Once the society removes God from His rightful place, evil quickly takes its place as the predominate influencer. I have seen this transformation take place in my life time.
I think that is what it appears to believers but only in the absence of widespread enlightenment. We can go infinitely far beyond the superstitious, contradictory and manipulative beliefs of the bible with natural human morality and the unlimited potential power of our minds.
This "enlightenment" you speak of is everything you claim Christianity to be, and Christianity is the precise opposite of those things.
It's superstitious, contradictory, and manipulative to believe in and teach that our limited and weak minds and bodies of flesh and blood can reach the unlimited without God.
How does a consistent and true enlightenment become widespread without the help of the one who's light is enlightening people.
There's no good reason to follow darkened and foolish messages about enlightenment without God's revelation. Any gospel that ignores the Creator is no gospel at all, but destruction.
In my view you have the problem all religious people have. You are unable think about whether god is real or made up to control people. Faith disallows you from thinking about anything that is not in your belief system.
This appears to be an issue of you having simply not studied Christianity enough in any capacity. Go hit YouTube, watch some Frank Turek, Jeff Durbin and John Lennox. All your qualms get answered in depth. Hope you find Christ anon.
Once the society removes God from His rightful place, evil quickly takes its place as the predominate influencer. I have seen this transformation take place in my life time.
I think that is what it appears to believers but only in the absence of widespread enlightenment. We can go infinitely far beyond the superstitious, contradictory and manipulative beliefs of the bible with natural human morality and the unlimited potential power of our minds.
I'm sorry but your comment is ironic.
This "enlightenment" you speak of is everything you claim Christianity to be, and Christianity is the precise opposite of those things.
It's superstitious, contradictory, and manipulative to believe in and teach that our limited and weak minds and bodies of flesh and blood can reach the unlimited without God.
How does a consistent and true enlightenment become widespread without the help of the one who's light is enlightening people.
There's no good reason to follow darkened and foolish messages about enlightenment without God's revelation. Any gospel that ignores the Creator is no gospel at all, but destruction.
In my view you have the problem all religious people have. You are unable think about whether god is real or made up to control people. Faith disallows you from thinking about anything that is not in your belief system.
This appears to be an issue of you having simply not studied Christianity enough in any capacity. Go hit YouTube, watch some Frank Turek, Jeff Durbin and John Lennox. All your qualms get answered in depth. Hope you find Christ anon.