Most Christians now are too focused on being the right ones and making everyone else wrong, and have forgotten that their religion is supposed to be a path to happiness. They have distorted Christianity enough to make it look different from other religions, and they have fought to keep it that way. They have come to believe that you can only be saved by believing in Jesus, and if you don't, then you'll be sent to hell. If you never heard of Jesus before, too bad, apparently you're still going to hell.
The meaning of the Trinity has been changed as well. We have the Father, Who forces Jesus to be crucified as the only way to forgive the sins of mankind. We have the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, Who is supposed to be the salvation for us sinners. And the Holy Spirit, Who only dwells within "faithful" Christians and no-one else. This Trinity is really supposed to explain all that God is, and if this modern belief of the Trinity that I have explained is correct, we don't really exist because we aren't even on the Trinity. We're just a bunch of sinners.
We also have the problem with Satan. Satan is believed to be just as powerful as God, even though they don't admit it. He creates the "spiritual" dualism of good and evil. Some denominations of Christianity don't practice contemplative prayer (meditation) because if they were to quiet the mind, Satan would instantly take over their body. They believe they aren't even allowed to be, because they are so powerless that they can't take hold of themselves in the present moment. They need to live in their mind-world in order to be safe. They are always afraid because they believe Satan and demons really do exist, and since their minds made it up, and they always dwell in their minds, then there's no escape. They think that the best way that Satan will trick you is by trying to make you believe that he isn't real.
There is also our salvation with Jesus Christ. Some modern Christians believe that, before Jesus, we were still spellbound by the Fall of Man and Original Sin, and that we couldn't even escape it if we tried. We were helpless, but we got lucky when all of a sudden, Jesus came! When Jesus said, "I am the lamb of God, which takes away the sins of the world," he was trying to fulfill the law, and take us away form our belief that we are sinners. Even though he says that we are gods, people think that the "lamb of God" statement meant that his crucifixion was a sacrifice for relieving us of our sins. There are also Christians that emphasize the Second Coming of Christ and misinterpret it. When Jesus said that the Kingdom of God has already arrived, but we are ignorant of it's presence, the same goes for the Second Coming. Yet, people keep checking the time, waiting around for Christ without making any spiritual progress.
What kind of faith do we want for the next generation? I don't want to believe in this modern form of Christianity. If I did, I would probably be manic right now. This looks like a helpless, hopeless, powerless belief system, where we separate from God and forgive by thinking, "It's okay, I'm a sinner, too." I am not approaching a religion to see everyone as sinners, possessed by a demon, or waiting around for the Messiah again. I am not going to believe in something that says there is a Trinity of All-That-God-Is, and we aren't even in that Trinity. I don't want to believe in something that gives me no choice. How can I make any spiritual progress if it is not under my control, and that I can't decide to accept God into my life or not, whenever I want?
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