Belief and religion is whatever you want it to be because it is man made and maintained by man.
Modern Christianity, especially modern American Nationalist Christianity is based on the belief that you can literally do whatever you want in life, even the most despicable, immoral, selfish and disgusting things … and their modern belief is based on the idea that if God doesn’t like what you are doing, they you will be severely punished for your behaviour, in this life before you go too far … or in the next life after you die. However, if you do those terrible, disgusting things and nothing terrible happens to you and you continue to lead a good, happy, healthy life … then it is a sign that God has allowed you to continue and that you are part of a grander plan where you should be allowed to continue doing the terrible things you are doing in order to fulfill some sort of prophecy or master plan.
If you hoard wealth, destroy the poor, ignore moral values and continue down a path where you just literally want to destroy everything and everyone for your own greed and you get away with it all … then God is complicit and wants you to get away with it … he allowed it all, which makes it sacrosanct … it is God’s will.
Sounds more Old Testament than New, where God’s chosen people get their own set of rules and women seem to be punished disproportionately. Jesus is fairly clear about what happens when your hoard wealth.
The moral basis of Christianity can seem a bit shaky at times though. You must believe Christ is the only path to salvation and live a good life but everyone is born with sin and forgiveness can be granted through genuine repentence. That sounds a lot like you can live a bad life and if you’re repentent in the end, despite the harm you’ve done, all good in the neighbourhood.
Belief and religion is whatever you want it to be because it is man made and maintained by man.
Modern Christianity, especially modern American Nationalist Christianity is based on the belief that you can literally do whatever you want in life, even the most despicable, immoral, selfish and disgusting things … and their modern belief is based on the idea that if God doesn’t like what you are doing, they you will be severely punished for your behaviour, in this life before you go too far … or in the next life after you die. However, if you do those terrible, disgusting things and nothing terrible happens to you and you continue to lead a good, happy, healthy life … then it is a sign that God has allowed you to continue and that you are part of a grander plan where you should be allowed to continue doing the terrible things you are doing in order to fulfill some sort of prophecy or master plan.
If you hoard wealth, destroy the poor, ignore moral values and continue down a path where you just literally want to destroy everything and everyone for your own greed and you get away with it all … then God is complicit and wants you to get away with it … he allowed it all, which makes it sacrosanct … it is God’s will.
Sounds more Old Testament than New, where God’s chosen people get their own set of rules and women seem to be punished disproportionately. Jesus is fairly clear about what happens when your hoard wealth.
The moral basis of Christianity can seem a bit shaky at times though. You must believe Christ is the only path to salvation and live a good life but everyone is born with sin and forgiveness can be granted through genuine repentence. That sounds a lot like you can live a bad life and if you’re repentent in the end, despite the harm you’ve done, all good in the neighbourhood.