In Scotland this week it has all been going crazy between the two sets of Christians over one of the Glasgow footballers geniflecting at a football game: he has been banned from doing it because it is offensive to protestants....given the amount of general hatred between Christians and muslims as well as Gnostics Vs Agnostics how do people have time to hate amongst their own religons too?!
2006-08-29 21:51:29 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's a very good question! I've never been able to figure out the point of all the Christian denominations...I grew up in a non-denominational church myself :)
2006-08-29 23:01:40 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Luveniar♫ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Ireland it was said to be Protestants and Catholice, the truth was it was betweed republicans and royalists - a political dispute under the guise of religion.
The truth is that there are Born Again Christians in both the Catholic religion and in Protestant religions too. The real Christions have a message of love and acceptance and won't be phased by geniflecting (your spelling, I know what it means but not how to spell it).
I believe that banning it was an overreaction and anyone offended by the action were Christian in name only.
Hatred between Christians and Muslims? Once again, true Christians don't hate. Many people call themselves "Christian" because they were born in "Christian countries" or because they have Christinn parents or because they celebrate Christmas and Easter or some other reason - not because they have become one by choice (ask a question to find out how to become one).
True Christians love and pray for Muslims and many other groups, not a feature of hateing someone.
The bible tells that "God is love" To live in love is Ggod's plan. That is the truth.
2006-08-29 21:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by jemhasb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because Christianity in most of its various forms , is taught to children in such a way that they believe that they and they alone are right. That theirs is the one true religion and the one true god, to the exclusion of all others. they therefore have no, or very little tolerance of anybody else`s beliefs. I have listened to Christians talking to and about other peoples and faiths as if they were somewhat less than animals.
It is , I guess the same for other religions. I hope not all.
One must remember also that `God` was on the side of Britain in WW2 and on the side of Germany. Nice of him not to be picky eh ?
As all religions are invented by man and are basically a control mechanism to keep us all in our place, it is very difficult in any society to break free and develop our own view on what is going on in the world. I agree that religions provide us with laws and regulations that are necessary for society to function ,but, so do judges and politicians. One must be very careful when indulging in any practice that requires blind faith, you are by definition, blind and threreby allowing yourself to be ruled by something that you cannot question.
The incident in question was a great example of how religion and its, basically misunderstood differences can be used to incite a violent reaction from, what one must assume to be a less than well educated crowd of people. Great when you have `Jerry` to fight eh ? `Over the top boys...for God and country eh what ?`
Not so good on a saturday afternoon out with your children for a bit of sporting entertainment.
Most religious leaders do seem to live in some rather splendid palaces.So, keep an open mind and just watch where the money goes eh ?
2006-08-29 22:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by Robert Abuse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sadly i was brought up in amongst all this catholic , protestant hating ... i was even in the orange lodge as a child as was my family .. we were proud of being protestant
that was until one of my dads long time friends passed away , and dad was told that he could not go to his funeral as it was in a chapel ....
that was the day my family woke up to the stupidity of it all and i thank the day that happened ...
dads friend meant more to him than any religious bickering
at the end of the day ... people are people ... the same just with different names
and despite the football idiots , i do feel that this segregation is slowly breaking down and there isn't so much of a divide any more
hopefully it will continue
2006-08-29 22:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by Peace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're so right. the crazy thing is - no one but God and Yeshua Messiah have a corner on Judeo/Christianity. They all teach out of (basically - translations a little different) the same Book, and it's really shameful for any one group to think they have all the answers when it comes to God.
I've studied them all in depth and it seems like each group has some right things - and it only becomes more clear when you put these seperate pieces together.
2006-08-29 21:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this the first you're hearing of Catholics and Protestants hating each other? This has been going on for a very, very long time. There's always room for more hatred and war when it comes to religion.
2006-08-29 21:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? The Irish Catholics and Protestants have as bloody a history as you'll find between any religious groups! Of course it's not purely religious, there's a component of Irish/English nationalism too.
And the extremist branches of Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq are *bitter* enemies. They don't like us, but we're just stinking foreigners, not traitors to the faith. Most of their current attacks aren't even targeting us, they want to obliterate each other even more, believe it or not...
2006-08-29 22:13:10 · answer #7 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an example of how politics enter religion! People are allowed to believe and practice their faith as they see fit for themselves. Just don't push it on each other. Someone praying or showing acts that reflect their religion is not offensive, unless they are intentionally hurting others, like anything else. We've got to stop judging each other to get these wars to end as well!
2006-08-29 22:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by Cub6265 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Lutheran, and all my friends (and my husband) are Catholic. I've never had any problems with them. The best summary I've heard is that all Christians are crazy, but Catholics are crazier than they have to be. That could actually apply to us Lutherans, too, since my synod is the strictest of all Protestants.
2006-08-29 22:02:34 · answer #9 · answered by p2of9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say, so what else is new?
I guess that is just old news. (the comment about hate, that is.) Religion is the most common cause of war, hatred and disruption among 'fellow man'.
2006-08-29 22:01:23 · answer #10 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋