Why am I critical?
I posted the following meme on Facebook this morning and it drew quite the discussion, as have others recently. The discussion turned to why I'm often critical of Christianity. So, why am I critical? Bad ideas. I'm critical of what I find to be bad ideas. Especially bad ideas I once embraced that cost me so much and I found to be hugely damaging. I'm critical of bad ideas that I find damaging to others and I advocate their reconsideration. But criticizing Christianity as a whole is too broad. I have many friends who practice various forms, hold disparate views and by no means find all of their views completely devoid of good fruit. But I definitely take strong positions against the form I was taught. What are some of those elements? The notion that we s hould not rely upon our own understanding is chief among them. Somehow we're supposed to divine the mind of God and rely upon an intelligence outside of us. This cost me hugely. For much of my life, I pushe