Karl Marx famously said “Religion is
the opiate of the masses.” In other words, only weak minded
fools need religion. It is true that Christians really on
God but this isn’t any different from anyone else.
Everyone has a crutch whether it is
alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, money, possessions, or other
people. Even atheists use their atheism as a crutch to
justify their own lifestyle.
Whatever they are doing that their
conscience bothers them about, they ignore by telling
themselves that there is no God and no judgment for sin.
No one is strong enough to go through
life alone and anyone who uses the excuse that Christianity
is a crutch is simply fooling themselves. It takes far more
strength to admit that we can’t do something on our own and
turn to God than it does to drown our fears and sorrows in
something that will offer no true help, only escape.
It's narrow-minded to think Jesus
is the only way to God.
It’s true that Christianity claims to
be the only way to God. John 14:6 makes this clear. Now,
either this claim is true or it is not. Christianity is not
just false if it isn’t the only way to God, it is worthless
because a person should just choose the easiest path to God
in that case.
But I’m a good person and try to
live the right way.
Sincerity is not the criteria for
making it into heaven. Trying to live a good life is not the
same as living a perfect life. How good does one have to be
to make it into heaven?
Just because we really believe in what
we do doesn’t make it right nor does it get us into heaven.
Hitler believed strongly in what he did and that certainly
does not make what he did right. Obviously that is a drastic
example but it proves the point that simply believing in
what we’re doing doesn’t make it right.
What about those who've never heard
about Jesus?
This question implies that a person
may have more compassion than God and that God may somehow
make a wrong decision regarding the fate of those who
haven’t heard. Indeed we can trust that God will be just
when dealing with those who haven’t heard of Him.
Romans 1:20 tells us that creation is
a testimony to God. Anyone can look up in the sky and
recognize that God must have created such an incredible
world. But what if someone acknowledges that there must be a
God but never hears about Jesus? Matthew 7:7-8 tells us that
all who seek will find. God will put someone in the path or
a person who is truly seeking. In Acts 8:26-39 tells the
story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. This is precisely
what happens in that story. The Ethiopian eunuch hears about
God and Philip is sent to tell him about Jesus.
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