2007-03-28 04:27:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How offensive!
Don't call them people!
2007-03-28 04:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No religion develops in a vacuum.
Because religions came about as a way to explain the world, how people fit into it, how to survive in it, why there is death, what happens after we die, etc.
And those circumstances were different for different peoples.
If you lived in an environment that allowed for very little wiggle room for survival, then your idea of God would be different from the idea of God that the people living in a very temperate climate that had lots of uncultivated food available would have. Harsher, less forgiving, less lenient, less accommodating of human foibles.
Plus, most Gods started out as Gods of place - the spirits of the local water supply, the weather of the region, the local flora and fauna, etc, and those also were quite different from place to place.
Christianity, being an aggregate of Judaism and then-current Pagan religions, has the image of "God" as harsh and unforgiving. At least, for those who trot out the OT all the time - not so much for those who concentrate on what Jesus taught.
There are people who find joyousness in it, and those who become more loving because of it, so who can say?
EyeLovesJesus is a perfect example of a loving Christian who is kind and generous in her acceptance, and doesn't seem to care at all that one doesn't share her beliefs - she's gentle with everyone, and spreads around good wishes and love to any and all.
As long as there exist Christians like her, I cannot completely dismiss Christianity as a positive spiritual path.
2007-03-28 06:11:22 · answer #2 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could call me sadomasochistic, but I'm certainly not a Christian.
2007-03-28 04:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Kharm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A low self opinion helps
2007-03-28 04:32:32 · answer #4 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋