Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Being Naturally Christian
Today is my school day but I would like to take some time to rant about an amazing conversation I had with my friend yesterday. We have been sharing wisdom on the Martial Arts for quite some times, and I really wish he was part of Freddie's Modern Kung Fu but unfortunately, I do not think he would have the time to. Nonetheless, he is a very nice person and it is completely impossible to come to an argument with him. If you do argue with him, I am afraid that you are an idiot. Basically, no one has ever expose him to Christianity since he was a kid but he made his research and realize within himself that Jesus Christ is his number one spiritual guide. Yes, he also look into the wisdom of the East as I am doing right now because a Martial Artist should be one of the wisest people who ever lived. Anyway, for realizing the power of Jesus Christ within him, it is in my understanding that he became his own Jesus Christ. I used to be a Catholic myself and then going to church into different denomination of Christianity. Soon, I realize that I was wasting my time. Therefore, I stop going to church once and for all and start looking within myself. I realize that I was never someone who wants to mold himself into a religion. I just want to be my authentic self. Another reason why I stop going to church is that I was forced to be religious. That's the problem of most parents: they do not care about who their children really is as long as the children is their carbon copy. They will impose their ideas, superstitions, all these disease on their kids; to me it is just another form of bullying because the kid does not have a choice but to take these diseases. How can the child escape from it? She has no power over her parents! But sooner or later, they will come out of that mold whether the parents agree or disagree. One of the reasons why a lot of people in the West do not understand Christ is because they were pushed to become Christian. They will go to Church but wait until it is time to go home. I cannot blame them. That is exactly how I felt. I feel like I was never really Christian, Buddhist, Taoist or anything. I am just working hard towards becoming a Martial Artist. A Martial Artist to me never mold himself or herself; he is not bound by any religion. As for my friend here, I respect him for realizing the purity of Christianity not the garbage out there like Catholicism, Protestantism, Jehovah Witness or whatever. I take no pastor, priest, missionary seriously. They are not spiritual; they are just scholars who act spiritual by talking about wisdom but never really live it. In fact, they tend to condemn anyone who does not follow their instructions. They will brainwash their people at their so-called church. If anyone is trying to get me to church, I am sorry but you came to the wrong guy. I believe that my friend understood Jesus Christ more than any deacon or missionary because he just express his Christianity without trying to convert anyone. If you agree with him, that's great. If you do not, that is fine as well. That is how it is supposed to be; not molding anybody else into your belief. That is not natural. Anything unnatural will come to an early end. I will always respect him because he is being naturally Christian.
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Reading your post Kang I have a few comments on the matter as I am a believer myself. Before I make these comments I feel that it is necessary to make a distinction and make that distinction very clear. There is a vast difference in my opinion and based on my experience between a religious christian and a true Christian. Just as there is a difference in the kwoon between the fitness students and the todai. The religious christian and the fitness student are actually quite similar. They go to church because they feel they have to and they work hard to be a "good" person. But because there is no true dedication of the heart and they don't live according to what they claim, no progress is made. The true Christian, like the todai, understand that in order to be a true follower you have to commit your heart, mind and body to what you believe and claim to follow. It is more than just the act of going to church or anything like that. True Christianity is a relationship, not a religion, between you and God with Jesus Christ as the bridge. Now while i understand your reluctance to take pastors seriously, I would say that is a foolish attitude. Know that I am not trying to dog on you or call you foolish, however as someone who has experienced many different martial arts schools as I have churches, there are genuine people out there who are pastors just like Sifu is a genuine teacher of martial arts. I feel like you have experienced true Christianity through your friend. No true Christian will try to ram their beliefs down your throat in order to convert you to their side. Your friend is a Christian, I am a Christian because we have come to the realization that there is no other truth other than the truth of Christ, but that is a longer discussion for a later time :) Know that I am glad that you have a friend like that who you can respect because that person is living the way a true Christian is supposed to. None of us are perfect and none of us will be until Christ returns.
ReplyDeleteWell you know... looks like there is another friend I can respect. Sorry about the generalization of pastors and priests. I am not completely against Christianity; I just feel like it has been very corrupted. Maybe you are one of the few people who understand Christianity to its fullest. I also like when you see the similarity between a Martial Art school and church. A true Christian has the potential to be a Martial Artist. He will have the wisdom of Jesus Christ combined with the physical training and the technique training. As long as you see Jesus Christ or anyone else as your spiritual guide, you will always be on the right track.
DeleteIts ok Kang, I understand where your distrust and dislike of religious people comes from. I myself struggled with that for a long time. I agree that the Church as a whole has been corrupted, but that was actually expected. Not everyone is a true Christian. Some will use their abilities to influence people and take their money. This is wrong and people like me disassociate ourselves from them as often as we can. Don't lose hope in Christians or Christ because of this though. Just like me and your other friend, there are many true Christians out there in the same way as there are many (though few) truly good kwoons out there in the world aside from Sifu's.
DeleteYou are right. Not everybody is a true Christian. I guess that because there is a lot of people involve in it, it became corrupted. I respect you a lot for representing Christianity in its purity. Don't get me wrong I respect Jesus Christ. You are also right; there are many true Christians out there just like there are good kwoons out there aside from Sifu. So there is still hope.
DeleteI actually agree with Charlie on this one. I'm a Christian too, and I have always thought of it as more of a spiritual thing than a religious one.
ReplyDeleteI understand that a lot of people have had negative experiences with churches or church-goers, and so they think that all Christians are overly judgmental or self-righteous or whatnot. I've had bad experiences too, but I have also found churches and Christians that are genuinely good-hearted people, so there are good and bad out there.
I'm definitely not a perfect person; I have had a lot of ups and downs in my life and done some pretty crazy things, but I hope I can learn from all of my mistakes and become a better, more balanced person.
Good to know another sister in Christ :) I'm the same way Lian, I've had my bad experiences and been to my fair share of bad churches, but the important thing is your relationship with Him and how you build up the Body. No one is perfect and I am with you on that one for sure. The fact that you acknowledge your mistakes is the first step to learning from them :)
DeleteWell that's great! We have another true Christian over here. Yes, she is very cool! Haha. Really you are though Todai Lian. Of course there are lot of genuine Christians out there. It is just that they are hidden. I might not be understanding Jesus Christ the same as you guys but it seems that Jesus Christ came back in different forms. Maybe you guys have found your own Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ was alive, He probably would have been proud of you guys. He did not want his expression to become a religion. I am glad you guys realize that. I know that my views differ but I feel like we are going toward the same path: truth. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this blog. I really appreciate it. Maybe I need to stop categorize Christians like that. That was really racist of me and I am sorry for being that way.
DeleteI've read the Bible, and it sucked as hell. Now if i would've said that 500 years ago, i would be dead. And right now people gets kill in some places because of certain peoples belief. Your comrade seems to be cool, like he doesn't force anything into you. It should be like that with everybody, when somebody forces you to believe what he believe and keeps getting in your nerves about his belief, the only belief that comes into your mind is slapping the taste out of his mouth. Just kidding but you know what i'm saying.
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DeleteI understand that you don't like the bible. That's fine. No one can make you. I would say though that you should be careful how you word things. Posts and comments made on this blog and in this forum are made with the idea in mind that this is a safe place to express your thoughts and beliefs without judgement whatever those beliefs may be. Your comment on this matter, at least to me (I cannot speak for others here) comes off as very disrespectful. I would ask that you take the time and consideration to be more respectful in the future. Thanks.
Todai Changpu
Charlie Bressler
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DeleteOn purpose i did hold many beliefs behind because i knew there would be chances that somebody would come at me and take my comments for dissrespect and then i could use that to exchange on a topic concerning Jesus Christ and the Bible that i think is very important. I don't like the Bible but i like Jesus Christ, i think he's one of the greatest man to have ever lived. But i think the bible is not his book, i think he's greater than the Bible. The Bible is full of murder and violence, Jesus wasn't about that. As we all know, Jesus Christ didn't write the Bible, i actualy think he would feel sad if he knewd what kind of actions man did on his name. I believe in Jesus like in Buddha, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X etc.. But i don't like books that misrepresent the goods in life and i think the Bible is one of them. Now nobody is getting diss here, the Bible is. Jesus Christ ain't getting diss here either. To make it simple, Jesus is real, the Bible is fake, that's my view, you don't have to like it.
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