I'm scared to listen to music... Part 1

Some time ago, one of my friends in church told me that Green Day killed animals before concerts to give sacrifices to Satan.

It's highly unlikely that this is actually true(maybe an anti-fan who thought Green Day was too emo made up a rumour). Nonetheless, it freaked me out, as I enjoyed listening to Green Day(although not watching them).

This is not the only instance of me realising that some music had ties with Satan. When I tried to make a band, my friend suggested that we should play Hotel California by the Eagles. It sounded like a good song, so I practised it with my bass. But after a week, he told me that we were going to abandon the song because apparently it had some satanic messages with backmasking. It's there in youtube..

I am a fan of top 10s... and I enjoy rock, so I looked up for the top 10 rock songs in history. I found Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. I listened to it, but I couldn't quite get why it was so "great". It sounded so mysterious and gloomy... I found out later that this song was also backmasked with Satanic messages. Also, looking up on Wikipedia, I saw that the band members were very "spiritual" people, each having a symbol for themselves.

To be continued...

How should I percieve homosexuals?

Today, I briefly look up on the net about Christianity and homosexuality. Now, I myself can't judge on whether I should reject homosexuality(not that I'm homosexual. I like girls, and I like it when they like me), as this is such a controversial issue and as I haven't properly encountered a homosexual yet.

Well, I knew that God condemns homosexuality in the Bible. Someone argued that while we should reject homosexuality, we shouldn't condemn homosexuals, as God loved everyone, including sinners. We have to pray for them and hope that they may reject homosexuality and return to God. That's one person's opinion.

Someone else said that homosexuality is a choice you make. Like choosing to take alcohol, smoking or drugs, it's something that you choose to take. Then are people homosexuals because homosexuality is addictive? Also, someone mentioned that you are not born gay, but you learn to be gay(like you learn smoking). I'm pretty confused on this issue - the defenders of homosexuality are claiming that homosexuals can't help being what they are, as it is their nature.

What am I supposed to think, what am I supposed to believe?

I'll have to meet one soon...

PS. I wonder what it would be like a homosexual who wants to believe in God...

God is not logical, whether you like it or not

As I was reading a post about atheist beliefs and a battle of comments that followed, I realised that people were trying to disqualify God with human logic.

If God really does exist, who are we to bring him down with our logic? God and humans are fundamentally different, and the way God thinks and the way humans think are also different. "God failed because he sent the flood to wipe out evil, but there's still evil in the world. Therefore God failed." "God made humans, but humans continue to fail God, so God is a failure." Yes, from our point of view, God may be a failure. Humans think that they are so smart which makes them think that they can judge God. Who gives them the right to do this? Are we much more perfect then God to criticise him and bring him down?

I think that being a Christian is about giving up our pride and approaching God with humbleness. Atheists are atheists because they have such high opinion of themselves and can't think of humbling themselves before an "imaginary" figure. This may explain the growing number of atheists in the modern world, where more people are educated, and try to base faith on knowledge rather than belief.

As Christians, we shouldn't follow the ways of the world by trying to explain God to atheist with logic. Obviously atheists are better in logic than Christians(God is not so logical), so by trying to challenge them with logic, they will end up thinking that their logic is superior and therefore think that they are right. Rather, we should keep praying for them, and believing that God will do what is appropriate.

Human's Pride

http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/04/3-ways-christianity-prolongs-immaturity/#comments

(for some reason I can't make a hyperlink show up)

It's a blog written by a former evangelist who is now an atheist. I read one of the articles and felt challenged by the view he had(follow the link), so I wrote a comment saying that "a true mature Christian should obey what God commands with a loving heart".

I must say I was pretty shocked at the replies the people gave to my comment. Just read the article - I saw that people were so proud with themselves that they couldn't possibly think that obeying God with a loving heart was acting maturely in the eyes of God. Well, I understand their point of view, but it is rather disturbing to know that people block out God because of their pride...

Also after reading this article and the comments I realised that I really need to know how the atheists think in order to talk with them.

A New Beginning

I am a Christian.

I have been a Christian since the day I was born, and I have hardly missed church on Sundays in my life. My father is a pastor. I served as the president of the youth group of my church for one year and I am currently leading the praise team for my church. Every morning after I get up, before doing anything else, I read the bible for several minutes and and try to understand what God is trying to say to me for that day. Thus you can see that I have a very firm foundation on God.

However, as I grow up(I'm 17 now), I meet more and more people and understand that lots of people don't share my beliefs and views life in a completely different way as I do. I used to be so sure what I believed in was the undeniable truth, but then I found other people who thought the same with their own beliefs. That got me thinking, "There can't be a number of truths, but only one. Am I right in what I believe in? If so, other people are pursuing something in vain. What makes them believe in what they believe? The people they get to meet? Their culture? Their race? Or are they actually correct, whereas I am wrong?"

I think I'm reaching adolescence at the age of 17, which could possibly explain why I'm experiencing this confusion :-). So I am going to begin my quest for the truth, to find out whether what I believe is the truth and hear what other people has to say on what they believe is the truth. It's going to be a lengthy journey!