I have a theory, which I've actually suggested to some Christians, but they didn't like it very much. :-/
The theory is that the real 'test' from God (as the Christians view God) isn't to be lucky enough or smart enough to choose the 'right' religion in order to get their ticket, but to be able to discern good from evil.
In other words: Evangelical Christians think that as long as they accept the Bible without question, and 'accept Jesus as their savior' then they are 'saved.' I proposed to them that, what if, just what if, they got it wrong? What if the real test was whether they could pick out the parts of the Bible that were false or even downright evil?
Thus, by blindly accepting the whole thing as the 'word of God' they would actually be failing the test, because they'd be accepting evil as good.
Case in point: Right now, many evangelical Christians think it's ok for Israel to occupy the Palestinians' land and commit atrocious acts of violence against the Palestinians, who are viewed as 'inferior' because their ancestors were from the bastard tribe.
This is bigotry, plain and simple! It's condoning violence based on the idea that one group of people is superior to another.
Anyone with any morals could see right off that it's bigotry. Only because it's Israel, do they miss the obvious. They miss it because, in their minds, Israel is special, "God's chosen ones."
What if, just what if, God's intention all along was for them to recognize this as bigotry, rather than accepting it and supporting it? What if to blindly accept all of the bible, is to flunk the test?
Thus, these same souls might keep reincarnating, again and again, NOT so that they can 'choose the right religion' but so that they might have an opportunity to question what they've been taught. The religion sort of serves as a veil...a veil within a veil so to speak. They've chosen an even thicker veil than the rest of us...they must first claw their way out of the veil of dogma, before even getting to the outer veil.
It's just a theory.
The theory is that the real 'test' from God (as the Christians view God) isn't to be lucky enough or smart enough to choose the 'right' religion in order to get their ticket, but to be able to discern good from evil.
In other words: Evangelical Christians think that as long as they accept the Bible without question, and 'accept Jesus as their savior' then they are 'saved.' I proposed to them that, what if, just what if, they got it wrong? What if the real test was whether they could pick out the parts of the Bible that were false or even downright evil?
Thus, by blindly accepting the whole thing as the 'word of God' they would actually be failing the test, because they'd be accepting evil as good.
Case in point: Right now, many evangelical Christians think it's ok for Israel to occupy the Palestinians' land and commit atrocious acts of violence against the Palestinians, who are viewed as 'inferior' because their ancestors were from the bastard tribe.
This is bigotry, plain and simple! It's condoning violence based on the idea that one group of people is superior to another.
Anyone with any morals could see right off that it's bigotry. Only because it's Israel, do they miss the obvious. They miss it because, in their minds, Israel is special, "God's chosen ones."
What if, just what if, God's intention all along was for them to recognize this as bigotry, rather than accepting it and supporting it? What if to blindly accept all of the bible, is to flunk the test?
Thus, these same souls might keep reincarnating, again and again, NOT so that they can 'choose the right religion' but so that they might have an opportunity to question what they've been taught. The religion sort of serves as a veil...a veil within a veil so to speak. They've chosen an even thicker veil than the rest of us...they must first claw their way out of the veil of dogma, before even getting to the outer veil.
It's just a theory.
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