Why is everyone so closed to the gospel on this site. Most people I have read have just dissed the Christians.

Answer 1

Jesus promised us we would suffer for his sake. Be thankful for those that ridicule us!

Answer 2

I really don't think it is a case of "dissing" Christians, or being closed to the "gospel". I don't believe in the Bible, apart from it being a collection of stories. I am certainly not a Christian. But I don't have a problem with people who are, or who do believe.

Where a lot of the so called "dissing" seems to come from is retaliation to having other peoples ideas thrust upon us. Comments like "If you don't worship God, then you worship Satan", or launching into speeches along the lines of if you don't follow Jesus you are damned for eternity, Even worse those self opinionated buffoons who claim failure to believe in the "Gospel" the way they do makes unbelievers immoral, or somehow deficient. These sorts of comments are bound to get uncomplimentary responses.

I believe in treating everyone the way I would like to be treated myself. It's a shame so many of the self proclaimed Christians don't actually follow the ideals of their chosen faith rather than taking the fire and brimstone approach. Doesn't the "Gospel they love to spout from say God is love.

HRH

Answer 3

OK, let me give a little background on myself here. I spent 9 of the worst years of my life being raised with a christian background...I attended a catholic school, attended church faithfully, and read and studied the bible, well...religiously. Family members worked with very devout Jewish people, who were pretty open to questions. I would spend the summer in the park, where the born agains would hold a "mini-day camp" type event. I was exposed to various religions from a young age on. As far as most of it went, questioning and asking for proof usually resulted in either suspension, being told to pray on it, or being told outright that I was damned for doubting. Reading the bible didn't help much.

The gospel isn't what I'm closed to, per se. It's the devotion to a book, that at best has been proven to be historically inaccurate, admittedly editted to bolster a particular point of view, and generally (even if it's only stories on how to be a good person) irrelevant in this day and age.

According to the bible, one must be cleansed of original sin. How can a new life be guilty of anything...especially when the bible also says that the sins of the father are not the sins of the son? How can eating of the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE be a bad thing, never mind, who did god complain to when they did it...How can a male god create life? How did god create adam and eve, let them loose in his private playground, and then 2 chapters later create adam and later still, eve? Why did god encourage adam and eve to conquer, and master their world, yet have his son say," the meek shall inherit the earth"? The inconsistencies alone are maddening. Worse still, is only using the parts of the bible that work for ones own belief systems. On a daily basis, people claim that its only the new testament that counts, yet judge sin by the 10 commandments!

The gospels, as I commented on earlier, are only a handful that support what the church wanted. What ever happened to the gospel attributed to Mary Magdalene? Why would a reformed whore's interpretation be less worthy than someone who followed and worshipped? Did she not have enough of a turn around? This particular gospel was proven to be from the proper time frame as the published gospels? What about the books not published for being too jewish? or too evangelical?

There is archaeological evidence of numerous other "saviors" and "messiahs" from the same time period, all of which performed similar miracles, and acts, yet none are mentioned.

If this is taken as a "dis"...sorry. It's not meant as disrespect to people who are trying to live a decent "moral" life. Any disrespect that is intoned is directed more to blind faith, without looking for fact. The only proven fact contained in the bible concerning Jesus is that a man named Jesus was born...he wasn't even called "The Christ" until almost a hundred years later.

Answer 4

Why? Possibly most of the "dissers" are kids who think they're bullet proof and others who are so full of themselves, they won't look outside of the little world they live in. Anything that doesn't slap them in the face as certified proof doesn't exist - at least that's how most of them think.

When push comes to shove, I'd rather believe in God and be proven I'm right than not to believe and be proven I was wrong. I'm smart enough to know I can be run over by a car without having to actually step in front of one "just to make sure" it wasn't something somebody made up to scare me into submission.

There are 'nasties" on both sides of the coin, but the nasties who claim to be Christian aren't being Christian at all. Any one who thinks a Christian is hateful is wrong, because that's not what we're about.

I try to be the best Christian I can be and I readily admit that I fail at times, but I'm not a "hater" nor do I "diss" non-believers. The job of judging hasn't been given to me and until it is, I'll let the "higher ups" handle it.

Answer 5

I'm a Christian, and I got to tell you bro, even I think that probably the MAJORITY of the Christians on this site are really overwhelmingly annoying with their preaching.

Every once in a while I'll answer a religious question about Christianity to the best of my ability, and I don't think it's that annoying. Because I'm answering a question, you know.
But there's tons of people here who plug Jesus into everything. Probably people who lay down the gospel when somebody asks for a cheescake recipe, and that just doesn't fly.

So, naturally, they're gonna get bad press.

Some try to retaliate by attacking atheists, but that's just bashing the ground they stand on and breaking their own principles.

But, anyway, there's your answer.

Answer 6

I am not "closed to the Gospel"; I've asked several questions about it. I just want to be able to approach it with an open mind, just not an open heart - and if you feel that's a "diss," I apologize but that's been my experience.

Answer 7

Christianity alone is being dissed...But we should not judge anyone for that is God's job..I feel everyone no matter what religion you are is trying to get to heaven...So as long as you don't break the 10 commandments cause its in all religion, and you do your best to live right then no matter what religion you are, you have a good chance to get to heaven...

Answer 8

Religion is not dissed . It is misunderstood and many People have their views and opinions about it. And it is hardly ever discussed without some one disagreeing and taking and making it all out of its true meaning, I suggest you only ask Gospel and religious questions to only people who are such..

Answer 9

..as whitewingsforever55 said ... most of the world feels that Christians are condemning them and their lifestyle and that somehow their freedom of choice is threatened. They also conclude that Christianity is against all that is relative to peace and harmony among men and that Christians are delusional on this to the point of causing the exact opposite .. this is a huge deception that is in the world today and it is in fact one of the signs of the times that we live in. As Jesus predicted, there will come a time when anyone that kills you will think they do the world and God a service.

Answer 10

I don't "diss" any Christians.....but I don't believe in Christianity nor do I want have the gospel preached to me.

Answer 11

As you will notice more and more people are tired of the baloney crap that spews from the mouths of closed minded christians who think that the world should have to hear about their interpretation of gods will. Organized religion is dangerous and good people are waking up to that every day. If christians would stop making other people sex lives and the products of their business, then we might not trash ya so bad. As one grat bumpersticker said " dear god, protect me from your followers"