jthrash 2022-08-07 22:38:26

Wow, uh, good luck with that, especially with older Evangelical Americans. It’s definitely a fascinating thing to think about, especially considering my own constant struggle with reconciling with the fact that I do think the Bible still has some good ideas (not just for fantasy concepts, but morals that still hold up today like the story of the Good Samaritan) with the fact that Christianity (in the US, at least) seems laser-focused on pushing regressive ideas in the Bible that were not even acceptable or realistic values to hold when the Magna Carta was first introduced, let alone in modern society.

Like, I read and study the Bible as I have been since my Catholic high school years, but I just don’t feel comfortable going to Church anymore if, instead of teaching me to be a kinder person and to be more charitable with my money, they’re just ranting against modern society, still blaming things that obviously didn’t exist when Genesis was first written like video games for all the problems they see in modern society, and worse seemingly worshipping specific politicians and Presidents that are most likely to help in their goal of turning the US into a theocratic “Christian Sharia Law” state.

Something needs to change if churches truly care about religion declining in the younger generations. Again, I still think the Bible’s ultimate goal is to make us kinder people, but I get an opposite, more politically-motivated goal when I actually go to Church, and their Evangelism actually pushes me further way from Jesus rather than towards him. Fascinating ideas from your post, but I can just see more religious people bristling at the mere suggestion of Jesus being compared to the Greek Gods and especially popular characters like Super Man. Then again, if you’re a Christian who wants to avoid being aroused by “graven imagery,” then what the heck are you doing on Newgrounds??