This is ridiculous
I found this site that has the “objections” to Christianity, with nice neat little “answers”, so you can easily get someone “saved”.
Number 18 “Objection” is Christianity is Boring.
Here is one of the suggested answers.
“How do you know? Have you tried it? There are millions of Christians who have a lot of fun being Christian. We just do it with a lot less sin, and therefore, a lot less problems. Maybe it’s only your problems that keep you from getting bored.”
Ok, are you kidding me? This is wrong on so many levels. First, it’s condescending and rude. Secondly, Christians are not less sinful than the average Joe or Jane. Thirdly, ARGHHHHHHH–I am so tired of christians implying that once you become a follower of Jesus, everything just gets pretty and sweet and perfect.
I don’t mean to find this stuff on the internet. Really, I don’t. But I run into this kind of junk all the time. It makes me tired. No wonder people aren’t interested in Jesus, when this is what they think they will become when they start following Him.
Oh, and just to irritate me a bit more, on the front page of the site, there is this lovely little picture of a white couple reading the bible. They are both good looking and of course, she’s blonde.
Because get what? When you become a Christian, you become a middle class, good-looking white couple.
Rant over.
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Kelley and I were having a discussion over lunch today about why someone who’s not a Christian would want to be one. For us, personal salvation isn’t a valid reason (since we wouldn’t tell someone that they need to be a Christian in order not to go to hell). Ditto with “makes you a better person,” because clearly sometimes it doesn’t. (I have one friend who I secretly wish hadn’t become a Christian, because I liked her better before.) Our answers mostly had to do with community, a hunger for some sort of transcendent meaning, and such. What do you think? If you’re not churched, why would you want to be?
wow. great questions. I think, at least for me, the idea of being part of something bigger than myself (ie kingdom), a work that is part of renewing and restoring the world. The problem with this, is that we never really hear about this particular piece of the gospel.
On the personal salvation note…I think it was Brian McLaren (though I’m not sure), who said “Why would I want to be part of a group/movement/community that is truly only interested in saving their own ass? And furthermore, what kind of God wants only those types of people?”
J