What has Christianity or one of the different Christian denominations done to you if you hate it so much?

Question

I am trying a different approach here. I am interested in as to why some people feel such strong hatred for Christians and Christianity or any other religious affiliation. What has it done to YOU personally to make you hate it? I am not asking why you choose to disagree or not believe but why you HATE it? I do not hate anyones beliefs even those that I disagree with. To each his own.

I can understand being "miffed" or feeling offended but, why hate everyone for some peoples offenses? Are we all responsible for the sins of another?

I agree that we are to be our brothers keeper meaning to help our brother but you can not blame us if our brother chooses to disregard teaching.

Answer 1

I cannot give you a completely accurate answear as i have been a Christian all my life, but i do try to understand non-believers, from what i have found here are some reasons:

Many people dislike us, because we try to teach them about The LORD, and they don't want to listen, because they want to live their lives how they want, not how The LORD wants.

Others hate us because we try to inform them of their sins, wrongdoings, and errors, and they don't want to know them, again, because they want to live their lives how they want, not how The LORD wants.

Some Christians are just so caught up with their ''obey MY religion, or you shall rot in hell'' attitude, that people despise them for it, and then assume all of us are like that.

Some haters of The LORD post lies in newspapers, and other places, and people read this false information, thinking it's truth, and grow to dislike us for it.

And, finaly, on some rare occasions, a priest, or pastor, has actually caused the death of their loved ones, accidentaly, i shall give an example.

Years ago, a small child lost her mother, and the priest told her that The LORD needed her mother to help her in Heaven(this also desplays a selfish LORD) and that when the little girl died, she would be with her mother again.
So, the little girl, naturally trusting the adult, and missing her mother, commited suicide in the hopes of being with her again.

A sad story, from many years ago...And from something like that a family could grow to hate the priest, and his Religion, and one rotten fruit, spoils the bunch, as they tell people of this, more and more people begin to dislike the Religion.

Answer 2

In a word: hypocrisy.

How would you feel if, at the age of fourteen, your grandfather passed away ... And your pastor came to your house to "console" your family, particularly your grandmother ... And he decided that he needed to tell her than your grandfather would not be in heaven because he was never formally baptised into the faith?

That's just one of many episodes that I've had with so-called "Christians", and in this case a pastor.

It is also based in a practice of fear and persecution when it is supposed to be based on compassion. And this has become all the more apparent with the rise of the religious right in the U.S., and is reflected in an overwhelming number of posts on Y!A.

And I don't hate it - I just choose not to participate in the religion. People can say that I never really was a Christian then, all they want, if that makes them feel better about themselves and why they have caused me to choose to leave.

In response to your last question, I think that Cain asked a similar question of God - "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9)

Answer 3

I think that overall, Christians are good people but sometimes you guys get tempted into doing things that are considered a "sin." So in order to for you to deny yourself those temptations, you shift the focus away from yourself and instead, focus on those who live freer lives and condemn them for doing what it is you are so tempted to do.

I think that people are tired of the hypocrisy of those in the Christian faith. It's not the letter, it's the spirit, of the word, I believe.

One thing that does bother me - it's not anything personal toward me - but one thing that seems to be a recurring theme with those who live by the Bible is the willingness to forego stem cell research - and for what? It's like society is ready to move forward, scientifically, and it's those few *annoying* people who refuse to move with it and impede groundbreaking progress that make me mad.

But, honestly, I don't hate Christians just because they are Christians. However, I am quite leery of the more fundamental ones. I am fairly liberal - I am pro drug legalization, pro prostitution, pro choice, pro gay marriage, just about pro everything. I think even moderate Christians would have a serious problem with me.

Answer 4

I was raised with the concept that god needed to be obeyed and appeased to get into heaven, otherwise you'd go to hell. This was a horrible worldview that was experienced in everything -- sex, misbehavior, 'bad' thoughts, etc. I was a friggin mess, even developing the OCD form of 'scrupolisity' because of this horrible ego god. Years of therapy and books and some experiences made me realize that this god was NOT the real god -- that it was an ego projection and that the real god had NOTHING to do with hell, sin, punishment, etc. If I only I had known that when I was a kid -- decades of suffering would have been avoided.

Answer 5

I was mocked and ridiculed by the majority of my high school because of my non-Christian beliefs. I think I have fairly good cause to be "miffed".

Answer 6

What is up with so many "Christians" using the word "hate"?

I have been an atheist for many years and don't hate anyone.

God does not exist is not based on emotion (hate), it is a fact.

Bible thumpers aren't worthy of hatred, they deserve sympathy.

Answer 7

Looked down their snoots and been hostile. Repeatedly!

And I'm a follower of Jesus, but not any church, there's not one out there worth following. Nothing but a bunch of false prophets each claiming to show you the way.

Answer 8

If you truly want to know why good loving people sometimes get angry with Christians you actually need to listen to what they are saying. You need to try to understand how what you are doing is making them feel.

It hurts your feelings when someone pokes fun or makes disparaging comments about what you believe in. You know it does. People’s beliefs are precious to them, just as yours are precious to you. Simply thinking or saying but my beliefs are right and theirs are wrong does not help. In fact it is always seen as arrogant and often comes off making the one saying it sound like a fool.

People believe in what makes sense to them from their perspective, even if it makes no sense logically when it is looked at from any other perspective. Look around you at the great diversity the creator has given us to experience in this life. See the colorful and ever changing panorama that we have here to experience within. If this shows us any one thing about our creator, it makes it apparent that He/She loves this idea of diversity. If you look at any aspect of life, trees, birds, languages, or even sunsets you see an almost dizzying array of possibilities. This life we have been given by our Father/Mother God is a veritable feast of diversity from which we may chose what pleases us.

Such is the gift this life we have been given. Why is it so hard to imagine that our creator’s obvious love for diversity would not extend to the way his children expressed their love for him? If it seemed appropriate to have thousands of types of insects, birds, trees and sunsets etc. how likely is it that She would have suddenly become so narrow minded when it came to ways to express ones faith. Think about it. Just for a moment forget what you have been told over and over about their being only one correct way to approach God. Would this God who so obviously thrives on diversity even want that? When viewed from this perspective it makes one wonder about the source of the my-way or the highway idea of god. Sounds a lot more like ego bound narrow-minded human control issues than the work of our God who seems to have made diversity his trademark.

There is only one God; He/She has had many names. After all should we expect people who speak different languages to all call God by the same name? This would hardly seem to be a logical expectation. Jesus told us to love our neighbor, not to judge our neighbor or try to fix our neighbor, Only to love them. We are hardly being loving when we are insulting the way they express their love for our creator by telling them we have a better way. This can only make us seen like an arrogant know it all. The obvious consequence being our comments will hurt their feelings and they will say or do something to return the insult.

If we want our faith to grow we need to stop going around singing “MY Gods better than your God “. We need to shut up about their beliefs and start teaching by example. If we have learned anything about loving our neighbors like Jesus asked us to, it will show. People will be drawn to this loving belief system and want to know more about it. This is what being a Christian means. Anything else is just being an arrogant know it all.

Answer 9

They keep bothering you until you convert to Christian. They are so annoying, can't stand them anymore.