How to Turn People Off to Christianity...
I read an interesting article this morning about how some celebrities that grew up in Christian homes got turned off to faith as adults.
Apathy: People who don't know what to think or believe 'cause their entire childhood was spent having religious people think for them and tell them what to do.
I totally get this.
The article really boils down to just a couple of issues that many children face while growing up in religious settings:
1) Overly simplistic answers to complicated questions about God or life.
2) An attitude of superiority over anyone who believes or thinks differently.
3) A complete avoidance of anything considered "secular" or non-religious.
A childhood that includes these elements often breeds one of three things: Arrogance, Cynicism or Apathy.
Arrogance: People who end up believing they are special to God because of their behavior.
Cynicism: People who struggle with anything supernatural 'cause of all the goofiness and "stuff you can't do" they encountered growing up.
Apathy: People who don't know what to think or believe 'cause their entire childhood was spent having religious people think for them and tell them what to do.
If you fall into any of these categories, you can only blame your parents or pastors for so long... then at some point you need to overlook their humanity and realize they did their best. Next - take the time and go through the work to figure out for yourself what God is really like.


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