I would like for the Religious and the Secular to answer this. Please?

Question

What everyone needs is love, right?

For religions people :
What if, an "unbeliever" saved your life, or that of your loved one. Would your attitude toward "unbelievers" be for the better afterward? - If so, why isn't it now? Aren't we all just humans that need love? Do you really need something that drastic to happen before you realize that?

For secular people :
What if, a very religious person saved your life, or that of your loved one. Would your attitude toward the religious be for the better afterward? - if so, why isn't now? Aren't we all just humans that need love? Do you really need something that drastic to happen before you realize that?

Sorry, I think some of you guys misunderstood me...:(

Answer 1

Yeah...since when do religious people hate non believers?

Answer 2

The problem is not with religious people or secular people hating one another, or even strongly disliking the other.

The issue really is this dang internet. It's a place where everyone can come and vent their individual frustrations. I hope you don't read these answers and think people go around hating one another because that's not the case.

Organized value and morality stomping by the church is hated by the world. Not the people, but the organizations that make their beliefs law! That's really hated. Those particular individuals who do these things are rarely friends with anyone that believes differently because they cannot fucntion around others that don't believe the same way. I know because my ex's mom was a nut about abortion. I would never ever bring up the subject, and if someone did I left the room. To crazy fanatical for me.


Secular beliefs are also made into law, but only the church sees it this way. The world agrees with the majority, and the majority should win regardless of what's right or wrong.
This is quite a time we live in because two wrongs can make a right. Hence the church is attempting to keep some sort of value system in place and the world is saying, "Times they are a changing.. move on or move out."


But even those secular ones who are fanitacal like the "tree hugging enviromentalist" are not liked by many either because like the religious nut, they too cannot maintain a friendship with some one who doesn't live and die for their cause.


Most of us are somewhere in the middle, we believe what we believe and accept that others are individuals and are entitled to their own opinions. We are unmovable, but can appreciate anyone else even though they believe differently.

What you should do is reverse this question and ask why would a person hate the whole because one or two bad apples came across their path.
Hate tends to spread quicker than love. Many hate a lot of people because they encountered one or two who were judgmetal or arrogant.

Answer 3

Q: For religions people :
What if, an "unbeliever" saved your life, or that of your loved one. Would your attitude toward "unbelievers" be for the better afterward? - If so, why isn't it now? Aren't we all just humans that need love? Do you really need something that drastic to happen before you realize that?

My A: Well, I think first I would have to say that I have love for people (unbelievers), and I really don't have a bad attitude toward them. I worry for them, I am very concerned for them though. I realize how precious they are, and how much they should be loved and be encouraged toward the love and salvation of Jesus. Sometimes people mistake the motive, but we aren't meaning to be unkind. We do mean the best.

Answer 4

What makes you think believers don't love the unbeliever?
I do not have a bad attitude toward the sinner. I want them saved and free from eternal damnation, and everyone i know feels the same way. Yes I agree everyone needs to be loved but everyone needs the Lord and then they will have all the love they will ever need.

God Bless.

Answer 5

Religious people, no matter what religion he/she belongs to, were supposed to love everyone, helped or not. If not, his/her religion is a fake.

As for the attitude towards the other person after he/she saved your life, all sensible person would convey gratitude.
If you happen to hate this guy before for whatever reason, sure, your attitude towards him/her would certainly change 'for the better'. The guy just saved your life, for Christ sake!!

'why isn't now'? - who told you that people, religious or secular, hate each other?

Answer 6

I am a Christian and I love everyone, both believers and non. The Word of God says that we are suppose to. That is the difference between a religious person and a Christian. So whether they save me and/or my loved ones life or not, I still love them just the same. Speaking out against sin is not the same thing as hating someone. It is thru love that we do speak out. If we did not care we would keep our mouths shut. May God BLess U.

Answer 7

I generally have a good opinion towards people who don't share my convictions. It just seems like the internet and some forums in particular bring out the extremes. People who for some reason you don't seem to find in the real world. At least in the real world they may act a little more human to others but perhaps because they are behind a mask of anonymity they exaggerate their behaviour ( I can only hope it's exaggerated) in what appears to be some kind of quest for attention.

Answer 8

No, that would not change my attitude towards "unbelievers" because I have no problem with them. Everyone chooses the path that is best for them. I would be forever grateful to the person that did this, however. But, no, I try to view all people equally and judge them by their character, not by their beliefs.

Answer 9

If a religious person saved my life, my attitude towards that particular person would surely be better. Only idiots generalise. I have no real problem with the religious, just the extremists.

Answer 10

Of course, I'd be grateful to an unbeliever if he or she saved my life. But as it is, I don't have a problem with unbelievers to begin with. I realize that not everybody in the world shares my religious beliefs.

Answer 11

I think your generalizations and assumptions are way off the mark for the majority of posters here.

As a person who believes in God I do not look down on those who don't believe or those who simply believe differently. I wouldn't need any drastic thing to happen in order to know that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. I only become agitated about beliefs when others attempt to force me to live by theirs.