Christians Converting Christians to Christianity
Jesus is equal to a chemical catalyst (a chemical catalyst changes other elements in a chemical reaction, but does not change itself). The failed apocalyptic view of a first century Jewish reformer seems to have been forever lost forever in time and space (Albert Schweitzer / Rudolf Bultmann). As a theological catalyst, he now has created chemical reactions in the minds of over 20,000 sects within Christendom with most claiming the exclusive rights to the word "Truth" or, according to each sect; Truth" should be a registered Trade Mark in the US Patten Office. As an example here just last week, are the two Jehovah Witnesses left an "Awake" magazine with my wife. It stated emphatically that while there are religions calling themselves Christian, there is only ONE TRUE CHRISTIANITY - those believers called by Jehovah to witness His "Truth"...door to door. Also here we find Mormons, Church of Christ, Seventh Day Adventist, Christian Science, and Catholics all having THE exclusive TOTAL TRUTH given to them by God. As viewed from within, each of these sects, see other Christianities are "Deceptions of man" or at worst, "lies of Satan".
Just tune in the “Catholic Global Radio New Work” (either on satellite radio or an AM station) and hear form evangelical Protestants “coming home” to the true and only orthodox Church Jesus Christ accepts. On their website: http://www.catholic.com/ hundreds of books and pamphlets are offered debunking the belief of evangelicals and their “born again” theology. Apologist Karl Keating invites the “heretics” of evangelical / Protestant theology to debate him on the air. More over, some of the major Catholic defenders of the faith are former evangelicals who now defending the truth of the Roman Catholic Church against evangelicals without compromise.
On the other hand, I worked with a Baptist on furlong from Guam (an island whose population is 90% Catholic) which he stated has a lost population which desperately needs to break that hold Satan has on it by hearing and accepting the Gospel of Christ. I’ve seen this man breakdown and cry over his “burden for lost Catholics”.
Since ignorance breeds superstition, the human mind feeds on the fear of a supreme figure theology labels as absolute "Truth". Stories of a vengeful God killing anyone viewed as sinful in many parts of the "Old Testament" or a disappointed loving God of the New Testament who "fries people like bacon in Hell" creates the same fear in an adult as the ghost that hides under the bed or the noise in the attic does for a child's mind... just as the stories of the brothers Grimm. Is it any wonder after viewing the movie The Exorcist (according to Billy Graham) many Christians had to seek psychological counseling.
So how is truth is so subjectively maintained? As a Baptist preacher told me 38 years ago..."The Bible said it! I believe it! That settles it!...No wait. The Bible said it! That settles it! I don't have to believe it!" Thus, we have absolute "TRUTH" in its purest from!
It’s little wonder that when I asked an evangelical Christian which is worst: an Atheist or a Heretic? He answered definitely “A Heretic!”