Which faith?

Question

has the most condescending members? Of the people you have actually met which faith is the meanest? For me its Jehovah's Witnesses I know a few and they are soooo bigoted and horrible, purveyors of misery

Answer 1

I dont know of any faith that does not have condescending, mean, bigoted, and miserable memebers. But then look at the bible and religious teachings, its full of these quality's. If I had to choose one it also would be JW, but would you like doors slammed in your face every 5 mins sheesh no wonder they are perveyors of misery.

Answer 2

All faiths are pretty good in theory. They all started by preaching that a healthy life lived performing good deeds for everyone around you formed happy communities and made for happy people. Some faiths had more rules than others to get over the people's previous social conditioning.

The problem is that most of these faiths got "manhandled" and distorted. Rules were added that did not "come from the gods" and this is where it has all gone wrong. Those are the bits that all the fanatics and extremists read and go "this is the one for me and I'm going to tell it to everyone like I see it."

All faiths have condescending members. Its the ones that follow the precepts correctly that we should really praise, but we just don't notice them much because they operate quietly. The lady that is always there for a friend, the one that tidies up after a school play and no one remembers to thank.

I'll practice my take on faith well practiced, and I won't tell you who I think runs the worst show :D

Answer 3

Jesus Christ did not found the Christian congregation to propound negativisms against any specific religion, but to preach the "good news" of the Kingdom. The bible's judgment message is not against just one particular religion, and it would be a mistake to pretend otherwise.

(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations

(Luke 9:6) They went through the territory from village to village, declaring the good news

(Acts 5:42) Every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.


In fact, at Matthew chapter 13, Jesus explained that all of self-described "Christianity" (true and false) would perform a service over the centuries in matters regarding bible translation, continuing respect for the bible, and in laying the groundwork for the ingathering prophesied to occur in "the conclusion of the system of things".

(Matthew 13:47-49) The kingdom of the heavens is like a dragnet let down into the sea and gathering up fish of every kind. 48 When it got full they hauled it up onto the beach and, sitting down, they collected the fine ones into vessels, but the unsuitable they threw away. 49 That is how it will be in the conclusion of the system of things: the angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous


Note that it is not humans but angels who primarily perform the separating work. Of course, only Jesus and Jehovah make the final judgment regarding each individual.

(John 12:48-49) The word that I [Jesus] have spoken is what will judge [a person] in the last day; 49 because I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment

(John 8:16) if I do judge, my judgment is truthful, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me

(Matthew 12:36) They will render an account concerning it on Judgment Day

(John 5:22,27-30) [The Father] has committed all the judging to the Son... 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. 28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out... I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

(Acts 17:30-31) God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. 31 Because he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man [Jesus] whom he has appointed

Answer 4

This question is just going to delve into a barrage of insults and mud-slinging. Why spend five points on hostility?

In response: The Dark Side practitioners of the Force are very condescending, especially that guy Palpatine. Oh, and the guys who worshiped She Who Must Be Obeyed in the H. Rider Haggard stories. Also those Mola Ram fans in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; they were pretty mean too. This question deserves only a response in fictional cults.

Answer 5

Why do you hate us so much? I know apostates hate us, so it wouldn't surprise me if you were one of them.
You say we're bad people. This proves that you don't know us at all.

If you think we're that horrible than why is it that the prisons are full of people belonging to other religions? You will never find a JW in there.

We don't smoke, drink, commit fornication and immorality, speak dirty, treat others with disrespect etc. We follow only the Bible. We are the only ones who preach as Jesus told us to do.

"Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit." -- Matthew 28:19

Thank you for proving again that we are Jesus' true disciples.

“If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.” (John 13:35; 15:19)

Answer 6

I've found that in EVERY religion/nation/culture/etc. there are people who have various failings. Isn't one of the points of following a faith the betterment of one's self??? I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and have found that some of the most bigoted people are the ones who go around calling others brainwashed

Answer 7

My Wife and I are Jehovah's Witnesses and we are very nice.
Paul said if we do not have love we are nothing. God is love.
We need to love our neighbor as we love ourself. I have been to many doors to preach the good news of the Kingdom and have had people tell me that their Christian and then slam the door in my face. I don't think Jesus would do that. I know Jesus would get the Bible and reason from the scriptures. People that my Wife and I work with that are not Witnesses love us for our honesty and we are very happy people. People feel refreshed when they are around us.

Answer 8

I would say any religion where they have elitists, usually paid, to hold positions as elders and Pastors, rather than just common folk take from the membership, with no one holding the position for very long.

Answer 9

Just in my experience:

Most condescending: Atheists
Meanest: Catholics (I should point out in all fairness, they are some of the nicest too)

As for the JW's, I have found them to be the most religious in that they substitute God for religion, to such an extreme that God is completely denied. Some really devout Catholics do that too (replace God with religion), but they tend to acknowledge God more. I am sure that other religions are guilty of that too, but that I do not have such direct experiences with them.

Answer 10

I don't want to say of which faith the most disrespectful people I've met were...

Why don't I want to say?

Because I'm aware that not all believers of this faith are like like that!