Someone wrote in Yahoo Answers:
"If
you are not sure and convicted for what you stand for, you will and can
fall for anything. I cannot see, anyone, man or woman, having
encountered and experienced the Love of the Lord Jesus, can attest to
the salvation that they received and have had a genuine touch from God,
easily go into a marriage with someone who is against Christ's diety,
His Person and Work"
The above quote is an example of how the Christian religion is separatist, elitist and sectarian in
nature as it divides people based on their ideologies and belief
systems. Those who adhere to the Christian religion are often divided over
doctrines and may feel pressurised into pledging allegiance to whichever
sect or denomination is preaching doctrines that align with their
personal beliefs (and bias and prejudices). It is almost as if they fail
to see that such indoctrination has made them self-righteous Pharisees
who use their religion to judge and condemn other people for living and
making decisions that offend their sanctimonious religious
sensibilities. It could also be that they are living in their own prison
of fear as they are afraid of "displeasing" the idolised god of their
imagination, and they are projecting that fear onto other people.
On a similar note, here's sharing a short story "A Father, A Son, A Cigarette, And Jesus" by Mick Mooney, which
does a good job to illustrate how some people in the Christian religion
typically use guilt and shame to control and manipulate others to try to make
them conform to their socio-religious norms.
