Religion's Crime Against God

All those who become His disciples would learn how God desires humanity to live, and pass it on to the next generation. If by some chance, the teachings and life of Jesus Christ were taught and lived in a degenerative manner by those who profess to be Christ’s followers, guess what? We end up with Christianity which has been corrupted as early as the first century and continued to degenerate until we get to the 21st century, which doesn’t have even a slight resemblance to what the founder desired.

In essence, what I am propounding is that Christianity is, in its own time, nothing less than a number of clones-of-Christ-in-the-making, showing what Christ is like by teaching others by their lives how to live as God desires; and pass it on in its original form. Passing it on is one of the most important parts of Christianity. If it is not continually passed on, or is passed on in a distorted manner, it, most likely, will end up as some form of synthetic Christianity.

I, in no way desire to belittle the Bible; it is the only writing that tells of God’s plan as how His Christ has accomplished the impossible and amazing feat of living exactly as His Father God desires. That part of the Bible is immutable as God Himself, along with the moral standards it sets. But many sections of the Bible are out of date and irrelevant and therefore, they do not apply to our modern times. The writers of the New Testament wrote with the only knowledge they had of how the earth, moon, sun and stars functioned. That is not an error. Mark writes, “With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.” Mark 4:33.

Let me give an excellent analogy: Henry Ford in the early part of the 20th century was making an excellent automobile for his time: the Model T Ford. It was the best that the average person could buy. Now, in the year 2005, if someone wanted the best auto made and for some reason, Ford was still making the Model T along side the new 2005 models, which one would the public buy? Oh, it would be nice to have an antique auto in mint condition; but for general use it wouldn’t be practical in this modern age. The basic design is the same; the Model T had four wheels, an engine, a steering wheel, several seats and not many more similarities to our modern cars.

The Bible is the same. Our general knowledge of the laws of physics and all the other sciences nowadays are many times more than the early writers could ever dream of. Therefore, any Bible verses that are contrary to present day knowledge and facts must be updated, at least in our understanding of the Bible, without taking away the authority of God’s word. If we don’t, what has happened and will continue to happen is some of the greatest minds in the world will continue to shun God and the Bible as an out-of-date book that is made only for the unlearned and foolish.

I truly believe that God and modern science (evolution, biology, archaeology, etc.) could easily blend and become coauthors of what God, Christ, and the Christian life is all about. That is, in part, my seemingly impossible mission.

# posted by JC @ 7:33 PM