Christianity In Berkeley among Asians

Clear_my_mind
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:04:56 +0000

Dragon, I really appreciate your reply.

I am just tired of people trying to convert me from the side. Instead of just saying: “I want to convert you because I want to save your soul from eternal damnation,” the older and more well-spoken Christians would say: “Well, my religion believes…” or “God created the world so…” Christianity is a social movement, perhaps a spiritual movement that is panned toward recruiting more and more people. It is certainly the most popular religion out there now. What I find ridiculous is how many levels of religiousness there are. I recently heard this Berkeley graduated student say: “Well, I am a Christian but not a practicing one.”

I still believe incoming students, particularly Asian, should be alarmed. This movement became very strong 20 years ago, according to my friend who attended Berkeley about two decades ago. She mentioned how some extreme religious groups would make goals such as “this week, each of us will try to bring five to fifteen people to our meetings.” I really agree with you on the idea of just searching for oneself. Instead of following your whole ideals on a little hypocritical black book, follow your own heart and seek out what is right.