I recently had a friend find Jesus in his life. Before then, he was in a band, drank LOTS of beer, and was a regular type of guy.
He found Jesus, because his wife smoked lots of pot, drank way too much, and cheated on him a few times. So she turned to Christ to change her life around, and dragged him along. She told him that if he wouldn't do this for her, then he must have thought that their marriage wasn't worth saving.
So they find Jesus. After six months, she's there, but not as into it, and he's full bore Christian by then. He got rid of all his Albums from the 60's...yes, original, incredible, and now destroyed. He got rid of his Mustang he was rebuilding for the last 5 years, and now recently, he's getting rid of his non Christian friends.
He did this in waves, the first bunch when he just turned. Most of these people were the ones his wife didn't like. The females who she was jealous of, the ones who liked to party, etc...
But now recently, he's been on a kick, saying that if you weren't tight with Jesus, then he didn't know if he could keep you in his life.
I am Agnostic at best. I'd like to think that there is a higher power out there, but there are days I wonder just that. So I guess I'm out.
I was going to argue with him, knowing that Jesus would never do such a thing, but then figured "screw it, if he's this brainwashed, its not worth the trouble" I'll miss you buddy, and your killer albums too.
My wife told me that perhaps if I made peace with God, then perhaps I'd be more willing to see is point, but I don't think that is the trouble.
I am still accepting that God exists. And I think that you should give thanks in your own way. My problem is not that.
My problem is the people that follow him blindly. You know them. If you don't, you are one of them, but you won't be reading this.
It always kills me when you watch shows on prison, and they say they got in the joint, and found Jesus. Or you watch a show on Rehab, and they couldn't have done it without finding Jesus. Or they score the winning (touchdown, run, goal, field goal) and give thanks to Jesus.
I ask you...would you want to hang out with a guy who was in prison, had substance abuse problems, and all he cared about was sports?
