Just like Atheism is aparently the disbelief in religion...
What do you think? Doesn't that make Christianity just as neutral as Atheism since it is also a lack of belief?
2006-10-12 16:54:12 · 18 answers · asked by Dysthymia 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure, the answer is self-evident. Religions by their nature are exclusive. You are expected to pick one. Thus, you "disbelieve" in the ones you don't pick.
2006-10-12 17:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mark M 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians are actually very tolerant. It was Christians of the Renaissance who adopted the logic, math, and concepts of ancient Greek and Roman science and developed them further.
Most scientists in the 19th Century, for example, professed to be Christians, and they had no problem accepting and inventing new ideas. Christianity is open to a lot of interpretations as to the meaning of God and God's Creation, and seeking knowledge through the scientific method is not considered sinful to the majority of Christians. (Ditto for Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.
Atheism, unlike most religions, denies the ability to gain any knowledge through inner-knowledge or faith in a "higher" power. Methinks atheism is a tad more intolerant of other's beliefs...
2006-10-13 00:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, there is a lot more to it than that.
If you're merely talking about religion, then maybe that could fit. But true Christianity has to do with knowing Christ. It's a personal relationship, and that doesn't really fit into a mold or set of beliefs.
2006-10-12 23:56:07 · answer #3 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's ridiculous. Christianity is based on a series of logical steps.
1) God created everything, including us.
2) God loves us, and gives us rules for our own good (like a good parent).
3) We broke the rules, and were destined to face the awful consequences.
4) God loved us so much he decided to save us from the consequences taking the punishment for himself.
5) That part of the price of mercy is acknowledgment God's love and sacrifice in saving us.
Just because YOUR paradigm is anti-christian doesn't mean everybody else is as closed minded as you. We follow a specific set of beliefs, which exclude worship of other gods. We do not seek conflict.
2006-10-13 00:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are a lot of people who list their religion as christianity because they celebrate Chrsitmas, or because they are from North America so 'of course I'm a christian'.
Others call themselves Christians because they believe in Christ, and live a lifestyle patterned after His teachings.
Jesus definitely wasn't neutral!
2006-10-13 00:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by Iaean 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is belief and there is truth,and if the two are married? Nothing neutral about that.I understand the need to neutralize spiritual warfare,the war of Ideas,but finding the truth,and then aligning belief with it.Now that is synergy.
2006-10-13 00:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atheists believe in one less god than Christians do. And I don't think Christianity can be classified as neutral.
Note: Boomer Wisdom is happily rewriting history as Christians are wont to do.
2006-10-13 00:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by February Rain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions are nothing more than a fantasy.. There is nothing wrong with faith in something.. But to go to the extreme that the religions due is nuts.. How can there be SO MANY and only one be right and the rest wrong...
2006-10-12 23:58:49 · answer #8 · answered by D L 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are very confused, Christianity is a religion that believes Jesus Christ is the true Son of God. And that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. So called athiests believe in nothing but themselves.
2006-10-13 00:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's kind of like saying that a block of marble is a statue that has to have the parts that aren't the statue removed from it. This makes no sense.
2006-10-12 23:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋