Christians : What do you dislike about Christianity, and organized religion as a whole?

Answer 1

I dislike all the horrible things that are done in God's name, wicked, judgmental, sinful things that, if anyone read the Bible they'd know that these things aren't God's will. (Basically everything the Westboro Baptist "Church" has done falls into this category.)

I like organized religion as a whole, because God wants us to have fellowship with other believers and to learn more about His word. Pastors/preachers have studied the Bible and, because of this, are in a good place to challenge others who haven't studied the Bible in depth (as most of us have not). This does not mean that the pastor is better than the congregation or closer to God just because he is behind the pulpit; do people who think that also think that a teacher is better than his students just because he has studied the material and has his own big desk and gets to stand at the front of the classroom? And do people who disagree with organized religion also think that kids should never go to school because they don't need to learn anything from a teacher that they couldn't learn by themselves out of a book? You could never set foot in a school and become brilliant by studying on your own, but isn't it a lot easier and a lot more insightful when you're in a classroom, being taught by someone who has studied the material in depth and getting other ideas from your classmates who have different experiences than you?

I do, however, dislike what Christianity has become. It's become a fad & a fashion statement, it's simply become t-shirts and bracelets that say WWJD and necklaces with crosses on them. It's become pop culture, with people wearing shirts that say "Jesus is my homeboy" and "God is a gangsta."

It's attracted people with a lukewarm faith... because now you just have to say a prayer and BAM, you're a Christian and going to heaven! Oh, what about that little thing called sin? Don't worry about it, you said the prayer, right? Then you're mint. You're a shoe-in for heaven if you've said the prayer!

But what about the "new creation" you become when you accept Jesus? You become "born again," and just as you can't live the same way you lived when you were in your mother's womb after you leave the womb, you can't live the same way you've lived after you accept Jesus as your savior and repent of your sins.

What I dislike about Christianity is how it's been watered down this: belief in God is enough. Guess what - it's not. If you truly believed Jesus died so you could go to heaven and genuinely grasped what that actually means for the world, you'd be living your life a whole lot differently.

Belief is not enough; repentence is necessary, because if you haven't repented & changed your life then you're not a Christian, you're just a wannabe.

Answer 2

Former Christian here.

I primarily disliked the misappropiation of funds. Christianity was established by Jesus and his teachings were pretty clear. Give all you have to the poor, follow Him, and become fishers of men. This guideline is not followed by a majority of Christian churches today. Offerings are used to pay mortgages, electric bills and buy comfort items like chairs and donuts. It is really a disgrace.

The other thing that used to bother me was the fact that a great number of Christians have taken up causes that weren't pressed by Jesus. The abortion issue has become a rallying cry for Christians. These people spend hours of their time, picketing clinics and protesting in DC. Meanwhile the real teaching of Christ goes on ignored. The poor aren't fed and the 'love' of God is not shown, in fact these people go out of their way to show distain towards sinners(doctors, and poor girls without hope). It is pretty disgusting. The same can be applied to the Gay issue. If Christians have decided to protest sin, why don't they protest against pork farmers, or set up people chains around buddhist temples?

Christ had one clear task, Christians ignore it.

There are 2.1 Billion Christians in the world. If each gave $1 per week in offerings that actually went towards feeding the poor and helping the needy, there would be $109 BILLION going towards the needy of the world PER YEAR. This is higher than the Gross National Product of all but 58 countries.

The simple truth is that the money provided by good Christian people is actually going into realestate and material goods, not going towards the poor. It is a shame, it is a Sham, and is one of the many reasons I am no longer a Christian.

Answer 3

I dislike being lumped in with Christians who roll around on the floor and gibber like idiots, thinking they are under the influence of the Holy Spirit. These are mainly the Christians that believe God created the heavens and earth in six literal days, and want to replace what is being taught in schools with their "science". They are mainly the ones who are rabidly out to persecute homosexuals or any other group that doesn't conform to Christian beliefs, whether they are Christian or not.
However, that is a human problem, not really a Christian problem. If people could just get the definition of the term "Christian" correct, I don't think it would be such a problem, but what I see is that people who are not Christian tend to think anyone who calls himself Christian is therefore Christian. That's kind of like saying if I call myself Brittany Spears, I must therefore be Brittany Spears. Now, I can sing like the very angels (can too!), but I'm still just a chubby li'l granny from Alabama.
God bless!

Answer 4

I dislike the fact that most of us put more focus on doctrine than on spreading the love of Christ.

there is to much focus on the sins of people, and not on the saving grace and power of Jesus Christ.

What I don't like about organized religion is that it has started too many wars.

Christianity had the Crusades and the Inquitisition, it was a sad time for the church... and now we have radical religious followers blowing up themselves to kill others... how is that going to help anything..



My goal is to spread the joy and goodness of Christ, rather than condemn others, I will show them the Joy that I feel, and someone will want that same peace, and then I will show them the way to Christ.


****added after reading other answers****

We have all made mistakes, and all Christians are hypocrits.. because like every other human, we sin. we are not any better than anyone else... we are just forgiven.. that is the only difference.

you don't have to follow anything to a "t" but if you trust in the Lord, you will want to. and do you best to.. that is what I'm doing, I still falter, and come short of God's Glory... but thankfully he loves me and forgives my sins and short comings, just like he will with anybody else...

as for Dr. Woo up there... that's the same answer I have seen on everything he has ever posted... and his hostile hate fill response is exactly the problem I have with religion.

He sees himself as "above" religion, and there for lashes out agianst religion... how does that make him anybetter than those that lash out in the name of Religion?

Answer 5

I was a member of a funadamentalist church for 30 years, until I saw the light.
This is what I hated: the way people judged you - unless you fitted into their idea of what a Chrisian was, you were not accepted. I also hated the way you were forced into a box - women were supposed to submit, no matter if they were intelligent or not. You were always considered inferior - and I know woman who were told not to speak to a priest, their husband had to do it.
I hate the way you weren't allowed any personal choice - you dressed the same, did the same. Did I mention that my mother used to rail at me for "being rebellious"? And rebellion, is as we know, as the sin of witchcraft.
I hated the way the church interfered in your family life. I can't say it broke up my parents' marriage - I feel that my parent's marriage was the reason my mother joined the church, but it didn't help. And the church considered itself more important than your own family. My mother was told not to go to her niece's wedding because it was on the Sabbath, for example.
In organised religion, the priests have too much power and opinion. They rule by fear, not love.

Answer 6

I hate the way people use Christianity and the church as a weapon. The whole mercy, acceptance, and compassion thing hasn't hit half the congregations quite yet, and many people exclude and say cruel things to others in their time of weakness or need. It's the same with organized religion, but we need it anyway, for the sake of the good people who practice what they preach, and there are many of those people too.

Answer 7

As a concerned citizen, not a complete Christian, this is what I find wrong abotu Christianity.

1) Some Christians, and even the faith, are hypocritical. They say one thing and do the complete opposite proclaiming to do things for God.

2) Christian churches are wrong. There shouldn't be a group of people, with one who obviously has a "Holier Than Thou" complex, tellign people that they are going to hell if they don't follow something to a T.

Answer 8

Please don't confuse Christianity with Catholicism.
Religion is man's search for God.
Christianity is God's search for man.

As believers we can't grasp the complex simplicity of Christianity. We thing we have to "do something" to be saved or to show ourselves worthy of salvation and the goodness of God.

In reality, it isn't works that save us. It's God's grace. There is nothing we can do to be saved. There is nothing we can do to prove ourselves worthy of God's love.

We can't light enough candles or say enough prayers to justify God's blessings. We cannot out give God.

Christianity isn't organized at all.
Some have tried to organize it, but then you see the mess they get into.

Some people mistake "the church" for a building or an organization. The church is people. People loving and serving God.

Answer 9

Hi Deke, I am a Catholic and I really do not like the fact that so many Christians seem to think that they have it all sussed out and have got God in their back pocket, the ones who condemn to Hell those who are constantly struggling to keep their heads above water.
I see less and less of the example of Christ today and more and more of safe Christianity you know the, I`m alright and you are not mentality, this is not the way of Christ at all and no wonder so many who are hurting and bitter want nothing to do with it.

Answer 10

faith is a deep rooted reason for issue in Britain and continuously has been on the grounds that historic past documents or maybe earlier christian impact here . The bitter conflict against the church of Rome keeps in the psyche of the British and the liberal protestant recommendations has continuously listened respected and recognized different religions through protestant conflict against the conformity of a dominant faith . The Brits have been continuously professional Arab and respected the Muslim faith , the social issues that now exist in Britain has eroded a liberal protestant mentality for this reason inflicting a protective state of recommendations exacerbated via what feels like a significant inflow of immigration ( musim and non muslim ) and the lack of ability of management with the interest of protecting a liberal state is lacking ( why the BNP fills the void ) . too many non secular wars perhaps and too lots variety . " too many chefs injury the broth "