Question about irreligious people's personalities and up bringing.?

Question

Do those who criticizes,mocks and ridicules Christianity out of spite or "entertainment " as they put it with the sole purpose to offend ,do they do this simply because they were or are being brought up in a irreligious envirnoment and therefore they don't know any better or is it because they suffer from some kind of mental disorder of which they can't help it or is it because they have recieved or are getting very little or no love and attention from their own parents and relatives and therefore have resulted to degenerate attitudes & personalities to provoke people to simply get attention?

Moires,
By your reply,dear,you have just proved my point as well as just how childish you are and thus in the long run will be your undoing in the end.
Who is better than who between me and you isn't important as you think that it is.
True,Christians aren't perfect and they commit sins just as good as those who are sinners that do so if you want to talk about morale,honey you best better look at your own self from a spiritual point of view and clean up your own messes that are in your life and make changes about yourself in a way that would be pleasing for the Lord.

Answer 1

Do people who use 'mental disorder' in an 'aggrieved' question, as a throw-away emotive 'tag' have the first idea what it is like to live with a 'mental disorder'?

Answer 2

I have clinical depression, I also have AD/HD - you can argue the latter as a neurological rather than "mental" disorder, or should I say "it can be argued," I don't expect you to suddenly come out with reason and any kind of rhetorical skill.

I am very sad for you - I have these disorders, and I live with them the best way I can. Some days are good, some days are bad, but on all days I can rest peacefully knowing I have not deliberately wronged anyone by my words or actions.

For all I know you will join your God in heaven after death, but what a horrible little life you must be having while you wait.

Answer 3

All things arise due to causes and conditions, is impermanent and changing... therefore all behaviors arise due to causes and conditions, people's abilities to endure the bad attitudes some Christians exhibit towards anyone they perceive as "wrong" or "evil" if the way of thinking doesn't toe the party line, etc., their psychological state at the time they reply, any chemical substances they are or are not partaking of... etc.

If we want to not provoke others into being angry and upset, first we need to learn to cultivate better understanding of our own behaviors and how they affect others, our interactions and interdependence in the universe, and then cultivate a calmer mind that is not disturbed (ourselves) when others say things that usually we perceive as being "offensive" then we also REPLY in a manner that is less inflammatory in return... THEREBY slowing and stopping the cycle of anger, and harmful speech. Yes?

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Answer 4

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You do realize that most people that don't believe as you do were once Christian right?

I know I wasn't brought up in an antireligious home, my family is Catholic. I had lots of love from my mother (she was my best friend) and my parents split a long time ago. It has nothing to do with how I feel about religion.

I decided it was all crap a long time ago when I started listening in science class.

I also don't give one hoot whether you pay attention to me or not. If you want to ignore me, go ahead. I don't particularly care. Its childish to do that but eh... oh well. I have other things to do with life.

Now, as for mocking and ridiculing Christianity, you honestly need to get over yourself.

I DO NOT care what you worship. I don't. None, not a whit. But I do care when you try to get your religion through into law, the school system, and knock on my door to sell your religion like a door to door salesman. If you Christians can learn to keep your religion to yourself, you won't hear from me anymore. But that will never happen, will it? Because you Christians think your bible tells you to spread your religion and you get upset when you're forced to be treated just like everyone else by crying "prejudice, persecution, hatred" when you have NO IDEA what its been like under the hands of Christianity for millenia.

Edit: How wonderful... you just gave me reason to report you because you couldn't refrain from childish namecalling. Think next time hmm?

Answer 5

No one has a right to criticize, mock or ridicule others' religious beliefs. But most people here are obsessed with christianity as if that is the only religion in the world. Have you, christians, paused to think there may be other points of view. I have found them to be intolerant towards others' beliefs.......

Answer 6

There are a great many reasons and motivations people find to criticize and redicule other people's faiths. (I don't know of any religion that does not get its share of ridicule.) These reasons and motivations are as different as the people who mock, criticize and ridicule. Probably, there are some people around who actually mock Christianity for one of the reasons you mentioned. But there are much more out there, who have other reasons. Let me add a few motivations to your list, (with no claim to completeness):

Often critic and gentle mocking is quite adequate. We Christians, (I happen to be one myself) sometimes do behave silly or talk about our faith in a language that is hardly understandable for anyone not grown up in a Christian setting - I can't blame anyone for laughing at me in such a situation. In fact, I often find this kind of mocking entertaining myself.

All too often, we Christians don't live up to what we are teaching or we interpret the teachings of the Bible in a non-loving way, again then critic should be accepted humbly, and not respond immediately by finding fault in the person mouthing the critic. - In that range also fall many people who have been in one way or another hurt by Christians and draw (sometimes faulty but often quite correct) connection between the actions and professed believes.

Personally, I have heard a lot of bad teaching taught in the name of Christ. Trying to live up to it, brought me and others a lot of trouble and unnessecary harm. If I talk about these aspects of my past, I can sound rather critical of Christianity myself, even though I am a Christian.

Maybe, to some Christians who have not made bad experiences with their fellow Christians these kind of critic might sound rather spiteful, though spite has nothing to do with it, rather the hope that not more people would get hurt in the same way.

Then there are a lot of people who consider the use of ridicule and sarcasms a proper part of an intellectual argument. There might not be an attempt to actually hurt or deminish, but rather a slightly different interpretation of 'politeness'.

Then there are zealots as convinced of their brand of religion or atheism as you are of your faith. And most zealots don't think all too much about their means, so they'd ridicule your point of view in order to convince you of theirs. Not a very clever approach, but a common one. Again, that has little to do with spite.

Yes, and of course there are always the people who just like to mock others, because that makes them feel better about themselves. But, I tell what, they'd mock you for the color of your hair as easily as for your faith. With them it's all about the mocking, not about the topic.

Answer 7

You can ask the very same thing to the religious fanatics that come on here and curse everyone by saying they are going to not be saved and go to heaven and try to keep all others from going to hell. They get so worked up. I am positive that is not what God wants them to do. I know he is shaking his head in disbelief at how twisted that really is.

Answer 8

By reading your question you are doing what you are accusing the Atheists of doing, I am an Atheist and I know I am a better person than you are just by reading your question, if you want to believe in religion then go for it, have fun

Answer 9

The mental disorder is with the religionists who cling unquestioningly to theological dogma- it compensates for their personal inadequacy.

Answer 10

your so stereotypical it makes me sick!

...because they were or are being brought up in a irreligious envirnoment and therefore they don't know any better....

eugh, because christians invented morals, right?