الخميس، 28 سبتمبر 2017

The One True Spiritual Salvation Path

By Donald Wood


With current events, there is often a lot of talk about the end of days, a Christian based belief. As such, many people are becoming more involved in the religious aspects of life. Although, there are still many who claim to be spiritual though not religious. Of course, the most devout of Christians believe in a specific Spiritual Salvation Path.

Most devout Christians have a distinct belief system in Father, Son and Holy Ghost. In addition, most also subscribe to the belief that the devil, or Satan can tempt one to sin against God. Sin, is often defined based on a number of different ideologies within different sects of the Christian faith.

Those subscribing to the Christian faith also believe Christ was born the son of a virgin, died to save the world from sin, then returned to the right hand side of the father. Then, at some point apparently according to the Bible, when man thinks not, Jesus will return to earth to take those whom have accepted the Lord and Savior home.

However, others believe there is a specific route one must take to experience salvation. In this regard, most believe one has to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to experience eternal life and enter the gates of Heaven. In addition, most following this line of belief also have a strong believe in Satan or the devil as well heaven and hell.

Whereas, those whom often claim to be Spiritual though not religious often subscribe to a number of alternative belief systems. While there may still be grievances against others for some lifestyle choices, most often bigotry, discrimination and homophobia are absent. It should be noted, that there are some sects of the Christian faith which are more accepting of difference than others.

One reason so many people have doubts with regards to the Christian faith is the way the Bible has been used to spread bigotry, homophobia and hatred across the land. For, most who have a personal relationship with a higher power believe that if God does exist, the deity is that of a loving God not a vengeful one.

The most devout Christians still believe in a God who punishes those whom sin against the ideology of same. A belief that is used in creating this bigotry, hatred and homophobia against anyone who may be different from those subscribing to specific beliefs and ideologies. As such, the individual is often scolded and scorned by others in the congregation for such behavior.

As such, LGBTQ individuals may want to seek out a truly welcoming congregation by asking questions before attending a service. For, if one knows in advance there is still any aspect of discrimination, it is often best to go elsewhere. Then and only then, will any church start to realize that partial acceptance is not acceptance and that the policies are still discriminatory, bigoted and homophobic in nature.




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