| Let me attempt to sum up my understanding of what is required to be a "true" Christian.
First, understand that you can skip to the end of the book, and see how how the story ends. :) It appears that all organized religion is doomed in the Seven Letters to the Seven Churches, and only a select few will be judged worthy of gaining entrance to Heaven.
Additionally, it is my understanding that Jesus pretty much illustrated how one was to live if one wished to achieve eternal life, and I just don't see admitted Christains living that life, or making those same hard saccrifices. You were all instructed to take up the cross, and follow Him.
Sorry, but in my estimation, ( and I'm joined by many others ) the path is narrow, and the way difficult.
I say this after many years of study, and not out of disdain for the religion. ( I once called myself a Christian, until I was asked to defend my beliefs, and had to go to the bible for answers, only to find the answers did not satisfy my own requirements, let alone of those asking the questions. ) |