Hello , I am a strong believer of Jesus Christ and the King James Bible. However, I have heard of Churches in the passed that they didn't like a certain book or Cd or movie. They either burned the books and or stomped on the cd's and movies and Etc. What do you think of churches doing this? Do you think they are over doing it and they already supported the people that they baught them from?
2006-09-28 07:22:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Those people that did that are fanatics, and are trying to push their fanaticism onto others...
2006-09-28 07:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am quite familiar with this--in fact I was forced to participate when I was a teenager. My parents pretty much cleaned out my room and destroyed all my books, videos and cds (even the ones they bought me) because some travelling evangelist told them to. To me, this is like the Dark Ages all over again. Just because Christians don't like something doesn't give them the right to force others to their point of view. Everyone has the choice to accept God or reject him, and the most a Christian should do is provide a good example and pray. Burning books does not provide a good example; it makes Christians look uneducated and anti-intellectual. Well, more so than most already seem to be.
2006-09-28 07:26:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it would probably be what people have already bought or been given, so no new ones would be bought.
You've brought back some bad memories. I was made to feel guilty in the Assemblies of God church for enjoying hip-hop music, and we had burnings of magazines and CD busting. I didn't go along with it. A friend of mine did, and she got so depressed--she just couldn't force herself into that mold they wanted for her.
I've said it before and I will again--so many Christians credit Satan with way more creativity than God. They have such a narrow range of acceptably "Godly" media, etc., and credit Satan with most music, magazines, books, religions, sexual positions, etc.
2006-09-28 07:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah...but don't compare them to Nazi Germany or they'll burn you at the stake.
John Lennon made an honest observation that more kids attended Beatles concerts in 1964 than attended church and they completely freaked out and had massive Beatle burnings everywhere. Lennon was really trying to say how ridiculous it was and what a shame that the Beatles (a rock band) were more popular with kids than God. He was trying to warn against the power of the pop culture...and he was right.
It is a sickness of a false religion which seems to only invoke hatred world wide.
2006-09-28 07:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Perry L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the churches here in my town did that to the Harry potter Books. It was actually kind o funny because they had to buy the books before they could burn them. And in buying them, they supported what they were trying to oppose. I beleive that the churches are over doing it a little bit. I think that the churches are taking the wrong approach to this. They should take a more positive approach to it.
2006-09-28 07:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its wrong, and goes against everything Jesus taught. he preached aboutlove andacceptance, not hatred and restrictions. And to the person who said they didn't go out and buy the stuff specifically, most of them did. I know people who say Authors should be burnt at the stake for writing books they don't personally like. Yet when asked, they will admit they haven't even read the book, their preacher told them it was bad. Censorship is alive and well, and living in North American churches
2006-09-28 07:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are entitled to express their views and opinions so long as they don't go from house to house and library to library and confiscate these items.
Once upon a time I liked Cat Stevens (Wild World, Sitting, Moonshadow) and after he turned to Islam and APPROVED of killing that author who wrote a cricitcal book on Islam, I stopped listen to his music out of outrage. Most American and English radio stopped playing his songs, thus stopped financing him.
No one should sanction killing of another person for what they say or write. Protesting them, certainly. But not say it's cool to have them killed and they should be killed!
I would throw my copies of his albums into a fire, but I wouldn't MAKE you do that with your copies.
2006-09-28 07:32:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get rid/burn your own stuff because you think it’s causing you to sin, fine.
But going out and buying stuff to burn makes absolutely no sense. You are only putting more money into the pockets of he author/singer/actor that you are condemning. And giving them lots of great free publicity as well.
2006-09-28 07:35:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some Jews that were given bored to death with the Messianic Christians and were given the literature at the same time they were given and burnt it up. i do not blame them for being ill and bored to death in being the objective of proselytizing, even with each and every thing it defeats the purpose of residing in Israel if once again human beings use underhanded techniques and commence stalking you to purpose to get you to remodel. human beings won't be able to easily bypass round Jewish neighborhoods in the lifeless of nighttime leaving issues on the doorknobs and chasing the Jewish little ones round giving them literature or assembly unsuspecting Jewish human beings on the airport and giving them messianic literature while not having some style of reaction. they're doing all those issues plus extra and that's a criminal offense as there is not any proselytizing allowed interior Israel that's threat-free haven. they did no longer ought to burn it they could have buried it and that is what could were performed yet they did not and it develop into theirs to do with as they want and that i do not blame them for being bored to death. It type of defeats the purpose of residing in Israel it quite is a Jewish safeguard even as human beings commence stalking you because of your Jewish non secular beliefs. i visit't get entry to the link you presented as some human beings right here block us then smear us with numerous money owed and %. maximum antisemitic perfect answer. that is the 4th time this question has popped up in the present day.
2016-12-06 07:58:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say any church that likes to light things on fire should be avoided
2006-09-28 07:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by absens_heros 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋