Honestly, I'm sorry about the witch trials, the crusades, the Native American genocide, and other things that man came up with and God had nothing to do with. But can everyone stop living in the past? Most of us are really funloving and caring people now. Not to mention how we have been persecuted before as well such as in
1) the Armenian holocaust
2) the Assyrian holocaust
3) Imprisonment of millions in Communist China
4) Destruction of Orthodox Curch in Russia under Stalin
5) The Roman Empire persecutions of the early church
6) The disownment of children in the Middle East who convert to Christianity
7) the first and Second Sudanese Civil Wars which killed 1.9 million Christians.
8) the Kirishtan Holocaust in midievil Japan which saw to the death of 500,000 believers and the complete destruction of the church there.
You get the point right? We all live in the same world and have shared the same burdens, trials, and genocides.
2006-11-10 05:45:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not sure that we can clear the Body of Christ's reputation entirely. The Church's past (and some of its present) behavior is totally unacceptable for many folks. Why should they believe what we say when they can't get past the attrocities committed in the name of our God?
I believe this humiliation is one of several "crosses" Jesus told us we must bear every day. All we can do individually is show the world the true love of Jesus Christ and pray that the message is faithfully delivered.
Peace.
2006-11-10 05:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh . . . good point. Well, honestly, how can we be blamed for those crazy people so-called Christians did? We had nothing to do with it. And, on top of that, they weren't even Christians. They were false-Christians living by their own lusts. They poorly represented us and as a result our religion's reputation has been marred and millions are dead.
And yet, you are right about the persecution of Christians. More than 200 million and counting have been martyred since Jesus' crucifixion. Jesus said, "If the world hates you, remeber it hated me first." They hate us because we represent him.
2006-11-10 13:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't have to. Let God deal with it.
You are what you are.
If your parent committed a crime you are never responsible for it.
At the same time, if you go about doing charitable work, uplifting the downtrodden, honoring your God and loving your neighbor irrespectively of what they are or what they do to you. No one will ask 'Who are your parents?'
Always remember the last few hours in Christ's life. Nothing else, or no one else matters.
2006-11-10 14:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Bookmark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people who cite failures of Christians in the past just want an excuse to practice hate. Some professing Christians are total losers, but non-Christians need to examine Christ and what he taught, not examine worst-case-scenario professing Christians.
2006-11-10 13:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we r not responsible for what our ancestors has done.we should not admire them.but can we do it?
every one who starts the war i mean soldiers where great believers.what do u know about crusades that u r naming it as a sin.
or all the others u have named.all us r human,but most of us just believe in negative nationalism and the only thing they believe is themselves and christian r like this.the only real relegion is christian if u ask them and the others r athiest or wrong followers
2006-11-10 14:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Reza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C'mon. You are a Christian and you are asking how "we" can cleanse ourselves?
Dude, WE don't cleanse ourselves of anything. Christ's blood is the cleaning agent. And he purifies individual souls of an individual's sins...not groups of group sins. It is a personal relationship with Christ, not an historical one, not an anthropological one, not a sociological one. Personal.
Get it?
2006-11-10 13:52:08 · answer #6 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just cause u guys got killed for your beilefs doesnt make it right that you killed because of theirs. and i think for most part people only bring that up cause christians portray themselves as morally better then the rest of the world. that any non-believer worships satan and steals/lies/cheats/adulters. its a misconception by christians that create a higher ground of hate against them.
2006-11-10 13:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a christian you are living in the past
2006-11-10 13:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So it is at best (and its a stretch) neutral, so stop going on about how loving it is.
and stop bloody whingeing you are in the vast vast majority.
2006-11-10 13:49:36 · answer #9 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True believers have and always will be looked down on by non-believers
2006-11-10 13:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by Josh 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋