As a result, no one can really say what Christianity is, because different groups have different definitions, and so who is to say which is "the true word of God"??? This severely cripples Christianity from truly being a legitimate religion, because without definition, you have no substance. More to follow.

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Well, roughly 5 years later, finally following up with more, :).  Not much has changed in this regard -- I'm still not Christian, and don't see myself being one any time soon.

 

Lately, however, I've been exposed to sources that are a bit less tolerant of Christianity than me: the Zeitgeist movie, evolutionists (e.g. Richard Dawkins), etc. which has me leaning a bit towards sentiments like "y'know, you really shouldn't be Christian (because of this reason or that reason)".  But mostly, I'm still indifferent, so long as people have a good heart, I could care less about their religious beliefs.