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What issues are most important to you? Everyday I see Christians argue over the 10 commandments and other petty things like keeping under god in the pledge or whatever. But why do Christians worry about these things. Now I'm not Christian but as I understand the Bible I think it would be more important as a Christian to concern oneself with issues like the genocide in Darfur, with all the money spent on anti-abortion or anti-homosexual causes we could be convincing our government to interveen in Sudan or send food to the billions of starving people on this planet. Let's have some perspective here. You can worry about people getting maried later, what's really important to you?

2006-10-16 04:17:12 · 10 answers · asked by alex e 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

As such a large influential you need to pull together to work on the really imporatnt issues, and put some on the backburner for a while.

2006-10-16 04:31:05 · update #1

You can care as much as you want but to do something about it, now that's really something.

2006-10-16 04:32:34 · update #2

I don't mean to lump you all into one group, but the head's of most Christian denominations; the people with the power concentrate their efforts on petty issues such as these.

2006-10-16 04:58:02 · update #3

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There is a story about Joseph Smith that I think applies here. One day he and some others were on their way to help with the building of the temple, when someone mentioned that Brother ______'s house was vandelized the night before. He had lost everything. (At the time, this was a fairly common occurance, and money was extremely tight) Many chimed in that, yes, it was a sad thing for this Brother and his family. Joseph turned to the group and said, that it he too felt sorry for the man, "I feel sorry for him to the tune of five dollars." And pulled the five dollar note from his pocket. The rest of the group stopped saying how sorry they were for the man and started doing something.
The point of the story is that while many will feel sorry for the people who live in impoverished, war torn areas of the world, perhaps it's not the rich who give their millions, but the poor who sacrifice their "widow's mite" that cause great change.

2006-10-16 04:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0 0

Just like any group, there are Christians that are all over the board on different issues. I found out about Darfur and the Invisible Children campaign through a Christian group. There are tons of churches and Chrisitans doing everything they can to help this situation. They don't make the news. Making the news isn't the point, but when Christians do what they're supposed to, you're less likely to hear about it. It's not sensational enough.

There are some that can't seem to get past the smaller issues, but they don't represent the whole anymore than any other group.

2006-10-16 04:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0 0

With all due respect, why do you lump Christians into a single group, assuming all Christians argue over the 10 commandants and other "petty things."
Sounds a bit like the Issue between Northern Ireland and the English. Y'know the religious war...each side was predominately a certain religion, therefore it was an issue of Protestants vs. Catholics...
Or the war on terror, all the Terrorists are Muslim, therefore it must be a holy war....
Actually, just about every incident never boils down to religion. It's usually a case of one group happening to be a certain majority religion, versus another group, happening to be a majority of another religion. But rarely are the issues about religion. "We" Christians probably worry about the same types of things that others worry about: world peace, harmony, removig hunger, childhood diseases, and so forth.
Also, I believe people who happen to be Christians can do more than one thing at a time. I can worry about several things, but something like convincing our governement to do something isn't merely an issue of "us" Christians deciding to make it a priority (I wish it was that easy).
Respectfully, I think you're over-simplifying things just a bit much. And, to suggest that "all" Christians argue over the 10 commandents and other petty things just because you say you see it everyday, is a bit naive also. I'm only fifty years old, but I've travelled a good bit and have a tendacy to see people differently. Mankind has developed many different ways to group people together for many different reasons. People can be grouped according to nationality, gender, religious affiliation, age, race, sexual preferences, sports fans, affiliation with politics, belonging to a club, and about 1000 more ways. I try to be a good person according to the principles of my faith, but I can easily disagree with another person of the same faith. And, my priorities are my own, not something dictated from a pulpit.

2006-10-16 04:47:59 · answer #3 · answered by stretch 7 · 0 0

You're right,those are important issues,but one of the many jobs of the Christians is to win souls to the lord,spread the truth to the masses.Expand the borders beyond their own community.The life of a Christians is hard.Big time hard for missionaries in the field around the world,some are being persecuted right now as you read this.What is it that makes these people suffer so much in faith?Why did Peter suddenly decide to preach the gospel all the while being threatened by death,especially after he denied Jesus three times before Jesus was crucified?Jesus Christ is the only way into the kingdom of heaven.
Faith in Jesus Christ has proven time and time again that he is real.Faith in Jesus has repaired marriages,made the drunk sober,cured the drug addict,change the ways of the gay or lesbian.Jesus has stopped the women from killing her unborn child.There is nothing that Jesus can't do.One day,faith will give way to sight and grace will give way to glory.Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess,Jesus is the king of kings and the lord of lords.

2006-10-16 04:49:51 · answer #4 · answered by Derek B 4 · 0 0

If I would have to pick just one I would say seeing God's will being done on earth as it is in heaven. This, of course, translates into a lot of different sub-issues. If I had to choose between some of the issues you mentioned and the genocide(s) in Sudan being stopped (as you may or may not know, the sudani gov. has beein going after the christians/animists in the south of the country for over 20 years probably more viciously than they're going after the darfuris) of course I'd go for stopping the sudanis, but you really don't have to choose between issues like that, you can work on them all.

2006-10-16 04:24:50 · answer #5 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0 0

Well, I don't know if you mean all Christians, but I am a Christian and I'm not concerned with them taking the wording out of the pledge. That doesn't matter to me because God is God all by Himself. It doesn't matter if someone else doesn't agree with it. I can pray and do whatever I want because I have that freedom. I care about alot of issues. I care about the Aids crisis in Africa, I care about people who are still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I care about the war that the U.S. is involved in that's suppose to be over. I can go on and on about things I care about, but what does that do for you? Every Christian don't argue about things like the 10 commandments. There's nothing to argue about. They can take them away from every building there is, it doesn't matter because the word of God lives in my heart.

2006-10-16 04:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by Gail R 4 · 0 0

Natural disasters such as droughts and the famine that goes with them run hand in hand with blatant disregard for God and his Commandments. It is not something seperate. All of nature rebells. If you will notice the worst of these happenings are within countries where there is little if no adherence to the Lord's Commandments--it is not something that can be dealt with seperately.

2006-10-16 05:03:21 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 0 0

even with the actuality that i've got self belief those themes undermine a persons' faith, they're the area of secular politics and not a spiritual determination to enforce. those are no longer issues we as Christians are to decide nor are we to enforce. we are in a position to vocalize our undertaking yet no longer on the fee of others ideals. we've a vote whilst those issues are a controversy to be voted on, purely as anybody else. worldwide starvation could be addressed as quickly as we are rich yet i do no longer understand we are in a position to unravel it purely by ability of persevering with to throw funds at it. environment is a undertaking for everybody, religious or no longer. changing what we've been doing would be intense priced yet needed. attempting to appropriate what we've carried out could be a waste, earth can heal, we would desire to alter and enable that take place. Throwing funds at fixing rather than changing could be a waste.

2016-10-02 08:43:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

i dotn believe in anti abortion or anti homosexuals things. i think for abortion its the mothers choise no matter what, and homesexuals if it means theyre happy and that they are a good person i dotn care. and lets face it we have a populatio crises so we could do with some gays people anyway. im not christian but i had to answer sorry. beside there r more thigns in this world to worry about than those things, so if thats what u wer on about then ur righ ti guess.

2006-10-16 04:23:41 · answer #9 · answered by som1 3 · 0 0

Purity of God's word.
Example; Is the scriptural old testament the law of Moses (as I presently believe it is) or Genesis-Malachi? (2 Tim.3:16-17).
The old testament was done away. (Hebrews).
Was the rainbow done away? the pain of child birth done away? many languages done away?
Could one have the law of Moses before Moses was born?
The law of Moses is referred to as the old testament (KJV) 2 Cor.3:13-14.

2006-10-16 04:32:43 · answer #10 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0 0

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