Those Cracked Christians!?

Question

A common thing you hear is people saying "I respect your right to have an opinion." Sometimes you even hear "I respect your opinion."

I do respect people's right and freedom to have an opinion and have a religion. I respect it as a human right. But I DON'T respect their religion itself. I have respect for the ownership of an opinion but extreme disrespect for the opinion itself, if it's a religion with which I disagree. Religion is a very negative force in the world, and I don't respect it, especially Christianity. How can anyone have any respect for such a gloomy and negative religion as Xtianity?

God saves some, damns others. Analogy: If you had 1 million kids, would you love some of them and hate some? Or would you love them all? Or hate them all? As a human mother or father you'd love every one of 'em, and you would not condemn any of them to everlasting pain. Why should God be any different? Aren't we made in his image?

Answer 1

Welcome to the real world.Religion is about select justification,not logic.The best thing to do is protect your own rights.

Answer 2

I respect people and their opinions. I also respect religion, and I try to learn about different religions. I am a Christian, and you have the wrong idea about Christianity. God doesn't damn people to eternal torture. It's completely a choice thing.

Christianity is not a gloomy religion ... sure, there are some who give us a bad rep, but we're not all all about the rules and regulations and damning people for sinning (by the way, everyone sins, no one's perfect ... that doesn't make sinning okay, just expected) ... once you become a Christian and decide to completely live for Christ, you find a new freedom! Like, you can have fun and laugh and do normal things, but your outlook is different because you realize that we are all here to bring glory to Christ and EVERYTHING you do should be uplifting to others and give praise to God.

To use your analogy: If you had 1 million kids, of course you would love all of them, but there comes a point in each person's life when they are old enough to make their own decisions - to go out and explore the world. Even though you don't want your kids to make awful decisions and end up in the deepest dirtiest parts of the earth, you can't be right behind them all the time telling them what is wrong and what is right ... that's why we have rights and free will.

I think God respects us and our free will. Which is why He gives us the option to decide. Sure, He wants us all to go to Heaven to spend eternity with Him, but if He were to make that decision then we would all be like robots walking around having a planned destiny ... I don't think that sounds much like something God would do. Like I mean seriously, if you were to decide between Heaven and being in God's magnificence for eternity or Hell and being with Satan and his angels in eternal torture ... which would you choose?

**Remember though, being a Christ follower is a total life change, not just fire insurance.

Answer 3

God doesn't "love some of them and hate some". He loves them all. However, each individual determines where they will spend eternity based on the choices they make here on earth. And, also, you basically said that you only respect the opinion ITSELF if it is what you agree. If someone came to me with an opinion, I would respect it; perhaps I wouldn't follow in suite, but I would respect it. One doesn't have to agree with someone else to respect someone else's opinion. In the end though, what you believe doesn't matter, unless what you believe is the truth. Relativity isn't true, no matter how many people believe in it. Just because I believe that I can fly, does that mean that if I jump off of the tallest building in the world, I'll soar into the air? No, it means that if I jump off of the tallest building in the world, I'll come crashing down to the street below. What you believe doesn't matter unless you believe in the truth. I hope this helps, God bless!

Answer 4

If any child decides to forsake his/her mother and/or father, would I still love them? Undoubtedly. But if they went on a stealing spree, would I "bail them out" or would I let them suffer the consequences?
They would sit in jail. How would they understand that, by doing wrong, there are consequences for their action.
That is the love of the father. When they need correction, a good father will do that. If the children ignore this wisdom, then they still have free will to choose.
Last, God does not damn others. It is their choice to live their life without Him. If anyone choose to live their short, meager time on earth without Him, then eternity without Him is their fate.
As a father, I would do everything I can to keep my kids from any wrong. But, when they are old enough, if they choose not to accept my love and wisdom, they are on their own. Maybe then someone will see and sense their need.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. What have you got if their is no reverence of Him?

Answer 5

If you had 1 million kids, would you love some of them and hate some? Or would you love them all? Or hate them all?

I would do my best to love them all. But I'm not God.


As a human mother or father you'd love every one of 'em, and you would not condemn any of them to everlasting pain.

I believe we condemn ourselves to such things.

Why should God be any different?

He's God. I would hope the Almighty's abilities and characteristics far exceed both mine and your's.

Aren't we made in his image?

In His image, yes. But we are not made equal to God.

Answer 6

You have very valid points. All of which you should answer for yourself. Your opinion is yours, mine is mine. However, I feel as though you are contradicting yourself. Saying your respect an opinion, but not a religion. If you respect an opinion and that opinion is that there is a God, then saying something like "Those Cracked Christians" shows a lack of respect.

Answer 7

I think that before you pass judgement on Christianity you need to do some more homework. I've never seen anything that says that God does not love all of his children. In fact, he clearly states many times that he loves each and everyone. A person that is not saved may not be as close to God, but he still loves them. He loves everyone, regardless of who they are or what they've done. He loves you when you're lost and he loves when you get saved.

In light of your analogy about condemning someone, allow me to share one of my own.

As a parent, we love our children and want to see them do right and grow to be the very best that can, but at the same time, if your child were to do something wrong, wouldnt you punish them.

God saves everyone. Its our own personal choices that decide if we spend eternity in damnation.

Answer 8

How can you possibly believe that God hates some poeple and loves others? God loves all people. How can you blame Him for the actions of others? God gave us free will. When poeple use that free will -even if it is to hurt others - we blame God and say he doens't love all people? how insane!

If I had a million kids, I would expect them to follow the rules I set down for my home. And if they didn't want to do that - then they would have to find another home.
That is how I was was raised - it kept me in line . That is how I raise my duaghter -it keeps her in line as well. And I think it is fair.
I have brothers and sisters who would never come see my mother (when she was alive) unless they wanted money. So she was supposed to what? Accept them with open arms -knowing full well that they didn't really love or want her- but only her money?
Think again!

Yeah, yeah! People say they still like you and respect your right to religion, but once you stand up for what you believe they never speak to you again.
Actions speak louder than words, my friend.

Answer 9

To start, with the first portion of your message I completely concur...to each their own opinion, even if it is not something I particularly prescribe myself to...

Secondly, while acknowledging that it is hard to honor something that you don't believe, I feel that every religion should have a certain degree of respect put towards it if for no other reason but that it brings ppl together in a world that is currently torn apart by strife. There are many, MANY things that I feel are wrong yet sanctified under the pretext of religion, and those I have issues with but still hold that modicum of respect for because of the impact it is having in the community regard...

Lastly, I feel it is a grossly unjust and ignorant way of portraying things in your explanation of God's treatment of His children! He loves all of us, and wishes to nurture and protect us as much as we'll allow him. To continue the very example that you offered, if I had children who (for whatever reason) went astray and refused my love/protection, that wouldn't end the feelings I held towards them but I would be left with no choice at the end of the day but to let them learn from their own mistakes and hope that they learned from them. It is unfortunate, but appropriately fitting for His infinite way, to have to suffer the everlasting pain of losing that attachment if you cut yourself off from Him and what he gives us in life and eternity (because YOU are the only one who can rob yourself of that by stepping away, He NEVER willingly takes the joy or foists the pain on anyone!)

Answer 10

i am an agnostic but your opinion bothers me. how can you say that you respect the christians when you just said they're cracked. i think armchair atheists like you who know nothing of the deep intellectual debate between christian philosophers and atheist philosophers should refrain from applying af hominems and non sequiturs.all your arguments are immaterial and they dont disprove the existence of a god.same goes for christians who know nothing better than quote the bible. if you want to get their attention you should attack the authenticity of the bible, disprove that a god is not necessary in the order of things, and present a knockdown argument that there are no objective moral values.have a nice day

Answer 11

If I had a million children, I would do everything I could to keep them from hurting themselves, and I would try to love them and give them what they needed.

God did exactly that, when He gave His Son to redeem the world, and when He gave His Word to tell them how they could be saved. Read the Bible, the cheeriest and most hopeful work in the world, and don't just accept what some people have said about it.