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Originally Posted by *~$kAnDaLouZ~*
I don't wanna 'interrupt' the discussion.
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I think the discussion had already died (your post and mine are, unfortunately, the only two in the past week on the entire P&R board).
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Originally Posted by *~$kAnDaLouZ~*
Note that the following is due to my Islamic beliefs:
This points out one of the shortcomings of the 'current' Christianity. In Islam, there is no such thing as faith in a building or whatnot. Yes, I know in Christianity ppl aren't supposed to believe in a buliding, I mean what comes with (or in) it. For example, how can priests forgive you for your sins? Only God can do that. When you ask for forgiveness you should pray to God, and not to some guy that abondoned some of the blessings (marriage, etc) given to him by God, and whom also might be doing all kinds of crazy stuff. Child abuse anyone?
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One of the mistakes that non-Christians make about Christians is equating Christianity and the Catholic Church. The points you've made here do apply to the Catholic Religion, but not to Christianity. I'm not saying that Catholics aren't Christian, most of them are, but so are Baptists, Methodists, Protestants, Assemblies of God, Four Square, Evangelicals, etc. Each of these different religions has a different take on Christianity (which makes sense because in Christianity we are instructed to use our own intellect in interpreting The Bible which leads, of course, to some different interpretations, just as there are different interpretations in most religions including Islam). My point is that Christianity doesn't require confession to a priest (as you mentioned), nor does it require priests and/or ministers to remain umarried. The Catholic Church does have these requirements, but Christianity does not. Similarly, the Catholic Church requires church attendance on holy days of obligation, Christianity doesn't have this requirement (but it is recommended, just as every faith in the world has services of some sort that believers should attend).
-- Jeff