First off, i do go to church (nazarene, only because im forced to), im young, 15. I’m not that educated about this area, i do know a decent bit about the bible and such though, because i do go to church. I’m really not trying to piss people off, and im not PROVING christianity wrong because im sure other people will disagree with me. If you can show me reasons why I’m wrong, thats great, im not saying im sure all of this is right, and your wrong. But I think christianity has some holes in it, because of some unanswered questions.
Lets pretend you are a great christian, great follower of christ. really truly love the lord and try not to sin. lets say you all of a sudden have a sinful thought, or action, (it says in the bible everybody has them, its unstoppable sometimes)and then a split second later i pull out my gun and shoot you in the back off the head. you go to hell. even though you were all that god could ask for, and all god said you could be, you go to hell, just because of a few unfortunate events.
also, why isnt god more obvious about his doings, his miracles? he wants people to believe, why not be more obvious?why not make it easier to believe?
I also asked myself, what about people who never hear about god, will they just live on being innocent not knowing about god, but they will go to hell, with no second chance. Then i heard about some scripture somewhere, saying something about people who never hear about jesus still can observe nature and things, and know that there must be a god (not me) and still worship. that means that if people dont know about jesus, they deffinetly dont know about the commandments and the ways of god. Somebody living in a secluded place far away from christianity could make up his own beliefs of god, own ways, make a cult? this doesnt make sense, someone answer me? (if this scripture does not exist somehow, then it leaves all the people who dont know about god straight to hell.)
The “he gives everybody a chance” thing doesnt make sense to me. i am me and i think the way i do. i hear about christ all the time. I try to believe, i gave my try, but i cant believe. i dont have a firm belief at all, i need proof. so i cant believe, he doesnt want me?
and, if god is all-loving, and all-knowing, he would know about 1% of people on this earth will make to heaven. If you count in all of the people far from christianity and like 90% percent of “christians” will go to hell also.(whats the chance of you dying right after you confess your sins? why do even need to pray to forgive sin? why cant you feel bad, and god know you feel bad, and forgive)i also believe most christians do not belive(i’ll say more later). anyways, if god knows all this, that 99% of people will go to hell, why did he make us? so that nearly all of us can suffer? if he didnt want us to suffer, why make a hell? the only reason i can think of hell being here is for motivation. your not supposed to “love” god and “believe” in god because you dont want to go to hell. God wants you to love him and believe in him because you do love him, not for fire insurance. so if god knows most people are going to hell and suffering, that doesnt seem very “all-loving” to me. if he loves us why not make it easier to believe, so he doesnt have to be sad about lots of us going to hell(or just get rid of hell).
i said ealier that i thought 90% of christians, are “christians”. im sure this pisses people off. but think about it. if you really truly believed in him, he was #1 on your priority list, there wouldnt be very many other things on your list. you would devote every bit of excess money to growing the “body of christ”. you dont need toys (you buy with money)to be happy if you have the lord, its greedy. rich christians are “christians” they would donate mostly all of there excess money to growing the lord. You dont need money to be happy, you got god. i used to think that someone would give away ALL of there possesions and money except those necessary for living, though that is illogical. you would need to fit into society somewhat to be able to bring in new believers. If your a bum, you would scare away non-believers. but theres no reason to have an excess 5,000 dollars in your bank only there for your pleasure. and also in my church at least, and all the churches i’ve gone to, people are not going crazy for jesus,(even though there are some). People (my mom) care more about how my hair is and how she looks to the other people in the church than the lord. I see very few people in the church that really act like a superior body is bringing great joy to them.
theres all my thoughts, and reasons why i have been skeptical about christianity. please respond.