Is Christianity Fit?

• Is Fit for Christianity OK?

Is Fit for Christianity OK?

Unhealthy —– Healthy Sheep —– Human Possessed —– Self-possessed Dry and barren —– Artistic Victim of madness-bringing plots —– Safe

Write down your sincere responses. What would you rather be? Here is a tip: Go for the things in boldface before you harm yourself or come to harm otherwise.

FIGURE. Five choices on five slide scales. Mark off along the horizontal bars - the higher the numbers, the higher intensity. Then count your scores. Study your profile. Less than 4 on any score suggests that you are vulnerable to derangements or negative influences.

I would say it is normal - conforming to holistic health - to want 5 on each parameter (score). Now consider each dichotomy (pair) in the light of the Bible, taking into account that Christianity deranges and makes many insane as time goes by:

1. Healthy: Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." [Mark 2:17; cf. Matthew 9:12-13]Gain health: drop Jesus accordingly.

2. Human: "How much more valuable is a man than a sheep!" [Matthew 12:12]. Compare "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me." [John 10:14]. "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." [John 10:27] - "Simon . . . Take care of my sheep." [John 21:16]Choose to be human and not a sheep, and drop Jesus accordingly. Healthy ones are not sheepish. Maybe nobody follows Jesus as he told anyway (to be documented later) - not that all have to - inconsistencies abound in Christianity, for sure.

3. Self-possessed: There is research that shows that meditation helps being self-controlled (self-possessed), whereas being taken over by a demon of glossolalia (speaking in tongues) and spastic movements and yells rather suggest being possessed (in a biblical sense), judged from the symptoms [LINK]. In doubt, choose self-possessed and not farcical.

4. Artistic: Artistic ones manage to be independent of mind in some areas, at least. Ensnared, conform and duped ones, on the other hand, may end up dry, barren or sterile. Many get focused on glamour instead of become nice craftspersons and so on, few master the educational ways that keep and develop zest for learning rather than becoming "dog-trainers" that molest young persons into conformism.

5. Safe: Safety is had by handy rules of living that are followed day in, day out, whereas lots of commands by Jesus make you self-maiming, self-impoverishing victims of truly destructive plots - unless you decide to be a common, Jesus-condemned Christian hypocrite, that is. But that is perhaps not so bad?
         However, hypocrites are surely condemned to hell in the gospels. So consider how safe it is in the long run to be one many likeminded hypocrites together. As it is, conform Christianity is full of betrayals and hypocrisy when it comes to giving away all one owns, cutting off limbs and so on. Not that I advocate it.
         I just point to the common hypocrisy of dependent ones, or slaves of Jehovah. Herded sheep are slaves confused into make-believe following the intrinsic hateful "commands of Jesus": "Maim yourself, make yourself a pauper to be worthy of me," and so on. But those who called Jesus "Lord, Lord", without doing what he said, he condemned to hell. Luckily you do not have to think it will happen. Jesus lost most of his power to rebuke in Acts 15, luckily. Take a look. [LINK]
         But sanity is fostered and regained by straighter standards, and hypocricy as to maiming yourself and following unneeded and harmful commands may not work very well. Make a clean break with the deranging guys instead, just to keep in step with the general Buddhist way of living. Consider such vital elements and say no to following a maniac - according to a very laid-back diagnosis of Jesus.