What tenets or beliefs of Christianity do you find the most distasteful or difficult to accept?
Henry Y asked:
Christians, what tenet of Christianity do you find the hardest to accept?
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Christians, what tenet of Christianity do you find the hardest to accept?
Non-Christians, what aspect of Christianity do you dislike most? What tenets or beliefs of Christianity make you glad you’re not a Christian?
Just interested to know. In my case, I’d say the doctrine of Hell is what I find the most difficult to accept about Christianity. I look forward to reading your answers.
Brianna
December 21st, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Gabriel
The idea that it is legitimate to base belief on faith.
December 24th, 2011 at 2:09 am
Taylor
The idea that you can be a bad person your entire life and right before you die accept Jesus into your heart and then go to Heaven.
That really bothers me.
December 24th, 2011 at 8:47 am
Jayden
I never cared for the idea that women are lesser than men, or that god is so needy that he has several of his commandments relating to worshiping him, and him alone. Also, the concept that no matter how righteous you may be, if you don’t accept Jesus, you will rot in hell. These are just a handful of the things that make me **** this, and all, religion.
December 25th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Luke
I agree, I say Hell is the worst possible doctrine Christianity has. I also **** the passages in the Bible where it demonizes anyone who’s not a Christian (and the right kind, too).
December 26th, 2011 at 12:14 am
Lauren
I think it’s distasteful for Christians to claim someone that has a known medical condition, and label that individual as demon possessed.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Nathaniel
I find those crackers they give you to eat at communion distasteful. They’re really dry too and they don’t give you enough juice to wash them down.
December 30th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Luis
I’m a Christian (Episcopalian).
I don’t agree with those who take the Bible literally on all levels, and I don’t believe it is right to fear God.
And, of course, I **** how some Christians put down people who are ********** or of a different race than they are….
January 1st, 2012 at 10:47 am
Julia
That god must be called jesus in order to go to heaven.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:33 am
Lillian
The teaching that God have to go down to the level of man who displease Him and then die to please Himself and save them from their sins they committed against Him.
January 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Aaron
That our own clock is ticking and we won’t be able to convince the whole world that God is Christ, or Jesus is Allah, or Yahweh is Jesus
January 8th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Tyler
@Tiffany Johnson
If you actually read the New testament, Jesus debunks that claim, like, three times.
Christianity has one fault: they matched the old and new testaments together. Not a good idea.
January 9th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Lucas
I’m not a Christian anymore but when I was the idea of a Hell seemed impossible since our God was so loving and forgiving. Also I hated confession as a child and once asked a priest why I had to confess things I’d already been forgiven for (as Christ’s sacrifice on the cross emptied hell and forgave all our sins, past, present and future). The priest was astonished, to say the least.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Riley
christian.
the hardest to accept for me is the fact that people who have untimely deaths go to hell. like if someone lives till their nineties they’re gonna get religious in their old age but if someone dies at seventeen and they’re not particularly religious then they go to hell? even if if they grew to be 90 they would be religious? that’s just difficult for me to grasp…
January 10th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Lily
The links below give further informative information and here: EXPOSED 6 Myths About Christianity (God is a Trinity):
The Trinity is quite difficult to accept as it makes no sense! Many who believe the Trinity admit that they are not able to explain this teaching. Still, they may feel that it is taught in the Bible. It is worth noting that the word “Trinity” never occurs in the Bible. But is the idea of a Trinity found there? No.
Jesus says that the Father knows more than the Son does. If Jesus were part of Almighty God, however, he would know the same facts as his Father. So, then, the Son and the Father cannot be equal. Yet, some will say: ‘Jesus had two natures. Here he speaks as a man.’ But even if that were so, what about the holy spirit? If it is part of the same God as the Father, why does Jesus not say that it knows what the Father knows?
As for Hell…you’re also right there, it’s not something one should accept as a punishment for it puts God in a bad light.
WHATEVER image the word “hell” brings to your mind, hell is generally thought of as a place of punishment for sin. Concerning sin and its effect, the Bible says: “Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.” (Romans 5:12) The Scriptures also state: “The wages sin pays is death.” (Romans 6:23)
Could it be that the fire of hell is symbolic of all-consuming, or thorough, destruction? Separating fire from Hades, or hell, the Scriptures say: “Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire.” “The lake” mentioned here is symbolic, since death and hell (Hades) that are thrown into it cannot literally be burned. “This [lake of fire] means the second death”—death from which there is no hope of coming back to life.—Revelation 20:14.
In the new world of God’s making, resurrected humans who comply with his righteous laws will never need to die again. (Isaiah 25:8) Jehovah “will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.” In fact, “the former things [will] have passed away.” (Revelation 21:4) What a blessing is in store for those in hell—”the memorial tombs”! This blessing indeed is reason enough for us to take in more knowledge of Jehovah God and his Son, Jesus Christ.—John 17:3.