Religious folk... why is that whenever I post a comment critical of christianity and religious beliefs...?

Question

... that I find I get a lot of thumbs down responses. What ever happened to tolerance and turning the other cheek? I'm sure other people critical of religion aren't modding me down. So what gives? What would jesus do?

Atheists don't have to be forgiving or accepting. Heck, atheists can support brutal retribution if they want. Now personally I kinda think forgiveness is a good thing, but that's just me. However christianity are direced to turn the other cheek and be forgiving, but so many fail to do so.

Answer 1

It is because they cannot take criticism - they know they are vulnerable. Afer all that is why many cling to religion

Answer 2

Well, if you're being critical of Christianity, I don't mind, in fact, even if you were to be critical of my religion (Spiritual Satanism) I still wouldn't mind, as long as you get ALL of your facts straight before you start arguing with me (Christians try to do this, saying I worship the devil and sacrifice animals....no, and no, if you want to know more, just email me and i'll answer you with the truth.) I find that arguing with an informed person is much more interesting than arguing with a person that constantly says "you're going to hell to burn for eternity because of your sins unless you repent and accept jesus christ (worthless piece of sh**)" because they know where I'm comming from and can string together a coherent statement that actually causes one to think.

Answer 3

Jesus would defend His faith. Depending on the questions you ask, you may offend a Christ follower . . remember when Jesus got angry at the people making a market place out of the temple?

Anyway, if you give direct opposition to a specific belief, those people will give you opposition. Do yourself a favor and not offend the muslims.

Answer 4

Let's see the what kind of loving response I get to this. Religious people could be described as a bunch of people who forgot to ask: "why?" Every time they have a doubt, it is like the Monty Python skit where the monks start hitting themselves in the head with their bibles. So, you see, using logic on them causes hypocristians a lot of pain by (1) making them think and (2) forcing them to whack their noggins to kill the uncomfortable sensation of neurons firing.

Answer 5

Jesus would never be tolerant.

People always think Jesus was a helpless weakling.

But remember that in Holy anger he violently tore through the temple of people who made it a market.

When a possessed man ran towards Jesus and the disciples, Jesus bravely stood before the man.

When others were scared for their life, Jesus calmly stilled the waters and the wind.

Jesus was never tolerant. When things were wrong, they were wrong and He made them right.

Hate the game, not the player.

Answer 6

I'm not religious, but I will answer your question. Tolerance is different than giving a thumbs down rating on Yahoo! answers. I'm sure you are one of those hatebreeders if you are posting multiple comments criticizing certain beliefs. If you are one of these people, you are just as bad as the bible thumping fool from the old school.

Answer 7

No! there is an absolute criminal duty on the portion of people who declare any faith, or who quantity themselves among the diverse church communities, to end and heartfelt tolerance in the direction of others. comments, damaging comments, on the advantages of the different faith concept is precisely forbidden. As human beings, and for human beings, this limit is doubly substantial. Our Founding Fathers have been careful to show out the threat to the Republic from the competing non secular sects. They regarded zealous sectarianism as a threat to tranquil society. This communicate between them contributed to the belief of separation of Church and State. merely from the portion of civility and politeness, the ideals of others ought in no thank you to be demeaned or dwindled. in basic terms people who're insecure of their very own non secular doctrine could sense the will for such beside the point prattle. to each his very own,has a real and tangible meaning. no one of religion merits to be ridiculed or dwindled by potential of the different person of religion. to realize this is anathema to all observant religionists.

Answer 8

I'm a believer in Christ and I feel the same way or vice versa , that you do. Sometimes, it seems that there are people lurking in this category who never answer or post questions, but yet cast thumbs up or down. A lot of it seems to be just for spite, no matter what you believe.

Answer 9

The problem that I see with your line of questioning is that you are trying to confuse religion with Christianity. It won't gel. The two are completely different.

If you believe you are right in what you write here in this R&S Q&A then worry not what others have to say one way or the other.

It is just between you and God. God either gives you Wisdom to share or He does not. Careful of what you put down here. You will be judged by every word that proceded out of your mouth, or in this case, typed.><>

Answer 10

Jesus would speak the truth in love. Jesus never lied to people so that they would feel more "tolerated". Instead, He loved people enough to tell them the truth. What is true remains the truth, whether a person validates it or not. Truth is. Jesus is the way, the truth , the life. I may have answered your question less pointedly if you had not asked "what would Jesus do?", but you gave me no choice but to answer that specifically. I hope this helps a little.

Answer 11

He'd answer you with a response that would mystify you and show you just how wrong you are. Why do you mock Him to begin with if you do not believe in Him? We turn the other cheek when we don't insult you the way you do us. Where is your respect for other people? What gives? Whatever happend to your tolerance of us? What gives? See how that gets turned around? Don't be a hypocrite, it's not a good thing.