What kind of life do Christians believe that a typical non-Christian lives?

Question

The link is the question that prompted me to ask this. I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm merely curious.


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pusherhombre-Please elaborate. What kind of life did you live before? I'm betting it's a lot wilder than my life has ever been, but seriously-do tell.

Kim B-I drink a glass of wine maybe once a month with a meal. The most reckless thing I do is go three miles over the speed limit. The rest of those things?-I've never done any of that. I've never even tried smoking.

Answer 1

Actually, I don't believe there is such thing as a typical non-Christian. Non-Christian simply means they do not follow Christianity. It doesn't mean they don't follow some religion. If they aren't Christians, that is the only thing that I would believe that can tie them as one. Some may be agnostic, some may be atheists, others may be Jewish, Pagan, or even Muslim. I don't think there's a typical anything in this case. Some Christians I am sure believe that everyone who isn't a Christians sits around living wildly, but I don't think that is the case with everyone, just like not every Christian is screaming Bible verses on the sidewalk.

Answer 2

asking this question is like asking a white person how he thinks a black person lives, or asking a straight person how a gay person lives. Come on, really. Most people live by a certain order of morals, christian or non, you might find that a non christian lives a life that would fit how a christian would want to live or vise versa. It's the extremists, Christians or non-Christan's, that cause problems for each. In either case it is wrong. Wrong for the christian, because to judge someone else is a sin ( according to Jesus) and wrong for an atheist, becuase if you really are atheist why would you care.

Answer 3

Just wanted to re-word your question for you, to help clarify it - because I'm curious, too.

Christians: What do you think is the life of a typical atheist? How do you think they lead their lives? What do they do in their days (especially in how it would differ from a Christian day)?

Is your answer the same for describing the life of an agnostic, a wiccan, a humanist, a hindu, a muslim, a buddhist, etc... ?

Or, do you think that it's not possible to say what the life of a non-believer is like, just as much as it would be impossible to define 'the life of a believer'?

Answer 4

Oh, I believe that non-religious people all drink each others' blood, have orgies, shoot kittens, and boil babies in oil. No, I'm kidding. Well, non-religious people live the same sort of lives we do, except without the focus on God. For the most part.
Some non-religious people are more content than others, of course, and some are more law-abiding than others...but altogether, my experience has been that most PEOPLE, regardless of religion, are mostly good.

Answer 5

I'm a Christian. I'd assume that non-Christians would have lives that are quite similar to mine, except for the fact that they don't share my religious beliefs. I have many non-Christian friends, and minus the religious factor, their lives seem to be rather like my own. We study, work, fall in love, hang out, have hobbies and interests, and the usual sorts of things that all people do, regardless of belief.

Answer 6

They seem to think we have drunken orgies all day and spend the night committing all sorts of horrible crimes. After all, we don't have to fear hell..

I actually wonder sometimes what kind of people some of the Christians really are if the only thing that stops them from being amoral is that fear of hell.

Answer 7

You know... a sinful, unrepentant life.

If you believe there are no consequences, then you (not YOU, just in general):

Smoke
Drink
Sleep around
Cheat on your spouse
Love money and are greedy
Abuse your body
Treat others carelessly
etc., etc., etc.

Now, I have plenty of non-Christian friends who do none of these things. I'm using broad generalizations here.

I wasn't always a Christian, and I would say that I pretty much did all of these things - except the cheating part.

Answer 8

Fundies are usually wrong about the lives of non-Christians. The biggest difference is that WE don't devote our lives to a killer who drowns, tortures, and slaughters millions, conspires to have his own kid beaten and executed, and repeatedly commands his followers to torture and kill other people.

Answer 9

The same kind of life us Christians led before we came to Christ.

Answer 10

I'm a Christian. I don't think anything bad about non-Christians. They just have a different relegion than us. Nothing bad. I do hope that you become a Christian, though.