"PLEASE ONLY ANSWER IF YOU'RE CHRISTIAN!" What kind of stuff is that?

Question

I thought Christians were against discrimination...

ven if i go to heaven with a bigot like you i whould rather call it hell.

Answer 1

You did have a question, yes?
I'm sorry you ran into some of the Christians that are still learning. Proves we're all human, doesn't it. Everyone continues to learn to not only talk the talk, but ti walk the walk. Some find it more difficult than others. Best thing to do when someone upsets you as badly as the Christians you're referring to, pray that the Lord will guide their ways. Don't condemn them.

Answer 2

OK, let's take a brief pause here and think about this. Suppose the question was something about marriage, and the person asking the question said "Please answer only if you're married!" Would we even be having this discussion? I think not. The thing is, if you aren't married, how can you possibly have the knowledge to give an answer? Certainly some that are single have valid opinions, but by limiting the input to a certain group, you stand a better chance of getting useful replies. No one yells "Discrimination!" in that case.

But let someone say "only answer if you're Christian!" and this happens. Keeping it to Christians would tend to eliminate the "There is no God, it's just a fairy tale" answers obviously, but... No, the opinions and accusations begin to fly. You claim to be a Christian, therefore you must...and then you put expectations on the person based on the label they have chosen for themselves. Or, in other words, YOU ARE DISCRIMINATING against them. Think about that.

Answer 3

I agree that "Please only answer if you're christian" does even irk me, and I'm a christian.

The only defense I can think of is that it probably is a misguided shorthand for asking that the people who reply to the question have a certain context, common language, and have read the gospels and perhaps critical commentaries. Some christians fear the misunderstanding and sometimes rabid attacks that those not having been exposed to the christian background may engender.

For my part, I've always preferred a chance to have a meeting of minds to achieve better understanding for all. I worry that such requirements may leave those most in need either isolated or with a bad impression of christians.

But each person is just human, weaknesses and all. If they aren't welcoming you, perhaps you are better off chatting with others, often Christian, who welcome the opportunity.

In the end, it is best to take it as a heads-up and shake your sandals of the sand and move on (which is suggested to the Apostles when they find that they have preached but the Word is not welcome).

I wish you well.

Answer 4

I don't see it as a form of discrimination. Sometimes people ask to specific people about specific topics like who you gonna ask when you have a math problem? A mathematician of course likewise a Christian question could be only answered exactly by a Christian. People with other beliefs may answer too but it's not really the same result that you wanna get. We should be slow to provoke people and be open to reasoning and understanding.

Answer 5

What is discrimantion? If I feel that someone is going against God's teaching and are wrong, why is that discrimination? Have we come to the point where if you disagree with anyone, or try to hold onto any values besides others, you are discrimanating against someone. If we just use gays for example, why should a person have to rent a room in thier house to a gay if they feel it is a sin in God's eye, just because the law says. They should have thier own rights as well, now an apartment is different, but for a room in your house, it is discrimanation, no, it is a different belief system, and we need to respect all, not just those popular right now.

Answer 6

Thanks to the liberal/socialist media, the word "discrimination" has become a degrading lable, in fact it also means to be very choosey about what and whom you engage with. As far as a Chrisitan belief, we are to discriminate against sin, temptation, and all such wickedness that leads us back into the world of men where there is no hope or true joy to be found. That is the only discrimination that we are to use, which includes rejection of "Christian Cults",i.e., jahovah witness, catholicism, mormonism, seventh day adventist and a slew of other legalistic based religion that is not of Christ.

Answer 7

I would post like that for this very reason. If I'm looking for a real answer I don't want to have to weed through all the asinine ridiculous comments and insults from non believers. For some reason nonbelievers think they have to comment on every christian question. I don't answer questions about witchcraft, satanism or other things I don't like. So why do they have to comment about God when they don't beleive he even exist or do they and their afraid THEIR master will lose a soul. Its not discrimination honey its saving time and aggravation.

Answer 8

Where did you get the idea that followers of Christ are opposed to discrimination. The Bible makes it perfectly clear that we are not to be unequally yoked with non-believers. Many people would view that as discrimination. Are we in favor of treating one group or class of people better that another group or class of people, absolutely not, although each and every one of us discriminates against someone every day.

Answer 9

Discrimination is sometimes okay, prejudice is not. Sometimes you want a certain point of view. If I ask a question about teenagers and I want a teen's point of view, it's OK for me to ask that only teens answer, isn't it? Or what if I have a question about pregnancy and I only want answers from women who have had children? If someone wants to know something about Christianity, it's fair for them to ask that only Christians answer their question. They want an answer from someone within the group they're asking about.

Answer 10

(MOST) Christian's like to think they and their kind only know what they're doing. When generally, they actually don't. And by including only themselves in that, they can tell each other they know everything without the outside influence of the - STFU You don't know anything! That I intend to tell every last IGNORANT Christian. If you are Christian, and are not ignorant, don't worry. I accept you.