Everyone answer plz......?

Question

Be HONEST plz. what is a Good experience you had with another person of different belief and Bad experience for the same type of belief. Has this effected your outlook on that certain religion/belief?

I liked the one person's question where he's agnostic and asking what atheist and religious ppl think of each other so i want to do that too. Except everyone can rate the answer's on this, not just me thanks :)

theycallme it was more like an invitation for people to rate the answers.....sorry if i worded it to sound bad towards you or anything

Answer 1

I am catholic. Some very good experiences I have had with MUSLIMS, are that they are quiet natured, and easy to be around. I have two good muslim friends who help me at the university and vice versa.
A bad experience...they don't drink beer :(

Answer 2

If your point is that not everybody bad is on the other side, and that not everybody is good on my own side, I think you shouldn't have bothered to make this elaborate question for that. I'm an ignostic who doesn't care if there is a god, but who has a feeling that he doesn't exist. Now, the first friend I have ever had (when I was 2) and who is my friend still now, when I'm 35, is a very convinced Catholic. We get along very well, and I would stand for him and his being an excellent person, in front of anyone else. I mean, I have no doubt whatsoever that he's a great guy. And whenever we discuss religion (that's about every time we meet) we don't ever come to an agreement, but I still respect him, because I know that he just claims what he really, truly, sincerely and deep in his heart believes to be true.

And on the other hand, I have witnessed some unbelievers even discriminate against believers. And when that was the case, I stood up for the believers. I don't think discrimination is the answer to any problem.

Answer 3

I have had good experiences with everyone from Atheists, Agnostics, Buddhists, Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Satanists, Wiccans, Pagans, Eclectics (Which I am), Muslims, and Jewish people. I never had a problem with any of them. The only people I had a problem with are the religious zealots who keep persisting they are right and that I must convert. This goes across the board. One or 2 Atheists but not all. Also those who misrepresent themselves because of a lack of knowledge of the beliefs which they claim to be. I came across this mostly with the Christians and Satanists.


Overall they all follow a code of morals and the true followers of each are good people. But if I had to choose The best out of them all I would say that the Pagans, Wiccans, Eclectics, Agnostics, Buddhist and Hindus gave me the least amount of problems because they tend to be the most open minded.

Answer 4

I've had good experiences and bad ones with people of just about every belief system imaginable. It has never colored my perceptions of any religion. Jerks come in all walks of life, and the ones who happen to be rude little snots shouldn't be seen as representative of every adherent of that religion or whatever group they happen to be from. Every group has a few members who do their damnedest to make the rest of the group look bad and ruin it for them all....doesn't mean EVERYONE in that group is going to be like the nutcases.

Answer 5

Atheists and agnostics are not necessary bad people. they are human beings. Remember Saul was a Christian killer before he was called to do business with God.

One of my best friends is atheist. We do not talk too much about the Bible, but we are able to do so. I just met a nice friend, and I found out that she is not Christian and we are actually very different with our spiritual level. We can be friends. I just have to be careful not to tick her off about this heaven and hell stuff. I cannot keep it to myself, but when I know that she clearly understand the consequences...I need to respect her free will. God respects it. I just need to enjoy her here. I am interested about the human nature. I try to be as faithful to my Lord as I can. It is like " How you would feel if your best friend started to side with your enemies to avoid conflict?"... Relationships can be challenging. It is not if you have problems, it is about how you handle them.

I actually have had some bizarre situations with other believers. We all make mistakes. I have done my share.

Answer 6

You know, I don't think I put any restriction on people rating the answers on mine. Or do you mean voting for best answer?

Hmmm... I don't really know to be honest. I've not had much bad experience with any known agnosticists, and I don't tend to keep track of which people are Christian and which people aren't. My bad experiences mostly happened back in high school, but I don't know of anyone else who held my agnosticism back then. I guess, though, there was this one arrogant prick of a guy I used to roleplay online who was an athiest (back when I, too, was an athiest) and I hated his guts. And I had a really interesting talk about Science Fiction with a devout catholic.

Answer 7

I have friends that are Muslim and from Pakistan. They live here in America now and are awesome people with the same family dynamic as ours. There are huge cultural differences and some things that I don't understand but the feeling is probably mutual. However, they are very giving, loyal, family oriented people with humor and warmth. They love America. Through them I am reminded that not all Muslim people are violent or religiously biased. We've had our religious discussions and they have alot of respect for Christians and the belief in Jesus Christ. They just don't believe He is the Christ or the Son of God. This makes me sad of course but after a while..you just have to love and accept people even though you faith systems differ. I've known Christians who don't walk the walk in spite of all the talk. I've known also Christians who have been taught false doctrine that when you point out to them in the Bible where they have been led astray by mainstream church traditional teaching they snub their nose at scripture in favor of doctrine taught by men. Once such is that the Old Testament is obsolete. This is untrue but they refuse to see it. Its affected my outlook by making me more faithful to Trust in the Word of God and not in man. Love in Christ, ~J~ <><

Answer 8

When you are in love, you think everything will work out. But it doesn't. You may think it will, but most likely personal beliefs will collided.

When what you want you can't have been of what you belief, you find that love does not conquer all. Result: You are less of on optimist, move pessimist, evolving into a realist.

Next time you want to discuss emotional issues, find something you understand.

Answer 9

I love talking to people of other religions, I can learn so much. I have questioned my religion many many times but god always shows me himself once I am close to unbelieving. The one thing that other christians do that upsets me is pushing religion on people in that "turn or burn" kind of way. Which just ends up making people think all christians are ignorant, religious fanatics. God has blessed my family so much.

Answer 10

Actually I was pleasantly surprised to find that some atheists and agnostics share some similar values as Christians. They are not all as shallow as I was led to believe. {This is not to say some Christians are not shallow. We will NOT go there,} This was an interesting surprise. But it just reinforces the fact that we can't generalize.