OK, so there are two big things going on in our culture. We are a 100% individualistic culture, meaning that we do everything ourselves. Asking someone for help is considered a 'weakness' by our standards.
(1) We live in a culture of pluralism; specifically religious pluralism. This says that truth is relative, everyone is right in their own eyes, and there can therefore be NO final truth.
(2) We live in a culture of intellectual autonomy. This is the attitude that people are not mature if they let others tell them what to think, or even influence their thoughts. This says to others, "nobody tells me what to do or think because I am an individual".
Both of these things combined leads to our current way of thinking where we accept absolutely everything that someone does, says, or believes. And to disagree with someone on anything is considered arrogant and judgmental. So we have Christians that are very shy, or even afraid to claim to know THE truth or THE way to God. Because of our culture, we are afraid to claim THE truth, or THE Gospel of Jesus. Our biggest fear is the threat of offending someone by our message. Thus we have a lot of uneducated Christians that cannot distinguish between different religious claims, and that honestly may not even want to distinguish between them.
The Gospel of Jesus is very dangerous because it is the opposite of individualism. The main message is that you CAN’T do it yourself; that’s why Jesus was sent. So yes, it is dangerous because it directly attacks our pride and the culture that we live in. It claims to know THE truth and THE way to God, and sometimes might even call us to action. It might call us to do things that make us completely uncomfortable because it is unknown (relying completely on faith, not EARNING something ourselves).
You are a little behind on your posts.
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