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Jesus Told Followers To Abandon Their Family In Favor Of Him. Why?

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Isn't the family the heart of the Christian religion as you practice it today? What was Jesus saying when he told the followers he was greater than their own families? Should Christians be willing to murder everyone in their families to get to Heaven or perhaps, just abandon them?
 
He didn't say to murder their families. The practice you are speaking of is a concept seen in other religions as well, in Buddhism for one. It is the idea of devotion to God over all others. It's the way of the ascetic.
 
rhinefire said:
Isn't the family the heart of the Christian religion as you practice it today? What was Jesus saying when he told the followers he was greater than their own families? Should Christians be willing to murder everyone in their families to get to Heaven or perhaps, just abandon them?
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It's more about getting your priorities straight.
It doesn't mean to literally hate your family or life but love the source of all existence first and foremost.

Do you place your family and self above the law? No.
Not just because you're afraid of punishment but for the sake of fairness, peace and prosperity or greater good.

Your first responsibility is to take care of yourself and family. But that doesn't mean you love your family and self more than everyone else or you wouldn't believe in equality. The whole is more important than any seperate aspect of it.
 
rhinefire said:
Isn't the family the heart of the Christian religion as you practice it today? What was Jesus saying when he told the followers he was greater than their own families? Should Christians be willing to murder everyone in their families to get to Heaven or perhaps, just abandon them?
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“There is no need to be worried by facetious people who try to make the Christian hope of heaven ridiculous by saying they do not want ‘to spend eternity playing harps’. The answer to such people is that if they can not understand books written for grown ups, they should not talk about them. …..People who take these symbols literally might as well think that when Christ told us to be like doves, He meant we were to lay eggs.” C.S. Lewis
 
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