Personally hate this concept of Christianity. Like all of these ideas about faith and believing in the ideals that unpin said faith, if you really believe then your actions should reflect your belief. The idea that you can be a shitty person and then wash it all away because you did the lil trick where you prayed it away doesn’t even make sense.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s far more that cracks this idea (what about sociopaths who have the literal inability to feel empathy? Is it fair to judge them equally?), but just a cursory observation leads one to question the idea of full easy forgiveness.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you really believe, and there's an all knowing, all loving, all powerful god, even the idea of having to pray for forgiveness makes no sense. God would already know. But because Christianity originally developed as a doomsday cult and was co-opted by royalty to keep the people in line it's not shocking the aberrations that develop.

Also, my point was that if he has had a conversion moment that should properly involve a literal conversion, repentance, and a resolution to do the right thing going forward, not the language he's using implying "earning" his way into heaven.

[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

It’s just sad. There’s a ton more that I could really say but anyone who has dealt with moving away from Christianity or evangelicalism largely already understands.