all religion have one goal: to live well and think positively about ourselves & our lives.
HOWEVER they may do so, WHATEVER they do..we all eventually believe in good things and for something/someone to grant us that positivity in our lives.
my pastor once said that the power of religion is SO strong, it'll help people heal or do things they couldn't do without their strong beliefs ( no matter WHAT the religion or their GOD is). and i can see that it's true.
but i want them to follow the RIGHT WAY.
it's all confusing because WHO IS RIGHT ANYWAY? the BIBLE is.
everything in it. so if you go to the question "is this even true? can i invest my life in it?"
go read the bible first. decide for yourself. before you know it, you'd be going to a REAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH and you would catch right away if the pastor is WAY OFF (like PARK OCK SOO lol).
before anyone told me, i knew his core message in his sermon was WRONG.
i would've, i could've, and i should've yelled it out in the middle of the ballroom with 1500 people that he's a FRAUD, that it's WRONG, that people here are zombies (literally, because everyone was DEAD SLEEPING. knocked out sleeping. snoring. teething. no joke)
but i tolerated this insane bullsh- and took note, inspected him, and i was the only one sitting upright and jotting note in a journal. call me NERDY, but i wanted to tell people his insane messages about "our righteousness" and "never having to repent" which was absolutely mindboggling. who does he think he is to tell us we don't sin and we never have to ask for forgiveness because we're righteous. WHAT? LaughOutLoud.
however i thought i was just very uninformed about this part (even though my whole childhood was spent learning how we were saved by God's son sent down to earth, and that we are forever sinners because of Adam and Eve, and that our prayer consists of asking for forgiveness and thanking God)
BUT NOW i know enough, very very very well, that i am ready to expose this "pastor" whenever the next available IYF will be here where i live.
Thanks followers for understanding, i am really just trying to do everything i can to do what everyone else couldnt---- exposing this fraud pastor and making naive teens my age to stop listening to him.
GO TO IYF! EAT A TON! (shitty food however) HAVE FUN! BREAK THE RULES! (who cares anyway) KISS A BOY! KISS TWO! KISS THE GIRLS! FUN HOTEL TIME! and make sure to skip the morning/evening sermons because 1. WRONG. don't get brainwashed 2. BOOORING.
p.s. why don't we sing, and praise the Lord. does he not believe in that too? FRAUD!
what's up with that wack-o group of 20s dancing to weird "church" music? like, it's not even BODYWORSHIP, it's like suppose to be for kids but they look old in colorful polo shirts. i thought i was high on marijuana NO KIDDING. the music, their faces, their gay dances made me zone out.
overall AMAZING EXPERIENCE, made me appreciate my amazing pastor and what i stand for. I truly opened my eyes to God by going through THAT.