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-====== Truth ... ======
+====== Dealing with Christianity ... ======
-Friday, Oct 19, 2018.
+Friday, Oct 19, 2018. What is your way to deal with Christianity? What is Christianity in your eyes? Is
+it the large world religion, with many church members in so many countries? Or is it a delusion, a
+false path, which is leading people away from a life of reason? Or is it a false religion, since the
+true believer must bei Muslim? What is Christianity for you?
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+**  Individual Views!? ... **
+Before we go into a deeper discussion, do you think you can decide for yourself what Christianity is?
+Of course, you need to clarify - at least in case you want to answer the question - what it means
+to YOU. But that does not mean it is the same answer for different people. And it does not mean that the
+answer would be correct in the sense that the ideas about Christianity of any particular person would
+be in line with what happened 2000 years ago and the different streams of development which have
+happened since then.
+There are so many ideas about the core point of Christianity. And that is natural, since individual
+people search their individual path. On that path, they try to come with answers. They try to come
+with convincing stories of life. They interpret their experiences. We all do that. Each and everyone
+of us!
+I strongly believe in that it is good and necessary that we all have our individual views. It is
+good. It is part of our community. We are not the same, and thus we will have different perspectives
+on the same thing. But I also strongly believe that there is truth, that the views look at the
+same thing. I believe that it is important to keep in mind that there is a reality which we
+try to understand. In particular when it comes to faith this needs to be stated today: we try to understand who God is.
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+** Christianity ...**
+Christianity is a fascinating thing. It is a doctrine. It is ethics. But much
+more. It is a life style. It is faith. It is a philosophy. And it is reality.
+It is about the eternal God, who wants to be the saviour and healer of each
+and every single person on the planedt. That is more than a doctrine. It is
+about the true reality, the reality behind our perception.
+There are people who are completely disappointed by particular Christians,
+or by particular churches. There are those who are disappointed by God himself.
+How can it be that ...? Why is this pain and death part of the world as it
+is today? We struggle, we search, we ask! And that is good.
+I love all the questions. But I love them the more when they reach their
+goal. We try to find answers - and God wants us to find answers. He wants to
+be the answer. He himself - the lion and the lamb. That does not stop
+pain and death. It does not stop violence, it does not stop abuse and lies
+and fraud. But in Jesus God has come into all of this. He is the suffering
+God - for reasons deep enough to touch the very foundation of life and
+existence. How do you deal with Christianity? Come! Come.
 (Roland Potthast)
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