Recker's World
100 Reasons I no longer believe - 51
The lack of unity within Christianity
Christians in general claim that the holy spirit exists. They claim the holy spirit guides them when reading scripture and reveals to them the true interpretation of the passage they are reading. You would think that if this is the case then there would be unity amongst Christians. They would be reading scripture and easily coming to a consensus on what it’s saying, even the most ambiguous parts of the bible.
However we know in reality this just doesn’t happen, evidenced by the fact there are thousands of denominations and cults, all believing different things. It seems that no two Christians can agree on what the bible is saying. There will always be conflict.
As a former Christian I can testify to the fact that Christians can never agree. This is why bible study groups are so good, because there’s always debate. There’s always differing opinions. Many a time you will hear the words “I never thought of it that way before”. Further evidence that no holy spirit is guiding anyone.
It seems every Christian believes they are true Christians being guided by the holy spirit, while those who believe differently are not really true Christians or are being deceived by some other power. This seems like a real con job to me that Christians have fallen for.
I have heard the argument that demons are responsible for leading Christians astray in their interpretation of the bible. Yet more evidence that the concept of a holy spirit is a scam. So we have the majority of Christians being misled by demoniac forces apparently. But really, if these forces do exist and they are manipulating people, doesn’t that mean that the holy spirit is weak? That these so-called demon influences are far greater than the holy spirit?
I’m willing to bet that anyone who claims to be a Christian, led by the holy spirit would never be able to find even one other Christian that believes exactly as they do. I’m sure every Christian knows other Christians who they believe are “true Christians”, holy spirit led and full of Godly wisdom. I’m willing to bet if they sat down with that person and went over the bible with a fine tooth comb, using the holy spirit to guide them they would still not come to an agreement on what it says. There would be debate and there would be disagreements. Even if ultimately they came down to an agreement on all issues in the end, it would not be until after hours and hours of discussion.
Isn’t the reality of the situation is that Christians look at the bible from their own perspectives with their own biases and that any concept of a holy spirit guiding them is simply in their mind?
Have Christians unwittingly fallen for a big con job?
Check my writing here about that:
Presuming the Holy spirit is real, how can we possibly be expected to believe in it if there is no unity amongst Christians? And how can it be shown to be part of God when demons are so more influential than it?
