"I like your Christ. But I don't like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ". - Mahatma Ghandi
2006-09-09 11:23:14 · 21 answers · asked by aurorasMOM 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
British occupation of India and many other lands is my first guess. I've heard many people say the same about almost every other religion, distant followers are hardly ever similar to the very first or the prophet, especially when your religion is handed down to you like a birth right or a name you're given, it is no longer about believing or god, no longer a choice you make and truly believe in, it becomes a tradition, yet they use it as a "divine excuse", That has very little to do with Christ!
2006-09-09 11:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by mtoi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting ... Since "Chirstians" are to make up the body of Christ ... hmm ... historically, Ghandi did live when there were challenged Christians ... but I also believed that Ghandi had an understanding of Jesus' salvation too.
Ok, here's why he wouldn't like me too well ... I'm a joker (God's gift to me which I use well in God's name sometimes and sometimes not so good ... whoops) ... check out this joke about Ghandi (giggle):
Oh that Gandhi!
So Gandhi always walked around with no shoes on so he had really rough feet. He is also renowned for his hunger strikes that made him very skinny. He was also a very spiritual man.
But due to his poor diet he had very bad breath.
So what does that make Gandhi?
A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
2006-09-09 11:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ghandi is hypocritical in this situation. Christ is the only one to ever walk the earth to not be selfish in all of his actions. Think about it, next time you do ANYTHING, it is selfish in some way. Ghandi was also selfish in his actions, and he knew it. It's that the Christians thought they weren't selfish. In fact now that i think about, Christ was selfish in his actions, but at the same time knew it. It is just you have to realize that every action by a person is selfish in some way.
2006-09-09 11:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because as Christians, a lot of times we forget what we are actually living for and instead we forget that the gift of Christ's holiness was not given to us so that we could boast in our own great accomplishments and criticize others for not being as holy as us.
So I think Ghandi saw the heart of Christ for who He really was: Love, and he respected that greatly.
We, as Christians, forget that Christ's love is how we even got redeemed and forget that we need to extend that same love unconditionally rather than hoard it for ourselves as if there is not enough to go around.
2006-09-09 11:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by villemonster 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ghandi replaced right into a sensible adult men and believed in his faith which teaches compassion and foregiveness to the "others" as acceptable way of stay. I have doubts in various of the failings being executed contained in the call of "Christianity". yet those ”issues” ensue(ed) because of deviations and incorrect interpretations of Christ's straightforward message, i. e. by using failure to love, and allowances made because of our selfish nature. Jesus made it very sparkling that both first and maximum widespread commandments are: to love God with ALL our being and specifically "issues", and to love ALL our fellow adult men & women persons, although if the may be our enemy. Any rules or "interpretations" deviating from those 2 are invalid in accordance to Jesus. I have little question that Jesus taught the right way. with the help of how, He replaced into no longer the surely human being who taught compassion AND forgiveness as rules for existence. yet i trust He did it maximum obviously. basically imagine! If all people might want to willingly (no longer because they have been informed) act out of compassion and forgiveness in route of the "others" there truly might want to be peace in the international! - No, i'm no longer proper both! Love is the answer - although the question!
2016-11-25 22:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the basic tenets of Christ's teachings were about loving your fellow man, and NOT about church or religion. Christ loved all of humanity, whereas Christians, as a whole, love their religion.
2006-09-09 23:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he said that because Christ is perfection itself...and he spreads that...but Christians are only people...are weak in front of temptation...there for we don't respect the teaching of Christ..:)
this is the short version of the answer:)
2006-09-09 11:29:31 · answer #7 · answered by bestofarmani 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably becaquse the Christians aka Brits had control over India for several years and the Indians were fighting back for control of India.
2006-09-09 11:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by Penelope's Mom 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Most honest statement about the subject ever.
Christians give Christ a bad name.
What made him say it .....his ability to see, hear and understand.
2006-09-09 11:33:07 · answer #9 · answered by Cookie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He also said something like "If it weren't for all the Christians, I'd be a christian." So obviously Christians have been doing something wrong. But, can you base a religion on its followers?
2006-09-09 11:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by Like Glue 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋