Reply #6: Yes, the Christians are going to have to clean house theologically speaking.

[juno jones]

Only they can do it, really, if they want their religion to survive.

An emphasis on Jesus's teachings and a step away from the kind of ignorant superstition that makes even a pagan like myself roll their eyes would be a welcome development.(ie: stuff like 'praying out the gay' and 'spiritual mapping' etc. All superstition with no base in the bible)


I was raised to be Christian, albeit the kind with quiet faith. I still dig Jesus. But I don't see many christians with even a basic understandiing of their own faith in religious, spiritual, metaphysical or historical context. They believe 'X' because, by gum, some guy with a title (often *honorary*) told them that that was true and they don't have to reach, think or work any longer. They wish to be 'absolved' without doing any of the heavy lifting involved with emulating Jesus. It saddens me and worries me at the same time.