- Always referring to a higher authority. It's like we're not allowed to think on our own but have to accept what e.g. the Bible says is right.
- Fundamentalist Christians who have certainly lost the plot. The Bible is not a science book, it's not a history book and its laws and rules have not been intended to be directly applied to today's ethical problems. What I believe the Bible (and oll of Christianity) are, is a way of trying to explain something that can not be explained. Of course you'll find lots of flaws in the Bible if you try to read it as a fact book. So many Christians have completely misunderstood the meaning of faith and that's why they make Christianity seem so ridiculous to many.
- The incredible amount of spiritual violence that occurs amongst Christians. Faith is an area where people are the most vulnerable at. It's WRONG to poke into an open soul that's looking for something (somekind of a meaning, an answer, a god) and mess around with it. I'll set my personal experience as an example here. I've been to (too) many Christian services and events where they've suggested people to "surrender to God", "to ask Jesus into their heart", "to take the leap of faith." Believe me, I've tried this surrendering. Hasn't worked. And what has been the explanation? I've been told that it's my own sceptisism that prevents God's work in me. That my heart isn't open enough for God to enter. BULLSHIT. What kind of a God would be so small and weak??
- Missionary work. What right do Christians have to claim that their way is the only way of believing? That their way is the only true way to find a god? That their explanation if the only way of explaining something that can not be explained?
You have to shatter the old to find something new. Right now, I'm searching. If I'll find my way back to Christianity, fine. Just as long as whatever I'll find will give me some answers.
(Ironic that the bullet points of my frustration came out as cute flowers.)
