...such as Wicca, Buddhism, Taoism, etc., but yet if anyone says anything negative or critical about what they believe (or even poses a question about a particular belief from their doctrine) they play the "I'm being persecuted" card?
I'm not speaking about ALL fundamentalists, either, and I'm not only talking about fundamentalist Christians, either. This is just something I have noticed.
2006-12-07 09:09:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By ridicule I mean exactly what the dictionary says ridicule means: to mock or make fun of. I mean saying things like, "How could they believe that? That is so stupid of them! I just gotta laugh! hahaha
I ask this because I just feel that if they don't want anyone mocking their beliefs, they should return the favor---unless their is some concept I am overlooking.
2006-12-07 09:14:21 · update #1
Actually, I think you're talking about all the Fundamental Christians I've ever met.
And the reason is two-fold. One, they don't really "believe" in their theology, they "know" it. (to either paraphrase or misquote Kurt Vonnegut, "It's not the people who don't know that are the problem, it's the people who know wrong.")
So when you insult their Christianity by comparing it to mere mythology, then they feel they have to defend it, get it back on track. And if you criticize the "Truth," it is way worse than just ridiculing some "antiquated belief."
The second reason is that Fundamentalists are weird. They have usually built their whole world view on a relatively small portion of the Bible, and if you start attacking that view, you're attacking just about everything they have.
2006-12-07 09:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're not overlooking anything. That is why they get generalized as hypocrites. Fundamentalist has several meanings though. It was once a Christian denomination... and it did match some of the attitudes of your general sense of the word.
But, I do have to say, it is easy to ridicule what is considered mythology. (And I'm a Pagan). I recognize "myth" as stories that were vital to that culture and some were meant to be humorous. A lot of the myths had moral stories at their based, embellished beyond belief. That is what makes them so interesting.
2006-12-07 10:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their religion teaches them that they are right and everyone else is wrong. They are also taught to display a tone of arrogance about their faith at all times. This makes them seem confident that they believe the Bible is the infallible word of God and that they have all the answers. They don't care what they say to non Christians because they think we are all doomed to die a horrible death for all eternity in the pits of Hell.
They latest "Christian Persecution" has gotten alot of press from Ultra Conservative Journalists like Bill O'Reilly, Author Ann Coutier (Although, it's my personal opinion that she's a NAZI) and other Neo Conservatives like Ted Haggard, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
Long story short, they have taken a peaceful religion and twisted it into a hate mongering, power hungry, clusterf_ck that could ruin this country and the rest of the world with it.
2006-12-08 06:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it really playing the "I'm being persecuted card" when someone says you are an idiot for believing in a God who is a fairy tale and made up by other idiots? How about when another religion lies about Jesus and says He never even died on the cross? Is it really playing a card when someone tells you not to wear a cross or that a Christmas Tree is just a Holiday tree even though it's not used for any other holiday? Is it playing a "card" when a Nativity scene is not allowed on Christmas, which is a federal holiday, when approximately 3/4 of that nation celebrate the birth of Jesus? I think there is a real attack going on. I will speak up against the injustice.
2006-12-07 09:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not so sure about the whole mythology bit, but speaking as a Catholic, fundamentalists ridicule us because they are ignorant to what we actually believe. They don't even consider us to be Christians despite the fact that 100% of their religions were born of the separation from the Catholic Church by Martin Luther.
Ironically, Luther denounced a lot of what he originally said about the Catholic Church, you just don't hear many Protestants bring that up.
2006-12-07 09:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by kenrayf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concept you''re overlooking is the truth of Christianity, and the historical and factual basis of the Christian faith, which isn't based on a myth, but on God himself, who became a man in order to destroy evil and redeem mankind, and who became the only man in history to rise again from the dead by his own power, in order to prove that he was exactly who he said he was.
2006-12-07 09:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you would need to define ridicule. Do some say that it is simply not true. Yes, and they give reasons. Anyone specifically ridiculing is not good regardless. Atheist budhist christian etc. Bad for anyone to ridicule period.
2006-12-07 09:12:41 · answer #7 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To the Christian these gods you have mentioned are false gods. I don't make fun of them or people who chose to believe in them. I don't agree with worshipping these gods but if they want to that is their business. However, if you ask me what I think, I'll tell you, to seek Christ.
2006-12-07 09:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is a fundamentalist ?
2006-12-07 09:17:29 · answer #9 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋