When boiled down to basic understanding, the message of Christ explains that the way to eternal happiness is to love God with all one's heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22:37), and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself (Matthew 22:39). Anything apart from this critical and crucial understanding is nonsensical and trivial.

Take a look at the young earth creationist movement. Take any Genesis reference, any little bit of scientific data, any shred of evidence either way, and nothing ties into the moral aspect of Christ - nothing. No moral message can be derived from thinking that the earth is 6000 years old or that God created the Earth in seven days. The aspects of Genesis that Christians apply to modern science offer nothing more than pagan trivia.

With that said, the promulgation of these "truths of God" have no inherent purpose at all other than to impose the presence of Christianity on the world rather than express the message of Christ to the world. Granted, Christ's message to society provides an ideal men should strive for. But mindlessly preaching defunct pseudoscience takes away from that morality by enforcing harsh complacency and control under the threat of hell and exclusion. The Christian movement stubbornly opposes modern science because of science's supposed "threat" to the Church's control over followers. Given the Christian reaction to men such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Darwin, the historical pattern is obvious.

By excluding men from the Church simply because they disagree with an archaic and worthless dictate of the faith, the Christian church inherently contradicts itself. If the purpose is to love all men as one loves himself, then why are select people excluded from the fold? If scientists go against the pagan, outdated doctrines, then Christians go against the most modern and fundamental doctrine. With that, I ask: who's the greater sinner?

Christianity ought to remove themselves entirely from scientific discourse and recognize their place in this world: to provide moral guidance and understanding for those who seek it.

Christ's charge to believers, in a nutshell, is "follow me". Christians are to emulate him and live according to his commands. In the United States this clearly isn't happening on a grand scale. Most churches are little more than social clubs that provide a convenient means of feeling good about one's morality and station in the world without the burden of actually serving the poor, downtrodden, and others in need. Suggestions that believers ought to do more good works are met with declarations that one is saved by grace. The hypocrisy of these sorts of believers is thus exposed. Their goal is to avoid hell not to follow Christ. I believe the real goal of these sorts of believers is to be part of a social club constantly saying that one is saved by grace is a rationalization for not doing anything Christ like. The modern church largely misses the mark.

Yes it does.One thing Ive never understood.In Genesis why do people assume that when god made the earth and stars etc in 7 days that they automatically think he was on a 24 hr day.A day could be any time period.Away from that modern Christianity in my opinion misses its mark the most on the message of Christ.Every thing he spoke happened before his Crucifixion and his sacrificing himself for everyones sins.Once he made that sacrifice all sins forgave.Through faith in him being strong enough to take away your sin not faith in yourself not to sin.Christianity will always seem hypocritical to nonbelievers because modern Christians say they are born again and don't sin and live error free lives which is impossible.there is none good but one That is the message that should be taught.One! The Way the Truth the Light.

I don't know but I do know that the old Christianity nailed it!