Are they always looking at other people as if they were Satan's little helpers?
Is the religion their way of feeling superior in society?
2006-08-03 04:25:26 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
2006-08-03 04:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Allison L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe Christians run around with suicide belts on blowing people up because they are infidels do you? Every religion thinks that they are the only true religion but Christians tend to use kindness and love to convert people instead of missiles and suicide bombers. As for being Satan's little helpers I would think that if you believe your doing Gods work by sending body parts of innocent people into the sky you might actually be doing Satan's work. God says turn the other cheek but you actually have to have a cheek to turn don't you think?
2006-08-03 11:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by purplehays 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians that I know don't spend much time thinking about Satan or his helpers. They think more about God and how God made everybody for a purpose. If they don't like somebody's bad behavior, it is more a feeling of disappointment than enmity. I don't mean we never get mad; we do; but people get mad even at their family and friends now and then. So occasional anger is not a sign of disdain. I don't think Christians are any more prone to feelings of superiority than anybody else.
2006-08-03 11:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems that way Jane. After all if it wern't for the bad people who would they have to be better than?
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-08-03 17:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, anyone who calls themselves a Christian but spends all of their time hating and judging other people is not a Christian. They are completely missing the point of what Christ's life was all about...love and peace. So, a true Christian would not look at people or the world like that.
2006-08-03 11:43:36 · answer #5 · answered by purple4k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all, I am a Christian and a the word Christian means, "Christ Like" In the Bible, Jesus went around healing and saving sinners, not looking down on them, he died on the cross for everyone. Jesus looks at everyone the same, so that is how true Christians should be.
2006-08-03 11:37:11 · answer #6 · answered by Mom of 3 Princesses 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians believe that Jesus is part of the Divine or all of the Divine. This is the one thing that is common among all Christians. To help everyone get along, we must not try to destroy their faith and we must not try to destroy the faith of followers of God who believe that Jesus is just a man. Belief in a loving God and a God who despises violence is a God that the world really needs right now.
2006-08-03 11:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
christians or bible thumpers. i feel there is a difference. I am catholic but I consider myself a christian and do not look at people as though they are Satan's helpers.
2006-08-03 11:31:06 · answer #8 · answered by one_sera_phim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes..truly religious and faithful people do not observe and protest others' actions as they have strong enough mind to just let others be. Most christians, however, being so weak faithed and minded must attack everyone else or they would be forced to look at their own shortcomings
2006-08-03 11:33:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all. I'm sure that is applicable to some but not all. If that were true that all christians thought that way my husband would never have married me since he is a christian and I am an atheist.
2006-08-03 11:32:52 · answer #10 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians do have a superiority complex. They try to make non-christians feel bad about not be christians. Well, Christians, it doesn't work on me SO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL BAD!!!
2006-08-03 11:31:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋