Christianity: Religion of Fear?

It is almost unbearable. In any major city — and even some small towns — you will inevitably encounter someone on a street corner pitching their version of Christianity. It’s manipulative. It’s angry. And it plays to our fears. It seems that the louder they are, the scarier their version of Christianity is. The loudest have megaphones and great, big signs with scary (even hateful) messages on them. Does it seem to you that Christianity is a religion based on fear?

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Is God a Bully?

We tell our children over and over to be nice to the other children on the playground. We teach them not to hurt others. We teach them to express their frustration in constructive ways, but never to take it out on another in anger. And the stakes are high, right? If they don’t follow these teachings, they might become the bully. Why do we hold our children to a higher standard than God?

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