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Christianity: A Loving Religion
By James Gronseth, co-writers and helpers: Latrisha Green heart , Gini Whiteflower heart

Before I begin, I'm going to make two things very clear. The first thing is that this is my opinion gathered from reading the Bible and by looking at creation itself. I also listened to others? opinions, read others? papers on the subject and listened to my gut instinct. Through those things mentioned earlier, I have come up with this paper.

The second and most important thing you need to know is that I am not trying to convert anybody. Other religions, whether it's Buddhism, Scientology, Judaism, Wicca or what is considered "pagan" religions are just as loving and just as valid as Christianity. To them, it's what right to them. To me, they aren't right, but rest assured, I will not invalidate people who worship those religions or the religions themselves. What is right to you is right to you. I have no right to prosecute or judge you for it.

The reason I am writing this paper is simple and very aggravating on my part. The reason is this: to prove that Christianity, the religion itself, is loving towards all. Because of evil actions done by early Christian believers, and I do mean evil acts, Christianity has been
given a bad rap. I really don't blame people for thinking Christianity as being evil, for atrocious acts have happened as a direct result of Christian arrogance. Examples of this are slavery, the Crusades and the Ku Klux Klan. These events and groups did great evil even if they used God's name. I am writing this to prove that the fundamentals of Christianity are about love towards all. I don't just mean one sect of Christianity but all sects like Roman Catholic and Jehovah's Witnesses.

I will prove this now.

Real quickly, I will define human beings. All men, women, unisex peoples and children of all races regardless of skin colors, creeds, nationalities, religions, beliefs, ages, interests, disabilities, sexualities, looks, cultures, sizes, skin shades, actions, and anything else are human beings. No matter what, we are human beings.

Now, there are differences between my Christianity, Roman Catholics, etc., but each group has these three things in common: love god, love all people as you love yourselves and accept Christ as savior.

Many believe that Christianity is a white-man?s religion based around killing non-believers, non-whites and homosexuals, enslaving heathens and blacks, and treating women like white slaves. I tell you this, this data about Christianity is wrong. It is preposterously false data. I can prove this. While I'm proving this, it is important to remember that the evil acts performed by Christians, like the crusades and first Holocaust, does not have to do with the religion but only individuals who worship Christianity.

The basic evils Christians have done to make people think that Christianity is a hateful religion are these: racism, sexism, religious intolerance, hating homosexuality and hating sinners (especially sinners who don't believe in Christ). Many Christians have done these things, but God, or Jehovah if you're a Jehovah's Witness, does not do these things. He, in fact, HATES THOSE EVIL ACTS! He loves all, forgives all, and helps all. I can prove this to you by simply pointing out the importance of the New Testament. In my opinion, the ?Old Testament? has some uses, but it is important to know that God/Jehovah doesn't punish people the same after Jesus died to save us. God used to punish sinners by sending them to Hell and by punishing them in various other ways. But after Jesus came here, according to my beliefs, he took all our sin and sacrificed himself so that we may be forgiven. That goes toward all. All you have to do is believe in him. That is quite loving by itself.

I will split this up into groups. Those groups are racism, sexism, religious intolerance, anti-homosexuality, sinning in general and conclusion. I will go through the first five groups and explain why Christianity is not about those things. In fact, it is quite opposite.

Racism:

First off, I'd like to start with a few Bible quotes.

Genesis 5:2 "He created them male and female, and on that day he blessed them and named them human beings" There's no mentions of skin color or anything like that.

Acts 17:26 "God began by making one person, and from him came all different people who live everywhere in thw world. God decided exactly when and where they must live"

Galatians 3:28 "In Christ, there is no difference between Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus"

This has been debated several times. Is God/Jehovah racist? No. Simple. He is not. Let's look at the facts. I will be using references from my Bible in the New Testament. So, obviously this will contradict Jehovah?s Witness beliefs, but this Bible I know and can use to prove God/Jehovah isn't racist.


Jesus, Son of God, is God incarnate according to my beliefs. Jesus worked mostly in the Middle East and area with a large diversity of peoples. Most people there, especially in Jerusalem, were a darkish-brown skin color. The only whites there for the most part were Romans, who had control over the area, and Greeks. Jesus helped all men, women, and children; the New Testament clearly says so. It does not specify that Jesus helped only one race. If it did, the Bible would be a book of hypocrisy. Why? Because God loves all, not all but this certain groups or that certain group.

Jews, the people God first revealed himself to, were not white people. They had an Arab skin tone. That should prove that God isn't about favoring whites or any other race.

Jesus and his Apostles went to many nations including Greece, Israel and areas like Iraq and Afghanistan. If He favored one race, would Jesus have sent the word of God to nations of all colors?

People over the years have told me that the King James Translation preaches racial hatred. At one point I believed what the people were saying about the New King james Translation, but after I had a discussion with a Christian after I came to Christ, I found out that the King James Translation doesn't infact teach those things. However, now I will clear up misconceptions that I have been told over the years.


Two racial verses are these, if I am correct. Cain, somebody who killed his brother in the way early days is an example of promoting racial intolerance. People have told me that in theKing James Translation God turned him black to make him pay and that his descendants were black as well. It doesn't say that, and if it did, it would have been added later. Cain was punished but not that way. Now, it does not say in my bible, the New Century Translation, that Cain turned black or that his descendants were even punished as well. It just says that Cain received a mark to show that he shouldn't be killed so that he can be punished.

People have said that the King James Translation says that some race, which I can't remember what, turned black because they upset God. This is a lie. I know deep down that that was added to make the slave trade okay. Besides, even if those were true those punishments would have had to end when Jesus came around. All past sins are forgiven through Jesus, even if you're not Christian you're forgiven until you die. So, the "cursed" blacks would be forgiven also. I persoanlly don't listen to the King James Translation because Europeans wrote it. That may sound racist, but I assure you it?s not because they're European but because at that time Europe was corrupt (I STRONGLY EPHASIZE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF HOW CORRUPT THINGS WERE BACK IN THE MEDEVAL TIMES)). I don't blame Europeans; I blame the times. Love Europeans like everyone else.

The following racist beliefs are not in the Bible. I have heard and read about Christians saying these things.

I have heard of a few different beliefs as to how black people came about. They are all racist teachings that make no sense. One belief I have heard of is that they are soulless beasts that were alive when Adam and Eve were made. That makes zero sense. How come that makes zero sense? It?s because if they were soulless they wouldn?t have the capacity to love or to worship God or to even think. So, they couldn?t possibly be soulless beasts. They wouldn?t be able to do anything a human can do; yet, they can do everything any other human can do. My neighbors from Sudan are very loving, compassionate Christians that I love very much. There is NO way they?re soulless beasts, no freaking way. God wouldn?t make them to hate them.

Another belief I have heard is that they are demons. That is BS right there. If they were demons, they couldn?t reproduce, which is solely a human thing. Plus, all demons mentioned in the Bible are spirits, souls, etc. that can only infect people by either possession or by influencing people. So if they were demons, they couldn?t live in this realm along side humans. Besides, would it make any sense if they were demons? Why would God let them live along side humans if Earth is for humans? That doesn?t make any sense. So, quite obviously, they are not demons. They are just as human as anyone else.

Now, in the ?Book of Acts?, Philip, a follower of God, was told to help an Ethiopian officer be forgiven for his sins. This Ethiopian couldn't read and he was trying to read what the Bible had to say. Philip read to the man and explained what baptism was all about. The Ethiopian found a body of water and asked what was stopping him from being baptized right now. Philip took him into the water and baptized him. That shows that God doesn't want any race left behind.

Jesus said that he wanted his teachings taught in all nations. ALL nations mean ALL nations.

If God hated non-whites, would you see people of all skin colors and nationalities worshipping God? Would God let that happen if he were so disgusted by other races? No, I've seen many different people at church.

This, I believe, shows that God is not racist. Why would he make to hate? If he loves us all, why would he make certain groups solely to be hated? That wouldn't make sense.

I read these very interesting and logical truths at this Christian site the other day that gave a good explanation as to why we?re all people. If a black or Asian person wasn?t human, then how could they possibly reproduce with white people? Can animals have babies with humans? No. So, they are human beings and like it says in the Bible, we were all made equally with the same amount of love. It also said that the reason we look different is because of skin pigment. If you were white in African, you?d have one hell of a hard time staying sunburn free. It also said that people should not view other people as ?races? but instead as only the human race. I totally agree.

Slavery was a horrible thing. Many black people were murdered and treated very unfairly. People back during the slavery times would say bad things to try and justify slavery as I mentioned earlier. But think about it, if what the people who supported slavery said was true, then would slavery have ended? It was a work of God I believe that ended slavery and later the horrors of segregation. All color barriers were knocked down. Slavery was ended. If black people were animals would slavery have ended? No. But it did because they are people. That doesn?t just go for black people, but Asians and North American natives and people of all sorts.

This is my last point before I get to my conclusion about racism. Chances are Jesus wasn't white. If Jesus were white, a lot of contradictions would arise in the Bible. Why you may ask? If Jesus were born in Israel, his skin wouldn't be white in the slightest. The climate is too hot there, so natives of that area are not white but a darker brown. Now you're probably asking, does that mean he favors only people from Israel? No. He helped Greeks, Romans, Assyrians, Israelites, Africans, etc. alike. Does that not show his love for all races? I think it does.

Hopefully, I have proven that God isn't racist.

Sexism:


Genesis 5:2 "He created them male and female, and on that day he blessed them and named them human beings" Men and women are blessed by God.

Galatians 3:28 "In Christ, there is no difference between Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus" Once again, to Jesus, we are all the same. Male and female.

Some quotes of Jesus healing women Luke 8:40-56, Mark 7:24-30

Jesus clearly gives lots of recognition for these two women who did great things.
Mark 14:3-9 "Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. While Jesus eating there, a woman approached him with an alabaster filled with very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head>
Some who were there became upse and said to each other, 'Why waste that perfume? It was worth a full year's work. It could have been sold and given to the poor'.
Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She did an excellent thing for me. You will always have the poor with you and you can help them anytime you want. But you will not always have me. This women did the only thing she could do for me; she poured perfume on my body to prepare me for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached all over the world, what this woman has done will be told and people will remember her.'"
Luke 20:23 "As Jesus looked up, he saw some rich people putting their gifts into the Temple money box. Then he saw a poor widow putting two small copper coins into the box. He said, 'I tell you the truth, this poor widow gave more than all the rich people. They gave what they didn't need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had to live on"


This has been debated many, many times. Is God sexist? Does God favor men over women? No, He does not. I know that God is referred to as Father, but in my opinion, God was sexless. He would have no use for a p***s or uterus. Now, I picture our God as a male, mostly because he is called Father and because Jesus was male. But something tells me he has no particular sex. Then again that is solely my opinion.

Now to break into the good book to prove to people that all Christians shouldn?t be sexist. All I am doing is pointing out verses in the Bible. These are not my words but only the words of the Bible summed up by me.

Jesus was God incarnate according to my religion. Jesus treated people the way God would. Jesus healed both mean and women, forgave both men and women and worked together along side both men and women. Jesus loved both men and women alike equally. Not enough proof?

It is said that Jesus died for our sins, correct? Jesus said himself that he died for us all, both men and women.

Man was created in God?s image, right? What is man? Males and females make up man.

Now, I will point out a few incidents where Jesus helped women.

One time a woman was about to be stoned to death by a group of men for committing adultery. Jesus picked up a stick, drew a line in the dirt and said (this is my favorite quote), ?He whom is without sin may cast the first stone?. The men dropped their stones and left in anger. Jesus forgave the woman and told her not to sin.

Mary Magdalene, a known prostitute, was forgiven by Jesus and accepted into his fold. She was there when Jesus died and was one of the first people to help form Christianity. She was an adulterer and a woman, yet Jesus gave here love, kindness, and acceptance and let her help to form Christianity.

Another incident I can think of was when a woman who had been bleeding through her v****a for twelve years was helped by Jesus. Because of that people considered her ?unclean?. Nobody wanted her around. One day she heard Jesus was walking with his followers. She ran up to the big guy, touched his robe (in such a way that I guess men back in those times would be angry with the woman) and she was healed of her troubles. Jesus sensed that she was afraid and said, ?My daughter, don?t be afraid?. Jesus cared so much he didn?t get mad at her for touching his robe without permission.

Another example I can think of was when Jesus was thirsty, he asked a woman if she?d please give him some water. Women back then were considered second-class citizens, if considered anything at all. If you were a woman, you couldn?t do anything with a man besides your husband. The woman was so amazed that Jesus was asking for her help, a woman who had no rights, even though the laws said that it was forbidden. If Jesus were God, which he is according to my beliefs, then he thought the woman a person like men.

Now let?s talk about how Jesus came about. Jesus was born by Mary ?The Virgin?. She quite obviously was a woman. If God didn?t find women worthy, would he have let a woman give birth to Jesus? If God thought ?icky girl?, wouldn?t he just spawn Jesus out of nothing? He could do that, you know.

I know that in the Bible it says, ?Wives, submit to you husbands?. But, if you think about it, the Bible also says to submit to God. Does that mean that we?re held back, and that we can?t have careers and that we can?t have lives? God gave us all purposes and special reasons, even girls. I don?t mean that they?re special at doing dishes or crap like that. I have seen girls do things like advanced science, dentistry, even rocket science, etc., just as well as men, if not better. I have seen skilled women boxers, doctors, teachers and many more types of jobs. They can do anything men can do. Now, men can also be more skilled at certain things like women, but it goes both ways. If a Christian man takes away women?s rights, they?re taking away God?s chance to let women?s gifts be realized. And their gifts vary, like men?s.

And it also says in the ?Book of Ephesians?, and I?ll give exact quotes, 21-32, ?Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it. To make it belong to God, Christ used words to make the church clean by washing it with water. He died so that he could give the church to himself like a bride in all her beauty. He died so that the church could be pure and without fault, with no evil or sin or any other wrong thing in it. In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the Church because we are parts of his body.?
?The Scripture says, so a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body. That secret is very important-I am thinking?
The way I see that little section of the Bible is this: If a man loved his body and his wife, he?d let his wife make her own decisions, let her have her own career and basically run her life. But of course, if you wanted to have a functional marriage, you?d have to have ground rules. Husbands and wives would have to rule their lives together.

When I view my mom, my sisters, my friends that are girls and just women in general, I don?t see dishwashers or cooks, I see capable people with artistic talents and skill. They are God?s people, too.

Hopefully, I have cleared up sexism when it comes to Christianity.

Religious Intolerance:

Matthew 5:44 "I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and prosecute you"

No Christian, no matter how devout, started off as a Christian. We weren?t born thinking, ?Hey, I?m a Christian!? We had to accept Christianity along the line. That goes for all religions. You have to accept a religion before you become part of that group. Whether a Christian was five when he accepted Christ or when he was seventy, he wasn?t Christian to begin with. If a Christian killed a non-Christian, no matter what belief, whether it?s Atheism or Wicca, he would be murdering. It is still a major sin.

God gave us free will according to the Bible. Free will is the ability to make up your own mind. You choose to be Christian or to not be Christian. God knew this when he gave us free will and if Christians loved God, they?d respect the fact that he loves us all to give us a choice. If a Christian calls somebody a heathen for believing in Wicca or Buddha or any other belief, he is taking away God?s free gift of free will. If a Christian kills a non-Christian, he is prosecuting God, for God gave the victim the choice. Besides, a Christian would also be taking away the non-believer?s chance to be saved. There is no love there. Jesus is about love. Be like him if you?re Christian.

Jesus, one time while entering a city filled with non-Christians, was approached by a woman. The woman begged Jesus to force demons out of her daughter. This woman was no believer, but she was so desperate that she asked Jesus for help. Now, Jesus was upset with the city for not believing, but still he forced the demons out. That is loving because Jesus helped the woman even though she didn?t believe. That is another point to add to my ?not sexist? list.

Going back to the woman Jesus asked for a drink of water from, that woman was a Samaritan, and back then Jews were not to talk to Samaritans. Jesus was King of the Jews, so if he hated this non-believer, he would not have asked her for help.

I hated God for a number of reasons. The primary reasons being my father?s death and my moving to the United States to a school filled with people who made fun of my Canadian heritage, scarring me socially, making me feel uncomfortable around people. But I realized that I had done wrong. My sister was a devout Scientologist and hated God like me, but we realized that we had done wrong.

God has accepted us, two people whom have cursed God, followed other religions and hated. But God loved us and in the end we were forgiven. That can happen to any non-Christian.

God loves non-Christians. If he didn?t, then why would he give them free will? Why would he accept all? He loves all, after all.

As far as I can tell, God wants Christians to be friends with non-Christians. How else could he shine his love to them? Shoving a Bible down somebody?s throat takes away free will and shows that the Christian doesn?t love God enough to let others use the free gift he gave them. A Christian should never do that. A Christian should only show love.

My Pastor once told me at church to respect and honor other cultures and religions not destroy them. Never should a Christian go destroy somebody for not believing. Jesus wouldn?t.

Hopefully I have proven that he loves all people of all religions and beliefs even those who hate him or deny his existence. Love your enemy, not hate him.

Homosexuality:

God forgives sin. He hates the sin, not the sinner. Now, would being gay be any different? No. If I were to sin, which I have PLENTY of times, would God hate me? If a Christian were to lie about something bad he has done, like I have before, would God say, ?You little bugger! Hate him?? No of course not. Homosexuality is no different. If a Christian were to hate and prosecute a homosexual, he would be a hypocrite. If a Christian has the right to go, ?You f**! God hates you for being gay?, the homosexual would have the right to say, ?You hateful sinner! God hates you for sinning!? Now, neither person has the right to say that, for God loves all. Love the sinner, not the sin. Now, in my honest opinion, God loves gays and doesn?t punish them all that badly, for most of the time, homosexual relations are between two consenting adults. And furthermore, it?s between two adults in love with each other. Love is the key of Christianity. Nobody is hurt. They have not hated Christians and if they have I bet it is because Christians have attacked them. Christians who hate gays are not living at all like God commands.

I say shine God?s love on gays, don?t show Satan?s hatred.

If you think about it you can be a gay Christian. Jesus was about healing people of sin, not casting them out. Gays sin, but they sin in such a way that they aren?t hurting anyone. Hating them is also a sin, but it is a hurtful one. Christians cannot say they are doing right if they hate and hurt gays.

I have hated gays in the past, but I stopped long before I became Christian because what they do is not different than anything else I?ve done (meaning I?ve sinned). And I?m much happier for the fact that I stopped hating them. If I knew a gay person, I?d be his friend like anyone else. Hopefully that proves that God does not hate homosexuals.

Sinning in General:

Sinning is something we all do, Christian and non-Christians alike, whether you call it sin or not. We all do bad things. Whether you lie sometimes or you murder, you still sin.

Sin is hated by God, not a sinner. God forgives the sinner, not the sin. Jesus has taken all sins even for non-Christians. Now, non-Christians have to believe they are forgiven to be forgiven, but Jesus forgave them as well.

Believing in Jesus brings people into heaven but we are all forgiven. Does that make it ok to sin? No. Hurting anybody, regardless of religion, race, gender, sexuality, etc., with evil intent IS a sin. Now, hurting somebody while playing football or breaking up with a person you?re dating and stuff like that is different but hurting for evil is a sin.

Christians may be forgiven but if they loved God they wouldn?t hurt anyone. Does that mean there isn?t room to make mistakes? No. We?re all human. Sometimes we hurt others; even the best of people do that! Does that make it OK? No. But we all make mistakes. Only the truly wicked, like those who want to hurt people, would be truly punished. There are consequences for doing bad. If I were to beat somebody up, I?d be forced to do community service. Christians may be forgiven for the sin, but that doesn?t mean Christians get off scot-free for hurting people. I can think of an example of this.

Ivan the Terrible, a devout Christian, mass murdered and raped many thousands of people. I don?t mean he?d kill them quickly either. He was the Czar of Russia around 1500 A.D., and he had a liking for torture. He followed God, yet he murdered thousands. Ivan did not come to a good end. His wife, a kind, loving person died peacefully but died all the same. Ivan?s only love was taken from him. It doesn?t sound like too much of a punishment, does it? It goes on. Ivan, while in a fit of rage towards his son, struck his son in the head. His son, his only son that he really loved, died. His want to murder had murdered his son.

Ivan was suffering after that. Now you?re probably asking why God would let that happen to Ivan?s son when Ivan?s son had nothing to do with Ivan?s actions. Ivan?s son was just as evil as Ivan, doing the same things Ivan would do. Ivan?s wife had been ashamed of Ivan and wanted to escape. She died peacefully.

Ivan also died of many diseases, dying a painful, painful death. He may have been Christian but because he hurt with evil intentions he suffered for it.

Again, we all make mistakes and God doesn?t punish for mistakes. If he punished us every time we made mistakes, nobody would be here today.

Christians should love all people even murderers. I for one don?t like murderers and rapists or child molesters, but we are required to love them. In my opinion, you should put them in jail. But don?t put them in jail for hateful reasons. Put them in jail so that they can?t do those things anymore. Christians should forgive them as commanded by God. By all means, if they mean harm, lock them in jail, but Christians should not hate them but only their sin.

Christians are people too. They make mistakes, but they must be loving if they are true Christians. At least, that is what I believe.

Conclusion:

Christians, according to the Bible, must love all. It is the fundamentals of Christianity. In my opinion, if a Christian truly loved God, he?d love all. Many people probably think, ?If God was loving, why would he send people to Hell?? I can?t really answer that, but I can say what I think about if by using a parable.

A man was doling out bread to the needy and sinful in order to help them survive out in a field one day. A person who was just as needy and sinful as everyone else in the field took some bread, thanked the man and said that the man was doing great good. The man felt good and knew that he was doing the right thing. Another person took some bread but acted quite contrary to the first person. This person spat on the man?s face, took the bread, mocked the man?s cause and left laughing. The man thought, ?What an ungrateful, spiteful person. I won?t help him anymore.? The man was angered obviously. Another person came up, took the bread and did the same as the previous person. The man was angered once again but let the person go. The third person, however, had a conscience. The third person came back to the man, said that he did the wrong thing mocking the man and said that the man was doing the right thing. The man forgave and gave the third person more bread.

I guess you?d have to be a major jerk to be like the second person, but I hope you get the point.

As far as I can tell, Christianity accepts all people. I, for example, am a nerd (bullies beware, I?m not that small). I LOVE things like Star Wars, Aliens vs. Predator, Halo, video games, books, school, etc. I am still a Christian. If my God were like, ?Hey Nerd! I?m getting my duct tape so that I can tape you to the football pole!? I wouldn?t be a Christian, but I am.

A Christian should accept all and love all. Now, that doesn?t mean that we have to like all. There are a lot of people I don?t like. Hell, there are a lot of things I really hate. But I try and remember what Christianity is all about and I try and love those I hate. I?m sure many Christians get that way. Hopefully I have proven that Christianity is a loving religion.

Very special thanks to: Jesus Christ! heart heart , Latrisha Green heart , Katherine Gronseth heart and Gini Whiteflower heart who have all helped me through a heck of a lot while writing this. I LOVE YOU GUYS! heart heart heart heart

I know it doesn't. But I've heard so much before I became Christian that I had to write this report.

no, no, no! Let me clear this up. Before I became Christian, i heard a lot about Christianity being an evil, racist religion. People would say the new King James Translation taught that. So, orignally I denounced the NKJT before I was told by an ACTUAL Chrisitan that it wasn't in there. So I revised this as best I could. I'll revise it more.

It DOESN'T say that stuff in the New King James Translation. I'm disproving the things people told me in the New King James Translation.

I was being humorous, not judging you. Very sorry if it seemed that way.

I really will read it all later! mrgreen

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