Christian/Muslim ThreadsIslam Is The Fastest Growing Religion... Why???Peace2God'sPeople, you are confusing aspects of some western cultural practices with Biblical truth. You are basing your prejudice against Christianity based on the actions of people not what the Bible teaches. Also you did not post the full Scripture I quoted.
Do I believe that boys and girls should be allowed to study together in bedrooms with the door closed? Absolutely not, that is like letting the wolf loose in the sheep pen or the fox in the chicken coup. As to dating not all western Christian families allow their children to date and not all Christian youth choose to participate in dating because they understand the dangers of unsupervised mixed gender leisure activities. Even courting is a western concept since the parents not their children usually arranged marriages.
Your criticism of Christianity is based on your own experiences and not on Biblical truth. You are also ignoring this: Matthew 24:3-14
3 And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. 5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. 6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 10 "And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. 11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many. 12 "And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. 13 "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. 14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come. NAS
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
2:1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. NAS
We are living in the latter days or the end times when the hearts of men have turned from God to sensuality and they follow false teachers and false prophets. This was prophesized while Jesus walked the earth and was then confirmed by John and Paul in their epistles. In fact John writes that apostasy and false teachers were a problem in the 1st century church.
Your criticism of Christianity is superficial and only demonstrates a lack of a true understanding of what the Bible teaches.
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