Many people believe that all Christians are out to do is to judge and make life for gays hard. However a true Christian does not judge and only wants to share THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST and to help others, not harm others. Christian bashing has become trendy, a few people do not represent the entire Body of Christ. I ask that before you answer this question, think about the people who claim to represent Christians and then speak to a real Believer in Christ, who has dedicated his or her life to serving Christ and being more Christ like. Which doesn't mean being self righteous, but denying ones self as Christ did, Helping others, loving unconditionally and doing the will of The Father.
2007-04-04 21:19:04 · 12 answers · asked by swsAnswers 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This question was ask the other day by someone:
As a Christian, do you feel righteous when you make it harder for gays to have happiness or peace?
It's one think to believe being gay is a sin. It's another to attempt to crush any semblance of happiness for gays. Opposing equal protection laws and not just marriage but any legal recognition of gay relationships what-so-ever. Lots of things are considered sins from gluttony to pre-marital sex, yet no one is lining up to pass amendments banning those things and certainly not banning them from getting married.
That person got no hostile responses to his question. Many of the answers my question, which was should not have offended anyone got a very nice variety of scary answers so far. Thank you all for your honesty. Serving Jesus is serving others, serving others is helping others. My answer to the question about Christians feeling rightous about making life hard for gays was. The word Gay means happy, at least when I was growing up.
2007-04-04 21:55:02 · update #1
Who am I to sit here and judge you hiding behind my computer without thought of getting up and looking in the mirror at myself first.
I have to get me right and maybe help you as you could help me get it right
2007-04-04 21:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're quite scary...
People speak in generalisations because it's convenient. I don't think many people seriously believe they are speaking for or about all of any group, but constantly pointing out "some Christians" or "many atheists" just gets a little too PC and frankly boring. Perhaps we can agree that everyone on this board is functioning as an adult for the purposes of communication and can employ filters such that we read "some" or "most" whenever such apparent generalisations are used.
The thing is, though, you can't have it both ways. Just as not all Christians are gay-bashers, not all are as self-sacrificing nor pious as you describe either. So sure, maybe I could find one truly Christ-like Christian to talk to, but that wouldn't change anything - there'd still be the hate-mongers out there, and they do tend to be the ones with the loudest voices.
2007-04-04 21:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are people lining as much as ban gluttony and pre-marital intercourse. Your question is a splash puzzling to respond to. A Christian does not define peace or happiness in the comparable way an unsaved or non-Christian could. In different words, in case you felt that somebody you enjoyed strengthen into going to do something that they could finally sense sorry approximately, no rely how difficult it strengthen into to make the suited judgements you may attempt to realize this, in spite of in the event that they thought you have been ruining their happiness at that factor.
2016-10-02 05:12:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the generalization is just. I don't see any Christians out protesting that the 700 Club is a hate show. In fact Christians support it. Until they start correcting their own extremist factions they are guilty as well.
AS so many people like to say, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem!"
2007-04-04 21:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly people forget that we come into the world empty handed and we shall leave the same way. Niether judging other people nor amassing wealth will help us in anyway. The right path is to choose moderation, help the destitute and look in one's own collar before raising the hand to point a finger.
Cheers.
2007-04-04 21:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is exactly as wrong as generalizing gays as making life harder for Christians to have happiness or peace while minding their own business. I wouldn't ask you to walk a mile in your brother's pumps, but hey! No one shows up at the trials of your murderers carrying signs saying you deserved it because of your lifestyle, now, do they.
2007-04-04 21:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by Nowpower 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Really??
If you think that the Christians are making life harder for gays, what do you have to say about the Muslims? They hang them in Islamic Countries. They did that to two young guys in Iran some time back.
I've yet to see Christians do things like that.
They might have some revulsions towards them, but, insofar as I know, they leave them pretty much alone, just ignoring their very existence.
And you have the odd one who'll "pray for them" and the very rare bigot.
Otherwise, I think most of them are the "real Christians" you talk about there.
Cheers!
Simon Templar
2007-04-04 21:22:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It also counters a morality of faith, and establishes a genuine "culture of life." Individualism upholds your sovereignty over your life--and refuses to subordinate the preservation of that life to, say, the preservation of embryonic stem cells in some petri dish. Individualism defends your inalienable right to your life, including your right to end it--and evaluates, say, opposition to assisted-suicide as a desecration of human life, since forcing someone to live who wishes to die is no less evil than forcing someone to die who wishes to live.
There is indeed morality without religion--a morality, not of dogmatic commands, but of rational values and of unbreached respect for the life of the individual.
2007-04-04 23:53:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wrong practice and attitude of other Christian people who claimed to be Christians. True Christians do not do it.
jtm
2007-04-04 21:24:40 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Then I guess Jesus wasn't a true Christian.
He gave the Pharisees a MUCH harder time than we give anyone.
Christians are obligated to identify (for themselves) right and wrong, and acknowledging the unnatural acts of homosexuality is not the same as judging. There's no reason in the world for feeling guilty about it.
2007-04-04 21:23:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋