Have you dismissed humility for the sake of sharing what you believe?

Question

What I mean is, when you share what you believe, have you become prideful in sharing it? Have you experienced that in others?
I would like your thoughts....

dear theGrit
I can't wait - please feel free to elaborate.... :)

Answer 1

I know I have moments, but I'm not really sure about my overall approach. This is a great question. Calls for more introspection . . . .

EDIT: I think it depends on the situation. If another person dismisses humility, I tend to react in a calm manner. I want to take the higher road. But in the back of my head, I have to admit that I'm thinking, "Beat that, f*cker."

If someone presents their beliefs calmly and without loaded language, I can react like an adult, without the snottiness.

But as I don't consider pride a sin (don't really believe in sin, so eh), everything I do, I do with pride. I especially take pride in my intellect as knowledge is my primary focus in life.

But I know that I can always, always, always learn and be proven to lack knowledge. This is why I chose agnosticism. It allows me to say, "I don't know."

I definitely do have my moments where I abandon all humility and just let rip. After all, I own a bumper sticker that says, "Militant Agnostic: I don't know, and you don't either." But I've never put it on my car. That alone should say something about me, I think.

I know this was rambling, but I hope it makes sense. You asked for more, and I wanted to give you something, but I can tell my thoughts are fully formulated yet. :)

Answer 2

Tough question ramjet. I sincerely hope not. It is easy to become somewhat jaded on this forum but I try my best to give honest answers without sounding prideful. I have given answers that I have later had second thoughts about and have on occasion even deleted answers after thinking twice. I guess at the end of the day if my answers sound prideful that would be a judgment call made by the asker.

Answer 3

I hope I personally haven't but I'm sure pride has motivated me on occasion.

One problem with so many Christians style of sharing (as exposed by Dan Kimball in his book They Like Jesus but Not the Church) is that they see those outside the church only as "evangelistic targets" and have little actual interest in them as people.

If this is the case then humility has gone out the window.

Answer 4

I don't try to be.