2006-08-29 11:19:02 · 24 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Notice how few are actually bothering to offer anything?
2006-08-29 11:33:47 · update #1
I gave her question a thumbs-up!
I love everybody that does something good in their life.
2006-08-29 11:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think with many people there is a trust issue and they don't want ANYTHING to do with the "structure" that the Christian dwells within. It is not necessarily the nice Christian person.
I appreciate what you are trying to do, and I believe that love should be completely honest, which will probably make a "loving Christian" mad....At least that is my experience....
The truth is that I can love the person, but I honestly hate the structure "the beast" of Christianity.... I think that it has done incredible amounts of damage to many people on the earth....And I don't want to be part of that anymore...
And I have found that the sweetest people will pick up a sword, so to speak, and dashed you to pieces if you threaten their church or their Jesus.....I have seen some violent outbursts from some of the "most loving," so I thought, people...It is a spiritual phenomenon and it is mind-boggling.
2006-08-29 11:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by Denise W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How many Christians would give thumbs down to a Muslim expressing love for all? Not all Christians by any means, but quite a few would come back with very unloving and bitter remarks. From what I've seen here Christians are more often biased than they are biased against.
2006-08-29 11:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there are so many thumbs -down when a Christian expresses love for all of us, because many Christians express it but do not do it. I have the Love of Christ, I try to do what He says in the expression of that love. I do not always get it done, but that is what I have to offer. But I do try.
2006-08-29 11:26:57 · answer #4 · answered by Carol M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All I offer is honesty. I just don't believe most of them when they tell people that. Been around the world too many times, seen too many so called good Christian people. When push comes to shove, they would look the other way and save themselves in a New York minute. That's not love.
2006-08-29 11:35:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't noticed Christians expressing love; that would get a thumbs-up... provided it was not contained in an otherwise stupid answer. Stupidity trumps love, every time.
I do notice Christians invoking the non-existent love of a non-existent, imaginary sky-daddy... that gets a thumbs-down. What would be the point in encouraging delusion?
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"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion." ~ Robert M. Pirsig
2006-08-29 11:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not thumbs-down when a Christian expresses love for all of us. It's thumbs-down when a Christian tells us to pray for god, even knowing we don't share the belief in a god, to begin with.
Anyway, what do I have to offer? A lifetime of mental freedom, devoted to growing your own spiritual life, without making it dependent on a fairy tale character that no one has any logical reason to believe in.
2006-08-29 11:25:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Hey to each his/her own. Express love....thats cool, but most born again christians are the "worship like me, or you are going to hell" type of people, and they try to shove their religion down peoples throats. That is NOT COOL. Just because it works for them doesn't mean it'll work for everyone. THOSE christians might have spoiled it for the others who simply just wanna spread some love.
2006-08-29 11:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by qn.harpy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love that does not know its object is shallow. Love that is genuine has some knowledge of its object.
Love that is spread willy-nilly to all creatures loses meaning. It only means that the speaker is too lazy to learn about other people. It gives nothing to the recipient, only makes the speaker feel good for having done nothing at all. The statement, "I love everyone," is self-serving.
2006-08-29 11:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Satin is the ruler of this system of things and he has blinded the hearts of many. In these last days times are critcal and hard to deal with. Satin wants everyone to not believe in God and not do his will but rather he wants everyone to feel hatred towards Gods people. When you laugh at godly love you are allowing Satin to win. No man has nearly as much to offer to one another than God has offered his followers .
2006-08-29 11:28:02 · answer #10 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋