@suzianne said
No, no, no and no.
Sinful man will always, always attempt to twist what is holy into an invitation to more sin. Look at the Crusades. It's not an error of Christianity. Christianity IS about following the teaching of Jesus. Otherwise the Gospels would be written much as the video in the OP. Evil men, twisting and subverting the Word of God from what it is into an exc ...[text shortened]... modern sins of those who claim to be Christian on the religion itself is entirely missing the point.
It's not an error of Christianity. Christianity IS about following the teaching of Jesus.
I agree that Christianity SHOULD have following the teaching of Jesus and abiding in His word as its foundation. Unfortunately the fact is that it doesn't.
For example, Jesus said that "If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine...". That's not how Christianity defines His disciples. As such, many Christians can easily not abide in His word and believe that He is their Lord, believe that they are "born again", believe that they have the Holy Spirit, etc. If Christianity had following the teaching of Jesus and abiding in His word as its foundation, they would not reasonably be able to do this.
"In the teachings of Christ, religion is completely present tense: Jesus is the prototype and our task is to imitate him, become a disciple. But then through Paul came a basic alteration. Paul draws attention away from imitating Christ and fixes attention on the death of Christ The Atoner. What Martin Luther. in his reformation, failed to realize is that even before Catholicism, Christianity had become degenerate at the hands of Paul. Paul made Christianity the religion of Paul, not of Christ. Paul threw the Christianity of Christ away, completely turning it upside down. making it just the opposite of the original proclamation of Christ"
---Soren Kierkegaard, writing in The Journals
Christianity does not have the teachings of Jesus and abiding in His word as its foundation. Instead it has believing in "Christ The Atoner" as its foundation. Therein lies the fundamental flaw.