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Originally Posted by Gnist
What I would like to know, and I believe that noone asked these questions as of yet, is why people have this reluctance against Christianity.
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I frequently hear comments like:"I believe in God, but not in the Church", so I agree with your next quote. People believe in the omnipotent deity that we call God, but refuse to believe in a system that is governed by human beings and thus flawed.
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I think that there are several reasons for it, but the main reason is probably that they don't feel that the church caters to them, that it's not about them and that to a great extent it is for show or for things they don't really care so much about.
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I agree. Aside from that, people see that the church (like any human-controlled system for that matter) is flawed and vulnerable to human weaknesses and imperfections, considering that priests are just an ordinary people who make mistakes.
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The Swedish church was vulnerable to changes in modern times...
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I've always had the impression that not only Swedes, but all Christian Scandinavians don't exactly have a strong connection with their Church. Is it a product of modern times, or does it have roots further in the past?
It is exactly the opposite in my country, where Church has been a safeguard of our national identity, culture and pride through centuries.