Follow up To My Previous Question???

Question

Please read my previous question, and the answers. Here's the link, or you can click my avatar and check my questions if you don't want to click the link.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060918090528AAhMkT1&r=w

Seeing as how most everyone responded, why do you think we are so willing to help an injured child of another religion, but yet we are intolerant and prejudicial to the followers of other religions?

Don't say that isn't true, because I sit on this board everyday, and it plays out before my eyes.

And I wasn't trying to play the religions against each other. I was seeking to find what is in your hearts by the answers you gave.

Answer 1

I believe the Bible says love your enemy. It is easy to love those who love you but much harder to love your enemy.

I have found in my life experiences that most Bible thumpers can quote word for word different passages in the Bible yet they can't live them in real life. It also says judge others as you want to be judged yet most Christians I know are the worst to judge others, especially their own family
... of course I'm not using exact quotes but paraphrasing.... I'm not a Bible thumper but I do try to treat others the way I would want to be treated.

However, when looking at the Christian faith we must also realize that the Lord does not expect us to be perfect, hense the sacrafice of his Son.

Many people forget this making it so easily to jump to judgement of others when we see them sin or error (if your a non-believer).

""it's not the children who are being violent and murdering countless others in the name of their religion.""

Although you may be right, the children are taught to self sacrafice and murder for their religion since birth.

It is a goal in their life to be a suicide bomber.

One thing I think people tend to forget... these countries have been having religious wars long before our country ever came into existance, some even before Christianity. My only point here is I don't think the U.S. has any right to interfere

Answer 2

Rather than being leading, facetious, or in need of more and more follow-up questions, maybe you should get right to the point and ask if people would help the murderer of their children. Are you saying that that's what you would do? And that that would be the morally superior position of an atheist? My questions are not rhetorical; I would really like your point of view.

Also, having a position or a belief on anything (as everyone does, even you) could technically be called a 'prejudice,' but it does not necessarily define someone as a bigot or connotate a negative character trait. Generalizing everyone of faith as being 'intolerant and prejudicial' seems pretty intolerant and stereotyping itself, doesn't it?

Answer 3

Maybe you should ask this, WHat is true love and how do we find it.


The answer for all your questions is this:


1 Corinthians 13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.


So what would I do? I would do everything I can do at that point in time to help anyone, regardless of the persons religion or backround.

Answer 4

The truth is that our religions have nothing to do with whether or not we are willing to help people. It is all in our minds. Not to mention the fact that we are hypocrites. I will believe them when i see them do it, but then a christian will say have faith. I am not going to lie to myself and say that i will help cause i do not know what i will do on the spot. Would i help a child of another religion? Yep!!!!!!!
Would i help the murder's son? I don't know.

Answer 5

I draw a distinction between the person and his or her religion. I have helped (and will continue to do so) many folks of different faiths -- or of no faith at all. A person in need is a person, no matter what faith.

However, those of other faiths will not receive my assistance if they wish my time, effort or funds to advance their beliefs.

Peace.

Answer 6

That's interesting. My guess would be that most people equate childhood with a certain innocence and newness; children do not choose a faith, they are born into one. I think that is how children remain equal across religious boundaries.

Answer 7

Because children are more easily influenced, in some cases.

In other cases, it's hard to sit by and watch an innocent child in pain.

Answer 8

hmmm...well i am not of any religion......to each his own is my motto......the bottom line is people should be willing to help for it is the right thing to do....i guess you really can't "teach" right from wrong.....but to not help someone who is dieing in the street...well i just can't comprehend that...

and i do have friends of many different religions...and yes they all from some time or another try to get me to go to their church...(as you know ,each one claims to be the "right " church)...but like i said....to each his own...

Answer 9

I'll help anyone if they need it. Granted if they had hurt me before I would not be very quick, I might even wait to think, but I try to help people. If you're nice to me I'm nice to you, and if you need help and I don't know you, I'm there.

():-D
shadowgirl

Answer 10

it's not the children who are being violent and murdering countless others in the name of their religion.