Why do "seeker sensitive" and "emerging" churches try to eliminate the Fear of God when ...?
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Dear 5 solas, I know exactly why, Its because were more concernd about not offending someone than teling them the truth. people want to water down the message so that people wont get uncomfortable and see the danger that their in. Listen to this quote from Charlse spurgeoun. "Ho Ho sir surgeon, your too delicate to tell the man that he is ill! therefore you flatter them, and what happens? they laugh at you, the dance upon there own grave and at last they die. your delicasies are cruelty, your flatteries are poison, you sir are a murderer. Shall we keep men in a fools paradise? shall we lull them into soft slumbers from which they shall awake in hell? shall we become helpers of there damnation? In the name of God we will Not!"\n\nSo, what should we do? we should instill the fear of God by using Gods Moral Law (Ten Commandments). we should use the Law t bring the kowledge of sin that the sinner may see the utter severity of there sins, and see the penalty for there sins (hell) is eternal. when they see there utter danger, they will then turn from sin and grasp the cure of the Gospel. Lets not be like the "emerging church", lsets use the Law as Jesus did, its not a matter of not "hurting someones feelings", its a matter of there eternal soul.\nGod Bless\nWDJD
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I believe that this is clap-trap, aimed at putting the so called fear of God into children and uneducated people of the Christian and Roman Catholic world.\nAn effective method of controlling and fleecing the masses, over the centuries, remember that this conspiracy has been given foundations to sit on over the mist of time, some 2000 years of honing the so called truth, in order to suit individuals and their ambitions.\nThis is why it needs to be enforced into people from all angles and at all times, it never leaves us, there is always someone ready to reinforce it at every turn.\nBelief in God is a personal thing, without being threatened.
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SOMETIMES RELIGION..DOESNT REALLY MATTER JUST GO FOR THE ONES WHO WANTS TO STICK TO THERE RELIGION..IVE BEEN TO A LOT OF THEM..SAME OL SAMEOLE"..JUST FOCUS ON GOOD MARRIAGE..THATS WHAT MATTERS...ANYWAY NOTHIN TO BE SCARED OFF..I EXPERIENCE SAME...IT JUST ALL "BRAIN WASHING"
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This is something I've wondered about for a long time.  To me it makes so much sense that everyones spiritual path is unique to them, that there is no such thing as a "one True" way.  Everyone sees a different face of the divine.... \n\nThe reasons why people are afraid are simple though - they are uncertain.   Any act of faith makes people feel vulnerable - it should!  Faith is an act of belief without any tangible proof, of course people can get touchy/defensive about it.  Faith makes people feel good, but any challenge to that (such as the existance of multiple religions) means that there may be something else that they haven't considered.   They are insecure.
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If a person has to contend with bullies at church, then it wasn't a Christian church.\n\nThat being said, there are no Christian churches.  Just a bunch of social clubs for phony Christians to impress each other at.
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People are afraid of things they dont understand. People who dont understand god, spend all their time trying to rationalize with logic why he doesnt exist, which will be a never resolving issue because god is too mysterious to rationalize.
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I think a lot of the time it does, yeah.  \n\nHOWEVER (yeah see, ya knew that was coming along somewhere) I don't think all Christians base their faith on fear.  Some base it on belief, and by that I mean that they feel the presence of God in their lives, and that is why they believe, or they get comfort from the words of Jesus Christ, and that is why they believe, or they enjoy having a community place within the church, and that is why they believe.
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well, it kinda depends on what your issues with that church were.  Is it a church where you feel that you are being spiritually led and where you feel the leaders of the church including the pastor are looking for God's will in the church?  Those are the most important things...if you feel God's sincere presence there and that they are doing God's work.  Then you can overlook or work with them to solve other petty problems.  Good luck and God bless.
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Spiritual, don't think that's a "religion", but don't really like the thought of someone else telling me what to believe. I was raised hard-core catholic, catholic school, church twice a week, pray before every meal, and told that if I ever went against God, I would burn in Hell forever. Why would you want to be afraid of what you believe in? I believe in God, but not church, not Adam and Eve, not "religion".
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It is a tool used to control membership and many people behavior they want to control by fear. If there is no such emphasis on everlasting hell, People may not obey their teaching and many see necessity to go to church or find God.
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Well I have recently found my faith and I do now worship a God through Christianity although I am hesitant about denominations and which to choose to attend church so now I just research.  I understand where people who are nonbelievers are coming from because I was for my whole life.  I have also heard that God is a security blanket, and if so, what's wrong with that?  Why can't we have security in our lives and the feeling that there is some higher power looking out for us when we pray and accept them into our lives, then yes its comforting and what's wrong with wanting security or believing in something that makes us feel better about the world and ourselves.  I'm not about converting people or being a missionary so I respect whatever anyone believes... but I personally like to think there is a higher power.
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Avoid the false teachings of churches. They set people up. They preach and teach prosperity and blessings and then when it doesn't happen the people fall hard. True relations with God are quite different and not easy but the comfort is there. If you are truly seeking out God and need to talk you can e-mail me through my below website. I can't promise that I can help, but I try and genuinely care. I also am very busy but try to check e-mail daily. If not and I don't hear from you then best wishes in your life.
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When you ignore troubles, they only get bigger.  When someone or something tries to pull you down, pray that God will send you his grace and truth so you can really assess the situation and make a good decision.  Whatever role fear plays in this I am not sure but if you put all your faith and trust in God, there is only room for love.  There is nothing wrong with a little healthy fear because it can keep us from harm or danger but to live in fear keeps us from doing all we could do simply in fear of a perceived result.  People ridiculing, laughing, being rejected, that sort of thing is not healthy fear.
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When you grow up in a Christian envioronment the conditioning is very strong, it takes a long while to stop believeing the Christian stuff long after you've rationalised it away...but eventually the brainwashing goes and you one day realise you are free and it's a great feeling of clearness and of having a clean head...but it really can take years.
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No!!\nIf they really fear the implications of the existence of God, they would believe in God to avoid the implications!
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No Hell!!! There goes most of the Christian arsenal to scare people into converting
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When we want to stop fears or concerns in our life and we just say have more faith, i think we are taking one part of the scriptures and not the other. Faith with out works is DEAD, so if you want to overcome the fear have faith that you will over overcome and work to overcome it. For example, if you are scared of heights, just saying that you have faith that God will take the fear away gets you nowhere, getting on that plane or climbing that ladder(safely) and turning over that fear to God instead of relying on it, remocves the fear. Saying I need more faith will do nothing, there are plenty of people in the bible who had the faith of a mustard seed and they gave or did what they had to do and their faith was increased and they were rewarded with what they wanted. Increasing your faith will do nothing if you do not act on it. Pray that God will give you the strength and then go forward , procrastination will only disappoint.