If you're like most Christians and go to church on a weekly basis, or maybe you're one of those Christians who is deeply involved in your church and goes to church a little more frequently than others. There's usually a good reason for this. Maybe your mother, father, grandparents or friends do this or have been doing it for many years. These people are usually good examples of people that you aspire to be like.
These good examples of men and women, good Christian men and women, in your mind, are what most people aspire to be like. When your grandparents ask you, "did you go to church today," if you didn't go, you might feel a little embarrassed and would reply with a very weak, "No, I didn't but will go next week for sure." However, if you did go to church, you would reply with an enthusiastic, "of course, didn't you."
People who we look up to as mentors are people that we would like to be like, can form our reality for us. If we desire to be good moral adults, we will look for this in other people. If you look up to your parents, there's a good chance that your beliefs are in line with theirs. There's a good chance that your parents beliefs also followed their parents beliefs and so on. Your reality and life isn't much different than theirs except for a few technological advances and social changes.
Now if these people are Christians, there's a good chance that you're going to be a Christian, because you view Christianity as a symbol of good moral thinking like your parents. If your parents are Hindus, you're going to be a Hindu. Rarely do we change from our original religion or beliefs, that were imprinted upon our minds as children.
People whom we admire, often shape our lives. We find people that we like and are good examples for us to follow and we want to be like them. There's nothing wrong with this, it's a very good way to learn how to be decent and moral citizens of the world. Most of these people are caring, loving and helpful people within their community. Why wouldn't anyone look up to these people, even an atheist.
Christians for the most part are decent and loving people. They care about their children, friends, environment, society, government and of course their religion. Now what is the impact of Christian mentors on society. They continue to pass along, what I would consider to be a generational sin. Beleiving in a book that was written by God and manipulated by man. If you consider yourself to be a decent Christian, you should treat atheists, Buddhists, Hindus, and people who believe in Judaism like you would any other Christian.
World War III doesn't ever need to happen. If you truly love your neighbor or brother, you should learn to love and accept others outside of Christianity. Remember what Jesus said, love your enemies. I don't remember Jesus ever mentioning to his disciples and followers that we should hate our enemies.
If your mentor does not love his enemies, or show love to others, find another mentor. Your life could depend on it one day.
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