Christians and Pilgrimage

Christians and Pilgrimage

There are both reasons which could agree or disagree with this

statement. I agree with this statement because there are more

important things for Christians to do than to go on pilgrimages to

other countries. The main things Christians should always do are to go

to Church on a regular basis to show their devotion to God and to help

others. Christians should also help those who are less fortunate than

themselves and should help those in their local community. By helping

them they might help them have a better quality of life. If they were

to help out in an old people's home the residents would be happy

because they probably would not have many visitors and having some

visits from the younger generation would bring joy to their lives.

Christians should not just help those who are less fortunate but those

who are close to them whether they are sick or not.

Jesus told his followers to help others and to treat others, as you

yourself would like to be treated. This is said in the Sermon on the

Mount. So if you help others and treat them with respect and nicely

they will be grateful and treat you nicely in return. Jesus did not

tell Christians to go on pilgrimage to help others. He just wanted

people to help each other and be devoted to their religion. Pilgrimage

may not always be seen to be a good thing as pilgrims spend much of

their time looking at sites and churches and this could be mistaken

for worshipping idols or objects which is forbidden in the 10

Commandments.

The pilgrimage could also possibly divert away from its purpose and

become a holiday of looking at the sites and this would defeat the

purpose of travelling there in the first place. Christians should help

more at home for those who are in need at old people's homes or

homeless shelters or helping out in charity shops as this was what

Jesus asked them to do.

However, pilgrimage is a very important thing for Christians to do as