Why Christianity?

I have answered the question on why I feel that college ministry is the way to go. Now I feel the need to justify why I am a Christian and why I believe Christian doctrine is the only way to go [to heaven]. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of world religions. So what makes Christianity the right one? Why isn’t Buddhism or Islam right? My answer to you is to say thank you for asking that question. If you are asking that question that means you are not comfortable with simply accepting the religion of your parents (if you are from America) or of those others around you. You are curious. I absolutely hate when people take something that someone says and believes it without justification. That goes for you. Meaning, please do not take anything I say here and automatically accept it as truth. If you do, you are stupid, because I am stupid on the grand scheme of things so if you take my word as truth without figuring it out for yourself, you in turn are also stupid. But I don’t think you are really stupid so please figure this stuff out on your own. But feel free to take what I say here under advisement and use it as a tool to get your brain thinking. :)

So. Christianity. Let’s talk about it. Main truths (simplified of course). God created everything. Except for himself. He was not created by anyone, otherwise there would be someone greater than Him which is not possible. Nor can He be self-created because that just makes no logical sense. God sent His son (Jesus) to the earth to take on the sins of all mankind so that we don’t have to spend eternity in Hell. That is it in a nutshell. So with that simple description, what makes Christianity different? Well, Jesus (who could be considered the founder of Christianity in a way) and he died for us. Siddhartha Gautama, aka Buddha, was born a prince. He gave up his riches to pursue a more knowledgeable life. He died when he was old. L. Ron Hubbard (founder of Scientology), a science fiction author, made millions of his religion and died on his ranch leaving behind his almost billion dollars. Divorced three times supposedly because he was abusive and also was into drugs. Great guy. To each his own. Muhammad. Now, I am not mentioning him to step on any toes by any means. I promise. I don’t purposely offend people. It just so happens that the truth often does. Don’t kill the messenger. Islam. Isn’t it just a little strange that they claim to be a peaceful religion, but yet Muhammad edited the Koran whenever it suited his needs? It sure is convenient that whenever he needed to attack someone, a passage would appear in the Koran that justified his actions. Hmmm. Now, I won’t really continue any farther because I think I have made my point. What makes Jesus different than those guys? Well, first of all, while He was alive, all He did was help people. He healed countless people. He befriended the least of these. He loved people. Most of all what makes him different is, HE WAS CRUCIFIED AND KILLED FOR US!!! If that sounds a bit morbid, it is because it was. The crazy thing is that the beating and ridicule and pain that he faced as he was hanging on the cross were not the worst thing he endured. As the sin of mankind entered him, he was separated from God. Even for the shortest amount of time. Just think about the pain that that act caused Jesus.

Now, my claim here is that Christianity is right. My claim is not at all that Christians are right. Because most likely, they aren’t. Christians, just to be honest, really piss me off. Even I piss myself off. Christians are in no way perfect. Far from it. I know many people who aren’t Christians at all that are way, way better people than Christians. I am also not saying that Baptists are right. Hopefully, I won’t get kicked out of my Baptist seminary for saying this, but I highly doubt that Baptists are right about everything. And by highly doubt I mean I am sure that they aren’t. People do not make Christianity different from other religions. Jesus makes Christianity different. Christianity itself stands apart. If us Christians would get the hell (pardon my pun) out of the way and let Christ work, this world would be a lot better.

This post really only applies to other religions. If you are an atheist or agnostic type of person please be patient. I am sure that one of these days I will have a philosophical post with logical arguments about why God is real and all that. Until then, I love everyone and hope you are all having a freakin spectacular day!!!!