Christianity, like all other religions, is something you choose to believe. The people who believe it try to help the people who don't. All the religious conflict in society today is caused by people not accepting that other sets of beliefs have rights too.
As for the devil, no where in the bible does it say the devil exists. There is one quote, "If you are not of the Christ, you are anti-christ," (I don't know where this is exactly) but that is like saying if the light is on, it's not off.
If people would just let others believe what they want, except them, & be open to listening to new ideas (not nessasarily believe them), then the world would be a lot more peaceful.
The part of Christianity I don't understand is God has given ten commandments and everyone must follow them or go to hell, but Christians still believe they have free will. How is that free? If your good you receive a huge reward, but if your not perfect you will be punished beyond belief.
[This message has been edited by Schizophrenic Styrofoam (edited 05-29-2003).]
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