Christian or Pagan?
Submitted by jimmybritt on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 8:22am.
I think a lot of "Christians" (maybe most) are really just pagans masquerading as Christians. For example, as Christians, we don't believe in "luck," we believe in the Providence of God. We're Christians, not pagans; therefore, we don't believe in "Nature;" we believe in creation. We're Christians, not pagans, we don't believe in "behavioral errors" or "moral pathology" or "social dysfunction" or whatever other pyscho-social babble is being promoted by the pagans these days; rather, we believe in "sin," a violation of God's expectations of us and a breach of our relationship with Him and with each other. We're Christians, not pagans; therefore, we don't believe in "conflict resolution" or some other kind of organizational, manipulative mumbo-jumbo; rather, we believe in something much harder and deeper and Christian - confession and repentance and forgiveness. We're Christians, not pagans; therefore, we don't believe in growing the church through slick marketing techniques or clever gimmicks or "good customer service;" rather, we believe that the church is grown through conversion and baptism and discipleship. We're not trying to make " satisfied customers," we're trying to make disciples. So, Christian or Pagan? BTW, for a definition of "Pagan" click to this link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism |
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