Why do you allow imperfect people's actions to cause you to look down on and mock Christ?

Question

I read so many comments and people will mock Christ, because of what the pope does or what a televangelist does... these people are not Christ... they are just people, who are imperfect and sin just like the rest of us. If you have a problem with the way they are, fine, you dont have to like them. But Christ deserves more respect than that.

I know that many of you will say "how can you respect something/ someone who is not real." Ok, that's your opinion, but that you dont know for fact... so let's just say that he is real... will you continue to say the mean and hateful things you say in regard to him? Who could 'possibly' be the one who layed down his life for you.

If so, I guess you're just hateful people, whom are lost causes!

DEKE- no, actually, I have not. I am very secure in my faith... Im speaking from ANOTHER perspective. Thought ya had me... but no!
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CAPTAIN: how can u prove something that does not exist?
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CHIPPY: Mocking the "Christian" would make more sense!
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Mel: I have not tried to convert you or change your mind. You have said that you believe that Jesus was good man who live a long time ago. If he was as good as you say, then doesn't he STILL deserve respect... even if in your mind, he's just a man. He wasn't bad... right?!?!?
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DBYTZ: The question is in the headline. Thanks!!!

Mel: The sky cannot be disrespected.
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Answer 1

You have a point. Its not fair and I as well as a lot of people are guilty of it.
Christians, the ones you speak of, give other Christians a bad name. They scream from the rooftops with thier hands out damning the rest of us to hell and tell us they come here in the name of Christ. So the association isn't a hard one to make. But your right. We shouldn't. I just wish true Christians would do something about shutting all the other ones up. They are giving you a really bad name.

Answer 2

I'm glad you're working out your own religious quandaries, but was there really a question there? Let's see, prominent Christian figures gone bad, true not an direct reflection on Christ but not a good witness either.

I don't agree with blithely accepting the existence, well at least not as described in the NT, of Christ. On the other hand, I do try to be somewhat respectful of your misguided beliefs.

Answer 3

I believe there was a man called Jesus who lived way back then, and I also believe he was probably the most influential preacher ever (obviously). And no doubt he was a very good man. I don't believe he was the son of any god though. And the religion that sprung up in his name preaches hatred and intolerance. So what I can't stand is the religion. I couldn't care less about Jesus. He was a man who lived, made an impact, and then died like any other man.

Happy, just because YOU believe something to be real, doesn't make it so! It's your OPINION, not mine.

Happy, it's not disrespectful to say he was a man like any other and died like any other. It's the way it is. Is saying the sky is blue disrespectful to the sky?

Answer 4

How persons see the character of God could have an impact on how they view evangelism. Jesus is entirely human and entirely divine for that reason evangelism is entirely human and entirely divine. On the only hand the human messengers have a position to play in sporting the message. In my opinion Christians will have to 'wait in Jerusalem till they're empowered via the Holy Spirit' earlier than they begin evangelizing. We are then known as to witness what we've got noticeable. I do not sign up for the conversion idea. On the opposite God has a position in calling persons. In the myth of the Sower: God is the Sower and just one in 4 character varieties reply undoubtedly to the message. There is not any convert or die message on this parable. I do not sign up for the hellfire and brimstone preaching of a few Christians. I believe they have got misinterpreted the scriptures. What the ones parables imply to me is that we Christians have an warranty of heaven - of being within the Kingdom of God. We "imperfect beings" do not come to a decision who's in and who's out. God does that and it's presumptuous to believe or else. Jesus usually used the Greek fable as a parable since each person was once acquainted with it. Translating this allegory into some thing cutting-edge. Hell is a separation from God. If persons pick to stroll clear of God then they get what they deserve. Using your analogy God as grownup and folks as kids: He entrusts the message to human "imperfect beings" for his or her improvement to study some thing within the procedure. God is looking to be certain that the message is going via. He might ship that individual to the naughty nook in the event that they stuff it up. He might use anybody else. If you think the bible then as a final motel He has come Himself. Hope this is helping.

Answer 5

Jesus probably existed as a human being...not as the son of any god....I don't mock Jesus...I actually mock those *imperfect* people that you speak of...I can't mock god because I don't believe in him...and yes...how can I respect something that I don't believe exists? Do you respect Zeus, Thor, Mithras, etc....? If you don't respect them then I guess you are just a hateful person who is a lost cause......

Answer 6

I think the people who mock Christ the most are the people who claim to be Christians but are blind and deaf to the crimes committed by other so called Christians. Christianity is a religion created by people of the past, hanged on to by people of the present, and used by power greedy people of the time to come. There is not even a hint that it is Christ fault.

Answer 7

Well if I don't believe in god and Jesus, why would I respect them? Do you respect Santa, or the tooth fairy, or the flying pink unicorn?
I respect your beliefs, but not the fact that you call me hateful and a lost cause because I don't have the same beliefs as you.

"Ok, that's your opinion, but that you dont know for fact". And that goes right back to you too.

Answer 8

Let's put it simply...for your benefit.

Would you work for a company that publicly ostracized and discriminated openly against women or other minorities?

Christianity does this. It's not an "individual" choice. It's the mandate of Christianity.

Choose a religion or belief that does not "harm" others.

Very basic, moral and ethical principles are easy to understand...without a bible or a bunch of blind sheep.

Answer 9

He's just a historical character. Its fine to disrespect him, just like its fine to disrespect Julius Caesar.
Its arguable that he is more deserving of scrutiny and disrespect because you people insist on giving him qualities he couldn't possibly have had. If I went around saying Julius Caesar could fly you would find people very ready to correct me.

Answer 10

Right on, friend. The same people who speak derisively about Christ are indignent when someone speaks disrespectfully to them.

Are there people who identify as Christians, but make an apparent mockery of faith? Sure. Do they reflect badly on Christ? No. They reflect badly on themselves.