Why do the questions to Christians often seem to propogate intolerance and mockery of Christianity?

Question

Anyone notice how often the questions toward Christianity seem to do the following?:
Mock Christianity
Promote Intolerance and point hate toward Christianity/Christians
Not seem to be open to hearing a sincere answer

I already have the answer, but I know there's got to be a few out there who would like to offer their own. :)

Answer 1

It's a spiritual battle. God has placed in each man a desire to know Him and in innate knowledge of Him. Either people put Him in themselves or they replace Him with wooden idols, money, success or whatever. Peace :-)

Answer 2

To properly answer your question, it is first necessary to provide some definitions for you. Firstly, Paganism itself is not a religion. "Pagan" is an umbrella term that defines a great number of religions. It is often difficult to define which qualities a religion must have in order to be classified as Pagan, but generally it is used to refer to either Earth/nature based religions or old polytheistic religions. Some modern examples would be Wicca and Druidism, while some older examples would be the religions of the ancient Greeks, Romans and Celts. However there are three religions which are definitely not Pagan and these are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The umbrella term to refer to these religions is "Abrahamic Religions" as they are all based on the religious path that supposedly was founded by the mythical figure Abraham (though Islam was founded by Muhammad, it is an extension of the other two Abrahamic traditional beliefs). Now, Wicca: Wicca is an Earth-based Pagan mystery religion that worships a God and a Goddess. It is also a magical system of witchcraft and traditionally it is also a priesthood. Traditionally people would be initiated into Wicca and in so doing they become priests of Wicca and train as witches. The most notable thing in regards to your question is in what a Christian, Pagan and Wiccan are and whether or not these things can co-exist as a belief system. Wicca and Christianity really can't be joined from the Christian perspective. One of the chief reasons for this is because Wicca is a polytheistic religion (believes in multiple Gods) and Christianity is a monotheistic religion (believes that there is only one God). This means that the two religions are automatically at odds and cannot be unified. You cannot be a Christian and a Wicca. However, you CAN be Wiccan (or a Pagan in general) and still believe that the Christian God exists. The only difference is that in this way, you believe in the Christian God, but not that he is the only God. The Christian God would just be one among many and no better or worse than any other. If you choose this route, then don't expect Christians to look upon you too favourably - especially if you also begin to practice magic, which is frowned upon by the majority of Christians. Now, despite what some people may think, there is actually nothing to stop you being a witch (or any other kind of magic user) and also being Christian. It is true that most English Bibles say that a person must not practice witchcraft, however many scholars (and some Christians) see the use of the word "witchcraft" in Bibles as a mistranslation, misuse, or otherwise not applicable to modern positive uses of witchcraft. I myself know several Christians who also practice magic and it should be noted that the Jews themselves have their own magical systems and that there are some very prominent Christian magicians in history. But it should be noted that just because you are a witch, does not mean that you are a Wiccan. Witchcraft is merely a certain form of magic, while Wicca is a religion that incorporates witchcraft into its beliefs. There are a great many witches in the world today who are not Wiccan. I hope that helped in answering your question. But to summarise: You cannot be a "Christian-Wiccan". You can be a Pagan who believes in the Christian God as just one God among many. You can be a Christian and practice magic, though many Christians will look down on it.

Answer 3

Because they mock and taunt everyone else. the hate that christian's as a majority recieve is because they brought it on themselves. how can you ask for tolerance and give none.

your other question about hearing a sincere answer:
I have probably talked to 2 christians on this board that gave me an honest answer. The rest are either snide because you asked them or they turn your question around and make an answer out of it.

"What is the meaning of life?"
Life itself

"Why do you believe so strongly in the bible?"
Because god wrote it (people wrote it and said they had visions from god but so did Jim Jones and half of the other cultist.)

Those are not honest answers and half of the time even the Christians can't agree. If you want someone to take you seriously you need to
1.stop cramming it down people’s throats
2. Stop reversing questions and actually give an answer that you had to think about
3. Get rid of the superiority complex because if you were superior you would make sense to more people than just yourselves.
4. Christian's push people into hating them. I don't hate anyone but it is very annoying when out of respect for other people I answer my door to a Mormon or a Jehovah’s witness (because for the most part I have respect for other religions until I feel like I’ve been attacked by one or the other I take up for the Muslims on here because I work with a Muslim and unless you have gone to his door and seen that it was his prayer time you wouldn't know what religion he was) and I can't get them to stop coming to my house. I actually had to move to get them to stop and now I don't want to open my door for anybody. It’s the same way at work.
5. If you want respect you have to give it. I am at work and the Christian's here are pissed that they have to call their precious "Christmas party" a winter wonderland party so that everyone is respected. How can you get what you want when you won't give anyone else what they want? All people want is peace.

Answer 4

Hey, it goes both ways. I've seen an equal amount of "bait and switch" questions from Christians trying to knock down Muslims, Atheists, Gays, Jews, Blacks/Hispanics...

One thing I might point out, though is the VAST number of Christians on here who love to answer questions with "god bless" and "you're going to hell" and "I'll pray for you"... these "answers" do nothing but lap up 2 points. The Christians make up 99% of the people who do this (occasionally you'll see the muslim equivalent)...

SO, you tell me. Why do people like making questions that mock Christianity?

Answer 5

maybe because non-christians like myself get real tired of hearing the propaganda and self-righteous questions and answers? and arkieboi reports ppl for expressing their opinions??? get real, and learn how to use the words their, there, and they're properly. braindead? i don't consider questioning the reality of religion as being braindead. i won't blindly follow something that has not been proven to be true. if one is not a christian, the doctorine sounds ludicrous and outreageous. i've seen some pretty rabid comments from some christians who profess to love all mankind, and in the next breath, they state that all ppl who are not christians are going to hell. i don't find that to be very loving at all.

Answer 6

If I were to ask why the Christians believe the Devil is acting independently of the will of God when the Jews believe that Satan is an agent of God I would be told I am mocking Christianity.

Christians are self-proclaimed martyrs.

Answer 7

Maybe it's because the scientific world has already dismissed religion entirely.

Or maybe it's because Christianity is one of the hugest examples of institutionalized intolerance and mockery in human history?

Let's see...

Christians hate gays. Oh wait, you don't hate them, you love them, you just hate what they are, and you think they'll burn in hell forever because of it.

Let's just stop there. Isn't it enough of a proof of intolerance and mockery of everyone else that Christians believe that every non Christian will burn in hell for eternity?

Answer 8

Pointing out someone's ignorance is not mockery of their religion (eg. creationism is cretinism). That's just an inevitable side effect. The non-religious don't mock those who have religion, that takes sectarianism.

Strangely, I don't see you criticizing christians who respond to valid questions with threats and insults (eg. "You'll change your mind when you're burning in hell").


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Answer 9

there are a lot of them out there that intentionally do that, but there are also a lot on here that are sincere--and it's very aggravating when you post a serious question that you need a christian answer for and they just rip on you because they're in that mood from answering all the bad ones-don't get jaded

Answer 10

Mainly because Christianity has been propagating intolerance of the human race ever since its inception.