For much of my Christian walk, I was in one of two branches of Christianity; one is called Calvinism the other is called Arminianism. Every traditional Christian is in one of these branches of Christianity even though they may not be theologically trained enough to know which branch they are in. After all, if you’re in dumb or dumber, who would you really know which dumb you are in unless you spent some time figuring it out — or unless your pastor just plain told you which form of dumb he’s preaching?
The foundation of Calvinism (also known as Augustinianism, Presbyterianism, Reformed, etc) is a Son of God who came to the earth to save a small group of Christians who were chosen from before the foundation of the world to enjoy heaven with the Creator and His Son. Their joy, so say many of Calvinism’s greatest teachers, is made more full by seeing billions of damned souls tormented day and night forever in a place called Hell. Most reasonable people who have a heart that pumps warm blood find this form of Christianity cold and calloused. And it is not surprising those who hold this view usually manifest what they have been taught — coldness, callousness, elitism, racism. While holding firmly to the word justice in their writings, they make a mockery of it in their lives.
The foundation of Arminianism is not near as cold as Calvinism, but it’s much dumber. According to this tradition (which makes the word of God of no effect), God really does want to save all mankind, but it’s obvious that He will fails miserably. First of all a third of His angelic realm rebelled against this all powerful, all knowing, all just, all-seeing, all merciful God whose nature is Love. Somehow the leader of this rebel band of angels seduced Adam and Eve bringing the whole of humanity under their power. Thousands of years later, God decides to send His Son to be killed so that whosoever believes on Him, repents, gets baptised and promises to attend a good bible-believing church has a chance of making it into heaven. Everybody else goes to the same eternal dump Calvinists say is the eternal entertainment center of heaven. Seems like the Heaven of traditional Christianity is pretty much the same crap they feed themselves with today. Can you see a small heaven filled with comfy lounge chairs and all the snacks one would want to eat while they are watching billions upon billions in eternal flames below doing the most vile, foul and disgusting things again and again just like what you are watching in the entertainment world of today?
I am often blown away at how much violence and evil is in America’s movies, videos, television, music and games. The next time you are in a store that sells DVD’s, look at the covers. Meditate on them for a few minutes. You will quickly see why America is going down the tubes. It seems American Christians and Jews can’t get enough of it. There doesn’t seem to be an end to the depravity poured out of these industries. I look at the themes Americans have been in love in: Beverly Hill Billies and Duck Dynasty. Can it really get much dumber? And the graphic violence in the entertainment world is beyond sickening; it’s really beyond human.
The Jesus of Arminianism, would really like to end this horrible show of depravity here on earth, but he can’t. Satan, self, sin, fallen angels and merchandisers of filth are just too much for Him. He can’t save people from themselves because that would be rape. Mankind is born with a free will, they say, and God can never violate man’s free will. He has to let them stay in a state of depravity until they use God’s greatest gift –free will. They must use this gift to repent before they die or else it will be too late. God’s children must save themselves by being wise enough to make the right choice, and keep on making the right choices until they die, otherwise they won’t have a seat in heavenly places watching all the pornography and violence below, they will be part of the action in Satan’s Hollywood and porn industry.
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6 thoughts on “Dumb and Dumber Traditional Christianity”
I just don’t agree in your dumb and dumber theory, maybe it should be dumb, dumber, and enlightened?
Ok.
First off, I’m sorry for pointing at you without knowing what your beliefs are.
“The whole world lies in wickedness” (I John 5:19). “For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition” (Mark 7: 8). They don’t even realize it. They don’t know that everything they believe is a lie, created by Satan. Satan is pulled wool over all of our eyes. Every denomination of Christianity is quite a bit off in there teaching. They are all built off the traditions of man. God only has one church that strives to follow Jesus’ example. That church called the church of God, or something of the like. People don’t know that they are praising false gods by celebrating Christmas, Easter, and other holidays.
People sincerely think they are good Christians by going to church and praying to God. So many lies have been passed down over the generations. If you tell someone a lie long enough, they will start to believe it as truth. Gary I have no problem with you. I appreciate what you are doing. I just don’t agree that in your dumb and dumber theory, maybe dumb, dumber, and enlightened? I get most of my information from the Restored Church of God if you want to investigate anything I’m saying. I’m a nice guy. Hopefully we can continue to talk…
Okay, there’s actually a whole other group which I call true christians who follow the steps of Jesus and the 12 apostles. They don’t follow christmas or easter or any other pagan holidays.
Do you know about God’s calendar? That God destined the Sabbath (Saturday) as his holy day. God has 7 annual holy days a year. Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles, and the Eighth Day.
I’m sorry if you know all this already. I didn’t get that from what you stated…I can give you all the proof you’d need and where I get all of my information from.
I’m very well aware of the types and shadows of the law, spent a lot of time studying them. But if you come under the law, you fall from grace. I’ve discovered most Christians who become zealous for Sabbath, feasts and rituals of the law, fall from grace and come under heavy bondage to the Mosaic law. Moses is dead and that what happens to those who come under him — they die and stink.
This is probably one of the first times I have ever really disagreed with you on something you have said and then again I guess there is always a first time for anything. I cant really see how you connect the fictional acts of violence and sex found in different art forms to Damnationist Christianity especially many of the fundamentalists who play a large role in spreading this damnationist bullshit also seem to have lots of problem as well with the fictional acts of violence and sex found in art too. Another label you put on fictional acts of violence and sex is evil something else certain fundamentalists have done which make no sense at all how do you call something this not real evil? The only thing I can think of that would get you to think that way is whole generational gap between you and me since since I am in my early twenties and you are in your sixties and yes I am someone who consumes violent and sexual media on a regular basis and he has no negative effects on my life and I see the lies and hypocrisy and insanity that Traditional Christianity has to offer all the time (for example Bob Larson is doing Exorcisms over Skype for $295 WTF). The fact that you would call fictional violence something from the Devil kind of makes me questions your sanity on certain levels and I am know what you are probably thinking I just some guy who is making excuses to play with his filth which if that is how you see it then fine. I mean you are someone who changed my life by showing me the Victorious Gospel of Yeshua which set me free from the bondage of religion and helped me overcome the anxieties that once made me consider suicide a problem to this day which I still struggle that the concept of eternal damnation put into head. And the fact that you somehow tie fictional violence and sex with the traditions of men that have made the word of God no effect makes no sense to me and I like it said it is probably a generational gap thing.