2007-01-19 09:27:35 · 18 answers · asked by kyubikitsune888 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL, so they can turn the other cheek at you?
2007-01-19 09:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A number of things should be realized when considering this topic. First when a Christian person does something wrong, it does not mean that the person was practicing Christianity at that moment. Even the Apostle Paul said that he was susceptible to doing wrong things.
Some Christians do not interpret Christianity correctly. For example, some Christians believe that it is okay to bomb an abortion center. In the Bible I can not find much justification for those actions.
Ofcourse, when a Christian does something wrong, there are those who take this as an opportunity to condemn Christianity, rather than the individual who was at fault. As a Christian, I do not believe that it was Jesus' fault when that minister got sex drugs and a "massage" from a male "escort." It was his own fault. His actions are not supported in Christianty.
In the Bible there are married ministers, even Peter. If fornication, adultery, and child molestation are the results of a Christian minister's beliefs that he should suppress the desire to get married, then it is not the fault of Christianity.
In conclusion it is an error in logic to attack Christianity when Christians act counter to the teachings.
2007-01-27 13:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They certainly need something. They don't seem to have a clue just how exclusive and devisive this is within their own faith. They can't even seem to agree on who's a real Christian and who isn't. The "real" Christians must be a very small group indeed.
Hard to take anything these people say very seriously when they can't even agree amongst themselves who's a real Christian and who isn't.
Just ask 'em sometime: Is a Mormon Christian? Is a Catholic Christian? Is an Episcopalian Christian? What about Eastern Orthodox? . . . . Jehovah's Witnesses? . . . . the Amish people? You'll get answers all over the map.
They need to wake up. Christian fundamentalism is dying. This sort of "I'm a good Christian but you're not" just isn't going to appeal to many thinking people.
2007-01-19 17:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by tychobrahe 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you saying everyone that goes inside a church, or has read the Bible twenty times a Christian? Just because people say they are a Christian doesn't make them one. A (true)Christian is a doer of the word of God and has made Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior. Anything less is not a (true) Christian.
A true Christian wouldn't want to slap anyone.
2007-01-19 17:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some of them,yes.But then there are times that the argument isn't a version of the "no true Scotsman" fallacy.
http://www.tektonics.org/guest/scotty.htm
2007-01-19 17:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps. Because it is a complete misunderstanding of how the Holy Spirit works. God makes us Christians. It's 100% Grace. Even the Faith we have comes from God. God supplies everything. And that Grace is received (as Jesus said - "by water and the spirit") in the font of Holy Baptism.
Thereby, all those persons Baptized with water in the name of the Trinity are "true Christians".
It's up to God to judge what we do after that.
2007-01-19 17:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think a slap in the face is something any god fearing Christian could use.....
2007-01-19 17:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by Justwonderin 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That just shows that you don't have a clue about the Bible and about Christianity.
2007-01-19 18:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Joshua 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-19 17:29:58 · answer #9 · answered by Atlas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to admit it's the perfect "Get out of Jail Free" card. When a christian is a putz, liar, sociopath or sells diet shakes, he's not a "real christian." When he doesn't suck, he's "real." Hmmm. I wonder if I'm a "real atheist."
2007-01-19 17:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes - or a thump with a Bible.
2007-01-19 17:36:27 · answer #11 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋