...Ever shook you up or challenged/changed your perspective of that faith?
I worked at a children's clothing store, and one day a priest came in and asked for my help picking out baby clothes. I figured he was donating them to a charity but... He was giving them to one of his secretaries at the church, a young unwed mother. He figured she was going to have a hard time and wanted to help her out. Have you ever had a similiar experience, where you expected one thing based on your perspectives of the person's faith, and were taken by surprise?
2006-09-25 13:02:10 · 13 answers · asked by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Laylo... I could kinda tell by his outfit. And the way he said, "Hi. I'm Father ****. Could you help me out?"
2006-09-25 13:34:24 · update #1
I am a Roman Catholic. My friend who was Evangelical challenge my beliefs based on the Bible alone. This concept is not part of my belief system, so I set out to learn the Bible more thoroughly so we could debate (in a positive way) our beliefs, opinions, and relationship with Jesus Christ.
She taught me my Catholic Faith through the Bible better than 12 years of Catholic Education! My Faith did not change, but was enlarged by our exchange, discussions, and inquiry.
Wonderful friend and experience. I respected her beliefs much more as well.
2006-09-25 13:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how about people of same sect, but different faith (unbeliever)
this was a person who "fell away" out of faith from own family, also out of the church and became focus for prayers to be saved again (backslider)
this person was ostracised due to being a smoker...but when crisis hit was the best example of morals and godliness
just like a good samaritain
all the religious people didn't act, the religious people were not there when it was needed, and 'samaritan' sheltered the child from the incident, all others became religious and lost their dang mind and cared for religion not for the individual, to make sense of how god could allow such a tragedy (damage control more important)
teaching came before reality and real needs
the mother did not provide a home thanks to religion, but the 'sinner' did it out of natural concern and compassion one would think to come from "righteous" people
so the unlikely 'bad person' who was supposed be the bad influence was the brightest example of reason and compassion in a world that didn't make sense and is more an agnostic or athiest, also shunned the hypocrisy of her former faith and ludicrousness of the double standards
2006-09-25 20:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am always AMAZED when a religeous person does something charitable, giving, and also sometimes just by a persons presence. Often religeous people have an air about them that makes me feel instant respect.
It surprises me because of so many people just preaching at me and not even listening to my views and why I beleive them. I lose patience with the fundamentalists. Some religeous people are holy. I suspect that all of them have a few holy people.
2006-09-25 20:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyday, recently we had a seminar in town and I was posting flyers out around town. I particularly do not like 3 faiths, and one of these faiths we posted a flyer on a telephone pole outside of their church along the public sidewalk. I drove by there a week later and it was still there, they did not rip it down and I thought, damn, they are better Christians than we (the people that hung the sign) are.
2006-09-25 20:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by Rob 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My high school Religious Studies teachers for this year and last year (both priests) have given me the mindset that all Catholic priests have the inablility to think for themselves. I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but that's the impression I'm getting.
2006-09-25 20:23:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The good done by people of faith never ceases to impress and inspire me. Sadly, religion's power to inspire hatred and violence is always there, too.
2006-09-25 20:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blows those generalizations right out of the water, doesn't it?
2006-09-25 21:19:08 · answer #7 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cant judge a book by its cover is something you hear over and over but its human nature to believe we can
2006-09-25 20:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by mangy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
I dont assume anything
I find that alot of women have that problem and not many men
I could be wrong
but no, I dont assume anything.
I learned that in 4th grade from my math teacher
he broke down assume for me.
assoutofuandme
2006-09-25 20:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by Xae 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't stereotype and don't label, this will make life much more hassle free.
2006-09-25 20:06:20 · answer #10 · answered by abebaig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋