Thursday, June 28, 2018

Finding Peace In A Christian Church

By Rebecca Fox


The thing about people is that they are capable of abstract thought. They look at the sky and wonder how it came to being. They wonder if there was a being out there that wove the night sky and ignited the stars. Now, whether or not there was are not questions that can be easily answered, but there some who would respond in the affirmative, despite no evidence supporting that, because for those people, there is something more important than evidence and that is faith. Those people may find themselves gathering in a Christian church Wichita KS.

Now, people hold religious beliefs for a lot of reasons. For many, it is habit, something they did with their families growing up that stuck with them to adulthood. Others simply hold sincere beliefs in their particular deity of choice.

The unfortunate reality of the world is that there will always be individuals with a lust for power and no scruples. Not only do these people exist today, they have existed throughout all of history. The chronicles of humankind are littered with those who have manipulated the beliefs of people to their own ends.

Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world. It is monotheistic, which means that it believes in a single supreme being who created the entirety of the universe and beyond. Now, it traces its roots back to a desert carpenter wandering around what is now called the Middle East and spreading a gospel of not being dicks to each other and helping the poor. It is a direct descendant of another monotheistic faith from the Middle East, Judaism.

A church is a building. It is where the worship generally happens. They can ranger from unassuming buildings that look almost like houses to Gothic cathedrals that would put many palaces to shame, especially in the largest sect, which has its own nation state.

There are many different sects of Christianity. The most prominent one is Catholicism, which is also the only one with own nation state. Now, this is the branch that can trace its rooms back to the original disciples of the carpenter in the desert.

Each branch of the religion is going to have different focuses on the gospels left behind by the founder and the original disciples. However, across all of them will be the belief in a supreme being, the divinity of the carpenter, and the spreading of love, as love was the original message. Some will have a greater emphasis on punishing the guilty whereas others will focus greatly on reconciliation and forgiveness.

Now, while religion is all well and good when done right, there are some people out there who have no intention to do any kind of good. A great measuring stick for whether or not a preacher is legit is whether or not they ask for money for things like a private jet. The crucified carpenter wandered around in nothing but sandals to spread the gospel, but some preachers apparently think that they are better than that person and decide they need private jets.

People worship. Religion is a part of society. There are churches for that worship.




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