Aleš Lombergar

“Christians, does Christianity feel like being trapped in a glass box?” – No, only those ‘Christians’, or non Christians, who are in the wrong ‘glass box’.

I would invite both these ‘Christians’ and non-Christians to step right up and through that ‘glass’ box that you see around you, and you will see that’s an illusion, a misconception, of Christianity that you have built up about Christianity by yourself.

The real Christianity does not enclose anyone – instead, it’s just like out in the open countryside – lots of fresh air, sunshine, and the millions of stars and the planets do come out at night for one to see. Be with the infinite.

“How does this make you feel?” – More people becoming atheists? Doesn’t bother me – just like I hope me being Christian and others becoming Christians won’t bother these people in turn.

The Catholic Church has always accepted and recognised scientific progress.

It is also progressive in its faith – recently their idea of limbo for babies who die and not baptised was rescinded. No big deal to be self correcting as they go along.

No. It feels like watching men in bondage walking like zombies. They brag about their great fun, but I can see their hearts and know they are empty and dark inside.

No. We submit to what is right and wrong in the eyes of God.

It feels great to be Christian.

No….p.s.
Give up your heresies, and end your apostasy, or burn in hell….

I can understand your plight, but I am perfectly happy being a Christian! I’m married, have a wonderful child, and have an extremely positive outlook on my life…and subsequent afterlife!

No worries here.

No it doesn’t.

I like my bubble, it has a blue tint (wasnt cheap)

Are you kidding ? Since becoming a Christian…I have been set free…no chains , no glass box….freedom from the burden of sin…:)

Ok, the thing with me is that i was raised mormon, and brainwashed in it from birth. I’m 15 now and have finally (and very recently) seen the truth about this cult which claims to be a christian church. I’m now a christian and to be honest, since my conversion to REAL christianity i feel fulfilled for the first time and actually feel like i can breathe.

Mormonism had a rule for everything: they had a specific age at which you could date, it was a sin to sleep in late, you couldnt drink anything with caffine, only one pair of earrings for girls, none for guys, etc, etc, etc… Honestly they had a rule for EVERYTHING! But now that i’m christian, my options are much more open. I feel like things are my choice. I’ve always thought that churches had no right to set rules like this because that was putting guidelines and restrictions on the relationship between the worshiper and god, and that the church had no place in that relationship. Christianity gives me that freedom to worship god how i feel is right, and how i feel god would want me to worship him.

So, as opposed to christianity being the glass box, mormonism is my glass box. Christianity for me is the glass FLOOR that keeps me from falling into a big black hole (sin and spiritual death), but standing on it, i am completely free. Without christianity i would have no hope or reason to live.

Actually I feel very free… like im flying…. 1 timothy 1:4 neither give heed to fables and endless geneaologies , which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in fath. so do.

I will not give in to any endless geneaologie .. that keeps on going on and on with complaining and rating and cursing god. I wish you would get saved and have the best life a man could have and live with joy and more joy. How bout that , I love you .

It is tragic that ppl have abandoned Christian ideals regarding sex and marriage. If people kept sex within marriage STDs would virtually disappear, if they worked at their marriages and remained faithful, divorce would certainly disappear, and the only way to get an STD would be if your parents had one and it passed to you. I discount infection by rape, since that’s outside of marriage.

I’m not sure that money controlling politicians is a good thing, it only points out the problem of greed, which shows society needs Christ to have a moral center.

I don’t know about the first three ppl mentioned, but the creation museum isn’t an embarrassment. Creationists interpret evidence differently. No one was there, and so everyone has to make assumptions about the past. Creationists disagree with the assumption of uniformitarianism and interpret things differently.

The fact that you have the inability to look at the evidence through a biblical mindset only displays your closed-mindedness. For instance, an evolutionist looks at a fossil and based on the assumption of uniformitarianism says it died millions of years ago. A creationist looks at it and based on the assumption of the Bible’s truth says it died in the Flood.

As for how I feel about it, I feel sadness that many ppl are rejecting Christ and will go to hell as a result. I don’t want that, neither does God. If ppl would humble themselves and be willing to look at things from a biblical perspective they would see the reasons for differences in interpretations of the evidence, and I think, follow Christ.

As for the march of human progress, it depends on what you mean, bc the march of morality is certainly a downhill one at this point.

It is the same argument that Jack Astook had in the 1800’s. He attacked the Bible but he made mistakes because he did not read the original Languages. Ha attacked the names of God because there are more then one and again he failed because all people have more then one.(father, son, brother, and so on) The names of God is just how he relates to us. He attacked the science( Hebrews 11:3 ) thinking this verse was wrong but today we know of atoms. He attacks Genesis ” light from the moon?” but the Hebrew word can mean reflection of light. He never look at Job 25:5. May be if the world would stop watching for every time we stumble and look at Christ they might see that is where they should of looked in the first place.

I’m not sure what glass box you’re talking about. Many rules (what’s right and wrong) that are laid out in the Bible provided a foundation for many laws of our country. And the ones that didn’t score a seat in American laws make perfect sense, and are followed by many other “good people”. The difference is that I’m free from many of the worries and fears that plague others.

Science has said nothing to destroy my faith in Intelligent Design, or whatever you want to call “Creation”. So, I’m not really sure what you’re referring to in this instance. Research has revealed that Biblical events actually occured (I’m sorry, but I don’t have any references, but the massive flood–Noah and the Ark–has been proved true).

Just because society–in general–has abandoned Christianity, Christian values, and a devotion to God, doesn’t mean that everyone has. If I was the last Christian standing, then I’d still stand. In this instance, quality is more important than quantity.

It doesn’t matter who’s seems to be in power, because I know that the greatest power belongs to God. If a business is owned by an athiest, so be it. There are tons of businesses owned by tons of people that I disagree with, but that’s not really my problem.

It doesn’t matter how many “buffons” are out there making the rest of the church look the same, because looks don’t matter. You can’t see our true hearts and that’s what really matters right here. I’m sure that I’ve looked like a fool on more than one occasionand I’m sure that I’ll be embarassed a lot more, but that’s not going to make me betray my faith or my God.

It is not so much being trapped inside of a glass box, as it is being freed from that glass box. What many people don’t realize is that Christianity has nothing to do with rules and what we’re allowed to do and not do (well, not SO much about that) as it is about one core principle: accepting Christ and providing the “good news” of Christ’s victory over death. The “rules” are more or less the standard that you choose to follow upon accepting the Holy Spirit into your heart. God knows you are going to sin, that’s why he sacrificed his Son in the first place. 😉

Tommy
on March 28th, 2011
I have been a christian for 5 years – I unfortinutly feel trapped, just as some of our borthers and sisters in other countries defending there faith. I use drugs a good part of my life, found Jesus through a teen challenge program after confessing years prior of that at a methodist church. Sometime the enemy can penitrate us enough to where are own words might trap us, though the enemy never fully affective due to the word through Jesus Christ– (If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.) Sometimes somethings are just not right and others not true and we build off both we would fall short. You know how God gave you himself and in knowing him you cannot stand for anything else, its unchanglable, I think thats why he gave us instruction in the bible on how to seek forgiveness. I agree some christians in possibility by choice leave the faith because of being bitten by to many snakes, feeling lied to or just unable to find the support they need, but we have to remember by choice they can come back, doesnt God accept? (Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.) Though there is war at times, in a change mind, heart and a soul that belongs to God, though it might not be present at the time = there is always a way out of being trapped, whether you die for the Lord Jesus Christ or all of sudden become set free and rescued, to the christian they both seem like the same idea, both still leading to Christ. I hope those christians come back, I say praise God, that there is always a way, a miracle and solution. I dont beleive the born again christian can ever really truly walk away, it always remains a gift and sometimes we forget were a gift. Someone who had Christ gave Christ to me, we are a help that he is living today just as him us.

*L* Funny kid.We went out to a friend’s land on New Year’s Eve-Eve. Our osedlt boys are the same age (and hers shares the same first name as yours!) and had SO much fun. Anyway, I think you and your kiddos would have fit in perfectly and I’m so disappointed we can’t teleport yet for family get-together like that. I know I’m rambling, but Happy New Year to you and yours. . .)