Why do so many people disrespect the bible and jesus?

Question

Therefore, I just asked this question but I did not get a good enough answer. This time I am going to reword it and attempt to filter out all of the irrelevant non-sense. I want an actual relevant answer to this question, please do not post and answer that really does not answer the question.

I understand that the entire world does not agree with the bible. I do not have a problem with this particular fact. My problem is that many people (not all) who do not believe in Christianity disrespect the religion as if it is completely trash. Many people refuse to recognize that there is some wisdom in the bible. I am Christian but I do see the good in other religions. Karma is not a Christian idea but it is still a wise one. The same goes for ideas in many other religions. AS for Jesus, he was a liberal for his time. He was anti violent. (See other question for example... and no, it is not referring to Islam)
I am a liberal democrat who is by no means trying to convert society.

i ran out of room...

dont tell me you have a problem with christianity because they tell you your gods are false. as a believer of a diiferent religion you believe that the christian god is false and there is nothing wrong with that because you are not christian. noone is answering my question!!! I am not in anyways enableing hypocritical christians. i do not believe that it is ok to hate. i believe that god loves everyone. though we might make him angry he does not hate us! he loves even the non believers. this is my belief. i am not trying to shove it in your face im acting for respect. you sound like a bunch of children

wow best answer is going to be hard on this one. thankyou to those who answered this question with an open mind! any people new to the question feel free to answer

why do so many people answer with irrelevance? why do so many argue with me things i have already established i agree with? like the girl who told me about how politics and religion need to be seperate. did she not see that i said i was a liberal democrat. liberal democrats believe that too. and why do so many complain that i assume "everyone" is like that. i thought i made it clear at the begining of the question when i said "not all" what the??? i wish there were people here that were more competent

Answer 1

I am a liberal democrat myself, and an Episcopalian. I have to say that I agree with everything you shared.

I think atheists/non-believers feel the Christian agenda is constantly crammed down their throats, especially since Bush became President. In addition, the type of Christianity that dominates the headlines is the more conservative type. That means when non-Christians think of Christianity, they almost certainly think of those who read the Bible as literally God's Word, and who therefore believe that all non-Christians will surely burn in hell.

This is unfortunate, because like you mentioned, the Christian message is a beautiful one: love God (Truth), love your neighbor, fight for justice, bring good news to the poor.

When non-Christians attack my beliefs, I remind myself that they are probably not attacking the idea of Jesus love. (!) They are instead rejecting a theology that seems to glorify hate while celebrating exclusivity. I might add that I reject that ideology myself.

Keep the faith. Peace be with you.

Answer 2

Christianity is a Medieval religion which is not any better than those it replaced. The Christian god is as human-like as Zeus. He is cruel, ill-tempered and non-forgiving. The Christians may think the Noah's flood story is great and showed God's power. To me, killing all the animals and plants in the whole world except one family and a pair of each species is not what a kind god should have done.

The Christian god could not forgive Adam and Eve, and instead he sent his only son to die for us. I can not accept this kind of logic, especially when the Christians said God did remove the original sin from Virgin Mary, so that Jesus could be born without the original sin.

No wonder Mohammed modified Christianity to create a new religion called Islam.

Answer 3

What is the statement love the sinner, hate the sin. How can a person respect a religion and its deity when so many of that religion's followers will not have an open mind. I used to have a bumper sticker that read, "Jesus, save me from your followers"

I take one person at a time and if they treat me fair, I treat them fair. Don't you realize that it is the radical extremes in all beliefs who are the problem. So not all people who are non-Christians disrespect the Christian religion or God. The Creationist non-sense really gets my goat. This world can be billions of years old and still only have a religious history of 5000 years. It just means that like all cultures the Christian one has a creation myth that not everyone accepts.

Answer 4

The thing is the way you see many people of the religion acting, for instance on here you see Christians not all but a very small amount just being downright nasty to people that disagree with their beliefs, now I'm not saying its Christian exclusive, I mean I've seen plenty Atheists, of which I am one myself act no better but to many just these little comments is enough for a whole religion to be ridiculed.

It's in our natural instinct from when we were evolving that the strong survive and that idea stays strong through every generation and as we evolved our abilities to express the idea have changed as well, It is no longer using rudimentary tools to kill each other, we are now using the Internet to kill the beliefs of others.

I'm not saying its a good thing that we attack each other the way we do but i think its lack of information brought on by this frame of mind that has caused all this anger and downright bullying towards one another.

Answer 5

I feel in that illustration it might be disrespectful due to the fact the which means at the back of the phrase forsaken is so most important to the historical past and tradition of in which Jesus got here from. If there's an additional option to say anything then simply use that.

Answer 6

Personally, I believe the problem is when people take a good idea and try force it into a believe structure, and worse yet, force other people to believe it. Like most religions.. it's all the same basic idea.. Respect..

All and all, Jesus tried to teach respect. Respect for your fellow man (and Woman). Respect for life, respect for nature. No matter HOW you classify it with names like Baptist, Catholic, or even Pagan.

Somewhere the idea of respect has been lost with people reading the the words of the Bible and still not understanding
the ideas the cannon was trying to convey.

As for people trashing it. Most people are so close minded and so caught up in there 'ways' that they lose any respect and thought for other peoples ideas and believes. There's a reason there's stereotypical names like 'Biblethumper' in the English language. If people didn't act stereotypical.. we wouldn't need the words. =)

Answer 7

This forum is an outlet for people who cannot otherwise voice their opinions in the real world. If I were to walk up to a stranger and say Jesus sucks, I'm sure I'd get some sort of pummeling. It can be done here with relatively little consequence. This doesn't mean I knock Jesus or the bible.. Well, I do the bible because it's one big book of fairytales, inadequate history lessons and a few okay life lessons.. outdated life lessons I'd say. It's written for a time long ago and is pretty invalid today.

Does saying that Jesus didn't exist really disrespecting him? If one believes he is a myth, does whatever that person says actually qualify as a putdown? I don't think so.

You have your beliefs. When you post them here, they are fair game for others to chop them down, ridicule and argue. As long as they don't violate the TOS, it's okay. If you don't like what's being said, you certainly need not participate.

My .02

Answer 8

Most people here will admit that, yes, there are plenty of decent Christians, or Muslims, or Jews, or Buddhists, or Wiccans, or what have you; Christians, however, tend to get targeted more here in the R&S forum because other, less tolerant Christians deliberate come here and rile everyone up with the fire-and-brimstone thing, or hating gays thing, or "evolution is a lie and Earth is 6,000 years old" thing... the list goes on. Over and over and over. This tends to somewhat sour everyone else's view of Christianity, and understandably so; but that doesn't necessarily invalidate ALL Christians, nor does it mean that there aren't good things in the Bible. There are plenty of good things in the Quran, too. It's when you try to define everything and everyone in the world (read: "judge") by the tenets in one of those kinds of books, including those who DON'T FOLLOW it, is when you kind of step out of your bounds and onto people's nerves.

It all comes down to simple consideration, and respect for others and their beliefs. If you display those things, you generally are more well-received.

Answer 9

I don't understand why this bothers you so much? You stated that you respect other religions. Let it be then? Not everyone is going to agree with the bible. I agree with you however, that there are some wise words in there. And I believe everyone takes something different from it. There could be so many different reasons why people think the bible is trash. Not everyone is as open minded as you seem, with their beliefs. Which is very cool. I try to be that way as well.

Answer 10

It is because it is too easy to accept as truth and too hard to continue to pray every day despite ill fortunes and stay connected to the only true source of life, Jesus Christ. The bible defies logic on some of its most poignant points so when it admonishes us to "love our enemies," we default to an incredulous expression replete with raised eyebrows and squinting. The part that is often overlooked is this is not to be obeyed as an ode to our enemies but rather to ourselves for our enemies can obliterate us if we return to them what they offer us. How? Through bitterness and even hatred that can evolve from a back and forth of ill will. Strength comes from joy and there is no joy in bitterness and hatred. The loving your enemies and the other beatitudes that seem to favor your foe are actually apothecaries to keep you healed from them. People disrespect this frame of thinking and living for the human heart aims for immediate justice as long as the justice isn't issued to them. Revenge is their motto whereas Forgiveness to keep yourself free is Jesus' motto and this is not bosomed in our society. It is actually despised and as you referred in your inquiry--disrespected.