Hello.
I attended different kinds of churches. I listened to hundreds and hundreds of Christian sermons. Read the Bible and Christian books. They say Jesus talked about hell more than about heaven. When some sick people were healed, the gospels tell us some of them were inflicted by demons who communicated with Jesus and needed to be removed from people’s bodies. We also read about angels doing God’s work. Bringing good tidings or fighting for God against evil.
In mosques, angels or Malaika are considered to be important agents, such as Jibril who revealed the Qur’an to Mohammed. Iblis and the jinns and shaitans are seen as quite an active force everywhere. People can sometimes be called shaitans if they do things considered anti-islamic. So in Islam this world of angelic and demonic creatures is emphasized and assumed to be around us and taken into consideration as very important forces.
In Christianity, it seems to me the angelic and demonic realm became forgotten or downplayed. At least it’s not in the mainstream anymore. And even the Holy Spirit is kind of in the shadow. I only hear about Father God, Son of God Jesus, sin, blessings, future prophecies, heaven, forgiveness etc. Mostly psychology and positivity. Hell or Satan are very rarely mentioned if at all.
Do you think it’s a mistake? Do you think the angelic / demonic world is to be brought into the spotlight again? Should Hell be a focus as well, not only Heaven? Is bright positivity hurting the message of Christianity, hiding some pressing issues and not being relevant to the realities people are going through?
Or is it the way God’s message should be presented to be attractive and non-controversial to people?
Or do I get the wrong impression due to my limited exposure to Christianity?
I attended different kinds of churches. I listened to hundreds and hundreds of Christian sermons. Read the Bible and Christian books. They say Jesus talked about hell more than about heaven. When some sick people were healed, the gospels tell us some of them were inflicted by demons who communicated with Jesus and needed to be removed from people’s bodies. We also read about angels doing God’s work. Bringing good tidings or fighting for God against evil.
In mosques, angels or Malaika are considered to be important agents, such as Jibril who revealed the Qur’an to Mohammed. Iblis and the jinns and shaitans are seen as quite an active force everywhere. People can sometimes be called shaitans if they do things considered anti-islamic. So in Islam this world of angelic and demonic creatures is emphasized and assumed to be around us and taken into consideration as very important forces.
In Christianity, it seems to me the angelic and demonic realm became forgotten or downplayed. At least it’s not in the mainstream anymore. And even the Holy Spirit is kind of in the shadow. I only hear about Father God, Son of God Jesus, sin, blessings, future prophecies, heaven, forgiveness etc. Mostly psychology and positivity. Hell or Satan are very rarely mentioned if at all.
Do you think it’s a mistake? Do you think the angelic / demonic world is to be brought into the spotlight again? Should Hell be a focus as well, not only Heaven? Is bright positivity hurting the message of Christianity, hiding some pressing issues and not being relevant to the realities people are going through?
Or is it the way God’s message should be presented to be attractive and non-controversial to people?
Or do I get the wrong impression due to my limited exposure to Christianity?
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