What's the "ONE" thing you would love for Christians to understand about you and your beliefs.
For some it might be for acceptance, to leave you alone, For others it might be respect.
But what's the one thing you wish Christians would just get?
2006-08-07 13:32:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You've limited this to ONE thing, so here goes:
The constitutional separation of church and state protects Christians and churches as much as it protects people who are non-believers. Christian efforts to pass laws to force non-believers compliance with religious rules only puts religion in government pockets and restrict its ability to serve a prophetic role when government misbehaves.
Efforts to criminalize homosexuality or prevent gay marriage, inflict legal controls over women's bodies, limit stem cell research, and restrict free speech indicate that the church is more interested in destroying freedoms than convincing people to love one another.
This is repugnant to a freedom loving people and makes Christianity look like an American version of the Taliban or the Conquistadors. Drop the rope in the culture wars, and begin working from a philosophy of attraction rather than a philosophy of enforcement.
2006-08-07 15:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reject the notion that an omni-potent, all-powerful God operates on a single, narrow bandwidth, and rejects every other signal. Your ideology is arrogant and greatly diminishes the power that an infinite-being might possess. A religion that proclaims "The only way to the Father is thru the Son??" really has no salvation at all - it is a brain-dead, attempt to shorn the infinite of infinite possibilities....
2006-08-07 20:40:39 · answer #2 · answered by noitall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can be a moral person without belief in a higher being. Saying that we must learn the difference between right and wrong from an ancient book is an insult to humanity.
2006-08-07 20:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That we are not gonna burn in hell, we don't believe in it so we can't. I hate that, especially from ppl who say they are good Christians. I just want us to respect each others beliefs, to take time to understand why we believe in the things we do. Oh and stop calling me immoral, just because i dont believe in god doesn't mean i am an insane axe murderer!
2006-08-07 20:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by bobatemydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That threatening an atheist with hell is like an alien threatening them with their belief, and that this is no longer a good way to convert people, especially people of logic.
2006-08-07 20:39:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep religion in the church. I don't need to be saved. I have heard it all. I don't believe, and you won't convert me. Hell and a cruel god do not scare me, just keep it to yourself.
2006-08-07 20:39:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...that simply because a belief makes you feel better and has tradition behind it, that doesn't make it true.
2006-08-07 20:40:35 · answer #7 · answered by mathematician 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I want them to understand this very essence of my lack of belief:
"QUESTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THEN ANSWERS"
A. Einstein
2006-08-08 21:22:08 · answer #8 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That my belief system is every bit as valid as theirs, and I don't need them to try and save me.
2006-08-07 20:36:27 · answer #9 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you keep asking this same question?
2006-08-07 20:37:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋