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Friday, Oct 19, 2018. What is your way to deal with Christianity? | Friday, Oct 19, 2018. What is your way to deal with Christianity? | ||
- | it the large world religion, with many church members in so many countries? Or is it a dillusion, a | + | 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 | 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? | true believer must bei Muslim? What is Christianity for you? | ||
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- | ** Individual Views? ... ** | + | ** Individual Views!? ... ** |
Before we go into a deeper discussion, do you think you can decide for yourself what Christianity is? | Before we go into a deeper discussion, do you think you can decide for yourself what Christianity is? | ||
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happened since then. | 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! | ||
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+ | 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 |
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+ | 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? | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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