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in reply to a message by noisynora
I have a hard time with the concept of religious redemption. In fact, I don’t believe it’s necessary that anyone would need to die (Jesus) to make us able to be loved by God.
Such a belief implies that God did not create us the way he wanted, or even that something not manifested by God created us, and that we should be penitent and consider ourselves unworthy since birth (Psalm 51, my LEAST favorite psalm).
The idea that we need to be redeemed in the first place is exactly what made me stop considering myself as Christian, and now refer to myself as “undefined”. It’s a lot easier to simply believe that God loves us, and forgives us for our human errors, which are paid for on earth, not punished a second time in the afterlife.
I could not think of a more inappropriate name to bestow on a human child.
✧ Sparrow ✧
Such a belief implies that God did not create us the way he wanted, or even that something not manifested by God created us, and that we should be penitent and consider ourselves unworthy since birth (Psalm 51, my LEAST favorite psalm).
The idea that we need to be redeemed in the first place is exactly what made me stop considering myself as Christian, and now refer to myself as “undefined”. It’s a lot easier to simply believe that God loves us, and forgives us for our human errors, which are paid for on earth, not punished a second time in the afterlife.
I could not think of a more inappropriate name to bestow on a human child.
✧ Sparrow ✧
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You just voiced the problems I found myself having with Christianity in primary school, but I couldn't quite voice what it was then, and you described it in a cleaner, less rambly way than I'd do now lol
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Thank you. I try to be succinct. :o)
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