there was a hypothetical question earlier that suggested christians could be insulting
2007-03-04 04:59:42 · 4 answers · asked by loveChrist 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, I don't believe so, I believe it's a matter of applying scripture to your life and accepting it with your heart. In my so far brief exploration of this forum I have noticed many insults hurled by members of all areas of belief. For instance there was a question that implied Christians were brainwashed, which I deemed as insulting. Just yesterday I recieved an email from a asker that was rude and insulting. At first I was angry and started to type a reply that was not overly agressive but definately insulting. No doubt a reaction of my imperfect self, to return the insult. I stopped, and realized that this is not what the Bible teaches. What does it teach? 1 Peter 3:15 "But sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of you a reason for the hope in you, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect." 2 Timothy 2:24 "But a slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all, qualified to teach, keeping himself restrained under evil,". Following in Christ's footsteps takes deep understanding of Bible truths. This being said is it fair to assume based upon these scriptures that those who are not attempting a mild temper and showing self restraint are therefore not acting in a Christian way? 2 Timothy 3:5, 7 "having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away. (7) always learning and yet never able to come to an accurate knowledge of truth." Being a Christian takes constant examination of oneself, and the willingness to admit wrong and change ones ways when ones actions are in direct conflict with Bible wisdom.
2007-03-04 05:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by luvmybabies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In answer to your question, I would argue that Christians and non-believers are just like other folks; some are overly sensitive, insensitive, kind of spirit or not easily ruffled. In short, we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world just trying to get through the day.
I believe charity of spirit is the most important quality one should strive to obtain. Such a benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity will enable a person to peacefully co-exist with everyone and make this imperfect world just a little bit more tolerable. We all have our inherent biases and flaws, but there is no reason we cannot strive to be better, no matter what our personal circumstances may be.
Intellectually, Christians and non-believers, like all of us, fall into the standard bell curve of intelligence, with the usual statistical distributions. I am a member of MENSA and a Christian, so I am at least one data point indicating that any assertion of inferior intelligence on the part of Christians might be flawed. Statistically speaking, there should be a few more of MENSA level persons that exist at the upper 2% of intelligence distributions of the population. Nevertheless, if anyone has some empirical data that supports an assertion about intelligence and belief or non-belief I would be interested in reviewing it for use in a conference paper I am authoring.
2007-03-04 13:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course we can be insulting, anyone can. As for stupidity, face it, we're a nation of fools, so yeah, lots of stupidity regardless of belief or lack of it. I don't think all people who insult are stupid, some are just angry or cruel. The scariest people are the ones who are stupid and cruel, which is where hatemongers come in.
2007-03-04 13:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are
2007-03-04 13:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by nobody 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋