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Common myths

All religions and gods are the same.

While most religions are the same and teach similar virtues, they contradict each other on major issues. Discordianism may be the exception: the popular religions teach order and peace are good!

• Pagans believe there are many gods, and these gods are similar to people. You may know some one tricky like Eris, orderly like Apollo, or adulterous like Zeus.
• New agers attribute god-like qualities to themselves. They claim use of superhuman powers to alter fate and see beyond human perception.
• Hindu people believe they, and the world, are parts of god. In other words, the world is god's body.
• Mormons believe in many gods. They believe people are not gods, but anyone can become a god with hard work.
• Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe there is only one god and that he is unlike any man. Basically He is better, bigger, and older. You will not met anyone like him.

Will the real god please stand up! Is there one god or many? Is god like man, man part of god, or is god completely different from man? If you say many, you exclude billions of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Who is man: is man god, god-like, able to become god, or completely different than god? You can choose only one!

These are a few of the reasons why religions are not, in the end, the same.

Christians are good.

They aren't. Jesus said, "No one is good." Christians believe that everyone, even Christians who go to church, are sinful by nature.

Furthermore, if a Christian acts like he's good, he's being bad. The funny thing is he is demonstrating the sinful nature thing and giving a (half) point to Christianity.

Going to Heaven means living a good life.

Many people believe going to Heaven is like a see-saw. You are on one side, and the "average" person (you know --the guy with 2.3 kids) is on the other. If your bad works are less than his, you're in.

In truth you must be always meet the 100% goodness standard to get to Heaven or declare "spiritual bankruptcy." By declaring "spiritual bankrupcty," you acknowledge you cannot pay your spiritual shortcomings, and you ask someone to pay them for you.

Christians are bad, so Christianity is not true.

Much harm has been committed by Christians in history and maybe in your own life. However, it's important to distingush between between people who are flawed and the authentic claims of Jesus Christ.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mohandas Gandhi

Jesus said people are bad, so don't judge him by their faults! Test his behavior instead.

Christianity has nothing to offer me.

This is true only in one way. Christianity has value only to sinners. If you don't believe you're a sinner, you would see no benefit in the forgiveness of your sins.

On the other hand, do you think you could overestimate yourself? Can you change the hair on your head? Can you add a single hour to your life?