Many Christian Teachings Are Based Upon Fear
About ten years ago, I spoke the truth of hell not being eternal to a person bound by
traditional Christian beliefs. This led to this person's church elders contacting me,
basically telling me they love me, but I am no longer welcome to visit their church.
While discussing this with a friend of mine, he pointed out that all one has to do is
question the teaching of an eternal Hell, and Christian religious leaders feel
threatened, fearing for the safety of their congregation. Truly, all their beliefs are
threatened if they cease to believe in an eternal Hell. Why? Most of the Christian
church is founded upon the idea that we are bad and deserve to be punished. You
see, Christianity is based upon fear. It is fear of not pleasing an angry God and
suffering the consequences for an eternity. Therefore, most of the teachings within
Christianity are fear-based and not of love. Fear is not created by God, but man-made.
Even the Bible mentions that God is love. We need to hear a message of love, not one
of fear, if we want to change the world. And, if we come to know that we are indeed
good, the traditional Christian message of original sin is exposed as false.
All I had pointed out to the person bound by religion, was that the word "hell" is not in
the Bible (in the original Greek or Hebrew), and neither are the words "forever" or
"eternal" (as in "eternal" punishment, or suffering "forever"). Why was I such a threat
to the whole church that the elders would hold a meeting and then call me? Was it out
of love for me, believing me to be lost? No. It was completely motivated by fear - fear
of losing control of their congregation, should someone think differently than what the
leaders teach. Closed minds are always bound shut by fear.
In Christianity, we are taught that God is all-powerful, all-knowing and perfect. If true,
such a deity would only be able to create those whom he desired, being incapable of
creating something imperfect. Religion based upon fear does not make sense when we
think it through logically. An intelligent, divine being would not cast away portions of
humanity to suffer his wrath, especially if such a being were a God of love.
In my book, Jesus Religion, I work to expose the false teachings of fear in order to
demonstrate that they are not truth. When we are able to take a step back and face
the fear, we will recognize that fearful ideas were never real, but imagined.
- Louis Charles
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