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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4853051" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I was taught that after Christ came to Earth and died for our sins we must believe he is the son of God, be baptized, live a faithful life.&nbsp; Salvation is only in Christ.&nbsp; Problem I have with that is the untold billions who&#039;ve never heard of Jesus or only have a faint idea of who he is.&nbsp; That are practicing other religions.&nbsp; And in the last 100 years the world&#039;s population has exploded.&nbsp; All those lives consigned to a devil&#039;s hell because they don&#039;t know Christ.&nbsp; And even many claiming to be Christian won&#039;t make it.&nbsp; A just God won&#039;t condemn all of those people who are here because their parents had sex.&nbsp; I&#039;m beginning to believe Christianity was used as a tool by the rich and powerful to keep the masses in line.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to believe that, but I&#039;ve just seen too much, have read too much history.&nbsp; And based on the Bible I&#039;m probably in trouble for having doubts.&nbsp; The ironic thing is the cooperative, communal nature of Christianity found in the Bible.&nbsp; Because of its spread the rich and powerful appeared to have co-opted it to their own ends.&nbsp; But the exploitive nature of capitalism isn&#039;t much in line with Christianity.&nbsp; As an economic system it does work, but not very well for many.&nbsp; And too well for some.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4853051, member: 24302"] I was taught that after Christ came to Earth and died for our sins we must believe he is the son of God, be baptized, live a faithful life. Salvation is only in Christ. Problem I have with that is the untold billions who've never heard of Jesus or only have a faint idea of who he is. That are practicing other religions. And in the last 100 years the world's population has exploded. All those lives consigned to a devil's hell because they don't know Christ. And even many claiming to be Christian won't make it. A just God won't condemn all of those people who are here because their parents had sex. I'm beginning to believe Christianity was used as a tool by the rich and powerful to keep the masses in line. I don't want to believe that, but I've just seen too much, have read too much history. And based on the Bible I'm probably in trouble for having doubts. The ironic thing is the cooperative, communal nature of Christianity found in the Bible. Because of its spread the rich and powerful appeared to have co-opted it to their own ends. But the exploitive nature of capitalism isn't much in line with Christianity. As an economic system it does work, but not very well for many. And too well for some. [/QUOTE]

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