Lots has happened since my last post, foremost being I have drifted further and further away from Christianity and closer and closer towards the truth - which is best defined as Deism. What brought my house of cards down, near as I can tell, was when I realized that this whole idea of "original sin" was a lie; that the idea that we as humans carry some mystical stain inherited from Adam and Eve that prevents us from being the presence of God, and that stain is only removed by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, is a complete fabrication, and conflicts with our God-given Reason. It is not reasonable that we should inherit the sins of another, when we had nothing to do with it, and are punished for it if we don't have faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. This idea conflicts with everything we know about God and his character, truths that are self-evident and undeniable, in his infinite goodness, justice, and reason. But the Holy Bible teaches that we all carry this stain, and will burn in Hell forever if this stain is not removed with the blood of Christ.
You tell me - does my daughter carry this stain? Does my daughter - who has been through so much since she was ripped out of her mother's womb 3 months too soon into this world, fighting and struggling to survive in an incubator, on a ventilator and having to endure spinal taps to check for infections, and ten months later having her skull cut open, removed and replaced because she has a birth defect completely unrelated to her prematurity - carry this mystical stain of original sin? She is completely innocent, and yet the Bible teaches that she carries this stain of original sin, and even if she lives a perfect life (which is impossible - we as humans fall far short of the glory of God) she will be judged and punished for the inherited sin of Adam and Eve if she does not accept Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. Do you really believe this? Does it make any sense at all? It doesn't. It is a lie. It is a fabrication to build the house of cards of the Christian faith, and is in fact its foundation. Once this idea of a mystical and supernatural stain "original sin" is exposed as a falsehood, the whole house of cards comes falling down.
Consider this in Deuteronomy 1:39: "Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become a prey, and your children who at this time cannot discern between good and evil, they shall enter Canaan (the Promised Land), and to them I will give it and they shall possess it." This is knowledge of good and evil is commonly referred to as the "Age of Accountability." In essence, God was saying that the children should not be denied the promised land due to the sins of their parents. This also in Deut. 24:16 "Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor the children for the sins of their parents. Those worthy of death must be executed for their own crimes." How can the New Testament writers and the dogma and doctrine of some churches conclude that children not baptized will at worst burn in Hell, and at best go to some place called "Limbo" with all the other unbaptized children. Huh? Or that we all inherit the sins of our first parents? This is what I mean by the House of Cards. One puff of wind of reasoned thought causes the whole thing to blow apart, and thank God it does.Thomas Paine says this: "Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be true."
And likewise Jesus said this: "Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change your mind, turn about and change your path) and become like little children, you can never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives and accepts and welcomes one little child like this for my sake and in my name receives and accepts and welcomes me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and acknowledge and cleave to me to stumble and sin (right conduct or thought), it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be sunk to the depth of the sea."
In other words: KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid! The religious system of Christianity is chock full of contradictions and teachings that shock the mind, even the minds of children. I imagine that many Athiests out there are Athiests because they don't believe in the teachings of the Holy Bible - what a tragedy that they reject the idea of God due to the teachings of a man-made church!
As can be seen above, on the one hand the Bible teaches - more specificially Moses' Law teaches - that children are innocent, and yet many Christian denominations teach that children inherit the sin of Adam. This is a falsehood, and strikes at the heart of faith, which is that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, unerring and fully true. It is not, and its falsehoods have been used since Jesus' death to justify the most unspeakable atrocities that clearly do shock the mind and conscience of a reasonable human being.
More later on the importance of our God-given reason in understanding and discerning the teachings of Jesus tomorrow.
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