How is it that so often when one seeks to challenge Christianity, they focus on men, yet neglect to learn about THE MAN from which Christianity gets it’s name? Time and again I hear someone question the validity of Christianity based on an experience with either someone called a “christian” or an intellectual who feels they have evolved beyond the need of faith. Many times those learned intellects themselves were set upon their road by a choice made after a negative experience with a “christian”.
I would like to see those people step back for a time and forget about the Christians they know. Forget about the pastors they have seen and evangelists they have heard. Forget about religion, forget about political leanings. Forget about moral obligations and religious rules. Forget all these things and take some time, time to look at one person and one thing, Jesus Christ.
Look at Him alone and what He taught and did, then draw a conclusion. As with anything, one should know what exactly the problem is with Christianity, and to claim to know about Christianity without knowing about Christ is ignorant and presumptuous. To know Christianity and what it is about one must know who Jesus is and what He is about. So many Christians miss the mark completely and looking to them will only be a cause of frustration and further alienation from who Jesus is. When set along side Jesus, these bearers of His name fail miserably and only tarnish His image in the eyes of others.
Be honest, open, and fair; learn about the man Jesus and then make a decision. If one can truly look at Christ alone, nothing else, and then decide that Christianity is not for them, then so be it. There is nothing more to Christianity than Jesus Christ and trying to follow Him step for step.
