I’m not a fan of Christian haunted houses.
What are your thoughts about them?
Found at Christian Nightmares.
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Wait.
Do they seriously have the black guy as a devil, and the black teens as drug dealers?
Is that for real?
I hate them. Netflix has a wonderful documentary on the mess that is Hell House, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wonders how these things come to be, and who the heck would ever want to be a part of it. I see little of the love and mercy of Jesus in the scenes carried out in each room of the Hell House. To take such delight in depicting a gay person living in eternal torment, or the scared young girl who made the desperate choice to have an abortion and is then called a murderer, or to make light of rape or molestation…it’s disgusting. I see nothing but ignorance, hate, and arrogance in Hell House.
Jesus continually told his followers, “Do not fear,” and “Do not be afraid.” If Jesus is bent on eliminating fear from our lives, then I’m not sure how churches can possibly justify using fear tactics to convert people. You’re converting them to something that is contrary to Jesus.
As a friend of mine says, “You can’t scare the shit out of people into heaven.”
that is completely perfect.
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A couple of thoughts:
1. Jesus said, “Scare one another, as I have scared you.”
2. These are more about what these people fear–their own personal Hell. Any correlation between these personal fears needing release in their lives and what others experience as separation from God is purely coincidental.
so there are about 10,000 things wrong with that. I will start with the tired whore-y pregnant teenager narrative.
1. not pregnant enough for an ultrasound that isn’t vaginal to show anything.
2. too soon to tell gender i.e. not 18-21 weeks pregnant
3. What is with the creepy rape-y vibe of the black guy closing the door on white teenage girl who is the whore-y pregnant one?
4. Weird racist and gender overtones.
5. Clearly this supports a world view that is devoid of an intro to sociology class
6. Do most Christians really believe that We are completely in control of our lives and that our salvation is up to us?
Ultimately, this makes me really sad and exceptionally pleased that I live in the North East, the land of main line denominations that are probably viewed as fallen and heretical in other parts of the US. I can’t imagine going to a church that supports this kind of crappy garbage.
On your point 3, I didn’t just get rapey vibe, there were incest/abuse vibes too.
I’ve actually seen people decide to change their lives because of these.
But that isn’t any fun to point out. Why try to understand and appreciate when we can sit back, criticize and mock?
So, tell us, did they change their lives out of a sincere desire to know Jesus better, or was it just because they were afraid of the alternative? What impression of Christ and the Church did they get from going to one of these–loving savior, or the guy that was going to allow them to be tortured for eternity because they screwed up? How long did these “life-changing experiences” actually last?
If you’d turn of the conservative Christian persecution persecution complex for a second, maybe you’d recognize what is actually being criticized here–using scare tactics to try to tell people about Jesus. Maybe that sort of thing “works” for you, but there are a lot of folks that it doesn’t work for.
Personally, I wouldn’t want to enter into a relationship based on “Love me or go to Hell.” But maybe that’s just me.
“off the …persecution complex…” Shoot, can’t type today.
and what about the people who struggle with getting close to God because of these scare tactics?But that is not your point is it? Why try and understand how people have been hurt and damaged by Christians “trying to share the Gospel” in this manner?