10 ways Christianity weirded me out. Has religion ever weirded you out?

I agree with Soldier-Medic.  It DOES sound cult-ish.

A lot of the sects of Christianity are misled and misinformed, and they don’t follow Biblically at all.  If they did, they’d see the overall message isn’t to work your way to Heaven…it’s just to honestly ask forgiveness for the sins we commit to the Savior, period.  Once we do that, we’re forgiven past, present, and future.  We can do good things afterward as a “thanks” for being saved and all, but for some sects to say that we can lose our salvation because we don’t do exactly as they see is legalistic, which is what Christianity is not supposed to be.  It has its own rules, but it’s not “you can only spend time with [insert sect here]”, “you can only marry [this sect here]”, etc., and it’s not dependent on your eternal salvation.

Not even scientology weirds me out.

What you’re dealing with there is a social group attempting to enforce conformity.  The only difference between it and every other conformist social group is a minor matter of dogma.  The choice for you is always the same: Do you conform?  Or do you do whatever the f~~~ you want instead?

Not really sure what group of Christians you are running into, but they seem to be a poor example.  Love thy neighbor as thy love thyself.  It’s a very hard concept.  You have to do on to others in what you would hope would happen to you if you had done the same thing.

Most of today’s modern religious organizations pervert what is there in order to control others.  Jesus was the ultimate MGTOW.  He went his own way and pointed out actual injustices of the time.  Many of the allegories he used had several meanings.  He was a very dangerous man.

Like most nonbelievers you are seeing the flaw of man and thinking it is the flaw of God.  Once, like you see past the BS of Political Society, you see past the BS of other “religious leaders” you will find your own way.  Like a MGTOW should.

You have to identify your problem first.  Is it the Church of Christ or all Christians in general?   A lot of these protestant faiths are more businesses than theological institutions.

To get back to your statements, most are false.  Your criticisms may be correct, but what you are being taught is false.  If this issue is bothering you, I would recommend more research and study.  I would also recommend prayer, but I doubt you would do that.  Anyhow, the Church of Christ has a lot of issues both theologically and philosophically, put very very briefly.

Also many of your problems seem to not only stem from an issue of “faith” but the type of people you are around.  You are going to have to gain an understanding of the how’s and why’s there behavior is affecting you and learn to separate what is behavioral from what is the actual faith.  People are not perfect, but it does not justify poor behavior.

I hate going to church, it creeps me out big time. I only ever go when I have to, such as occasions like family baptisms, and funerals. I feel so strange when I sit there and listen to the person preaching; it feels surreal. Do these people do it for tradition, or do they really believe in what they are saying? I can only describe the feeling I get from churches as “dirty”, and “void of agency”.

I appreciate the bible as a historical document; I find it fascinating. But the strange feelings come around when I’m  surrounded by people that treat its every verse as fact, and begin preaching the bible’s definition of “love”.

I do like most Christians as individuals though, just to be clear that I’m not trying to offend anyone.