Why don't christians follow the teachings of Jesus?

Answer 1

They do, if they are true Christians. Many, many, many people will hear Jesus say, "Depart from me; I never knew you."

Sounds like a loaded question. I wonder what you're getting at, specifically.

Answer 2

A lot of Christ's teachings are not possible for a human to follow. No one can claim to love all people, or always turn the other cheek, it just isn't human nature to be good to all. It's why Christians get a bad rap, because they claim to follow a set of rules no mortal could follow, and that makes them hypocrites every time they act humanly. I have no disagreements with the basis of Christ's teachings, and if people would actually follow them, I could like Christians.

Answer 3

Well not all Christians are the same. The ones who call themselves Christians and don't follow God's teachings are the ones who don't have any relationship with Him.

Answer 4

do you think you can go to war and kill and still be a follower of
christ?can you be completely immoral,live in sin with another
without benefit of marriage,support the political arraingement,and
vote in the worlds affairs,and be acceptable Christ?Christ said
his followers would be no part of this world.the facts are that most
"professed"Christians do not adhere to Jesus teachings at all.
At matt.7:23,Jesus tells what he will say to LIP-SERVICE Christians,those who choose to "do there own thing".

Answer 5

Well, they're not real Christians are they. Some people wear a mask to hide the cruelty inside them.
when Christianity first started taking hold in the early 1000 A.D. many leaders of other countries only became Christians for economical and social reasons.

Answer 6

For the Christians, the most important day of the year is Christmas in which supposedly they celebrate the birth of Jesus. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people celebrate this religious holiday. The irony of Christmas is that its origins are actually pagan, and completely antithetical to Jesus who deplored pagan practises.
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Jesus was not born in the winter. December was actually the time in which the pagans used to celebrate Saturnalia in honor of the pagan god Saturn. Christians adopted the pagan German holiday of Yule which took place on December 25th. "Yule" and "Yuletide" are the archaic terms for Christmas, and this is the meaning of "Yule" in both the full Oxford English Dictionary and the Concise Oxford Dictionary. In many foreign languages, people still use the word "Yule" as opposed to Christmas.
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The ritual of decorating one's house with a Christmas tree is also from pagan origins. The pagan Romans would do this to celebrate the holiday of Saturnalia, again in honor of the pagan god Saturn. Cutting down trees and decorating them is actually forbidden as pagan in the Bible (Jeremiah, 10:2-4). Other Christmas rituals such as mistle-toe, logs, etc are also from pagan origins.
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This is not some conspiracy theory. I'm reading it from the Encyclopedia Britanica. All you have to do is open up ANY encyclopedia and look under "Christmas" and it's all written right there. So how could so many millions of Chrsitians really be so stupid that they are celebrating something in the name of Jesus even though Jesus himself would condemn it as pagan? If these Christians simply used their 'Akl, they would find out how their whole religion is based on the antithesis of the very man they claim to follow.

Answer 7

As a Christian who has read the Bible, I have to agree with the statement you're trying to make. Most of them haven't read the Bible. They know what they've been told or what others have assumed. We all fall short sometimes. I apologize for anyone who's fallen short in your life, and I pray it doesn't scare you away from a life changing, life saving faith that can light this world up for you and everyone you come into contact with.

Answer 8

They forget. The teachings of Jesus have been revealed already for more than two thousand years. Christ has returned and made people like you and me to remind them.

Answer 9

Because what Jesus taught is almost completely against what a normal persons drives are. Thus it is easier to contort what He said than actually follow it.

Answer 10

For the same reason we ask why don't Islamofascists follow the teachings of Mohammed. Its found in all religions.