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   luce !! (luce-anon@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Monday, 08-Dec-2025 07:09:20 JST luce !!

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   I've been thinking a lot about whether Christianity becoming the most popular religion has been a good thing of not. On one hand it would seem obvious to say it is a good thing, now more then ever people know about and follow the true God. On the other hand though, it's undeniable that Christianity has been commodified, misrepresented, used to spread hate, violence, division, ect. None of this is at the fault of the religion itself, but I've come to realize that it's almost impossible to make some people realize that. There are so many people who all ready have way to much emotional and societal baggage behind Christianity that it would be impossible for them to see the beauty and revolutionary nature I see of Jesus's life, death, and Resurrection. In a way, Christianity's popularity has been it's downfall. It feels like there are more people who will never truly know Jesus Christ despite his name being so well known it's used as a cuss word. Would it have been better for Christianity to stay a small cult of sacrificial love and Christ crucified, or is it better that Christianity has conquered the world and made our God the most accessible and Christ's victory the most known story ever told. I hope that my life as a Christian will show at least one person the true message of Jesus, but who knows.
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     luce !! (luce-anon@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Monday, 08-Dec-2025 07:09:21 JST luce !!
     I think the fact that Christianity has become the most popular religion kind of diminishes the gravity and the absurdity of God crucified. People now use the cross as a symbol for God without realizing how laughable this would be for someone living at the time of the early Christian movement. The idea of the all powerful creator of the universe becoming human and suffering the death of a criminal or a slave is unfortunately not as powerful or beautiful as it was back then. Christianity spoke to the people of Rome so much because people could see themselves in God and started to recognize religion as more personal rather then political and distant.