Why do you think Christians are different?

Question

Im from the city, and I see that urban Christians are more willing to challenge and question the Bible and its teachings then rural Christians living out in the country. Not that questioning is a bad thing, but why are city dwellers more likely to question then country folk? Do you think the influence of other religions in a city compared to mainly one religion per small town? It might be the "take no crap" attitude from the city compared to a "do as your told" attitude in the country? Whats your opponion?

Answer 1

The structure of Family is still the prevailing consideration in the daily lives of rural people. In this kind of environment, tradition still is very important and respected to the point that it is considered blasphemy to break tradition specially the spiritual kind of tradition. A rural person who will act against accepted norms can expect visits from everybody in his clan specially the elders and from other churchgoers.

City dwellers are confined to a smaller unit of family , starting from the baby boomer parents and the kids only. Grandpa and Grand ma may have died already or are living in the counry and only visit once a year, at most. This makes the decision to get out of tradition less scary or less pressured.

Answer 2

yeah, pretty much
rural people tend to be more conservative
and urban people experience more worldly influence so they doubt their faith a lot easier
its never wrong to turn your ear from something if it might make you question your faith, but i want to find out the answers to a lot of things so I listen to what anyone has to say, and then look into things my self
I never question my Lord though
sometimes I question whether or not I have real faith or am a real Christian, but if there anything I know it is that Christ is Lord and God the Father, the Holy Spirit will reveal these things to you if you invite Him in
everything else could be a scam or an illusion but I never could feel right thinking that Christ is not real
I'd believe the world were all a hoax before Christ.
Most doubt comes from the fact that most people don't know the facts behind most issues, and that's a fact, if the facts aren't facts. They just believe what someone tells them and don't follow up. And I'm talking about a lot of things here.
In an age where we can learn about anything just by sitting at a computer we are opened up to an infinite amount of truth and an infinite amount of lies, discerning between them is each person's responsibility. If I'm not 100% sure of something than I don't 100% believe it.
And the only thing I truly believe in is what is immediately apparent to my physical presence, the Bible and all things revealed in it which define truth and are truth, and Christ and my love for Him and my family
everything else is up for debate and always will be
except for the fact that I like to eat pizza
but I may change my mind on that soon here

Answer 3

Because the city life diversity lends itself to tolerence.
I'm not a christian. I was, but I'm not anymore.
I was a christian who was pro-choice, believed in Gay Marriage, and voted 100% democrat all the time. (I still think Jesus was a liberal and that's the way he was presented in the bible...so I'm not sure about country folk sticking to bible teachings or whatnot...)
However, when you live in the city and you have gay pride parades, and people of different cultures living right next to you, you start to understand that these are people deserving of love and respect too, and that Jesus loves them too. You're more exposed to the views of others, and the more exposed to are to the views of others, the more chances you have to make a decision about interpreting the bible.
Some people believe 6,000 old, and some people believe te bible leaves that particular fact open to interpretation. Obviously, in my veiw, it's impossible to interpret everything the bible says literally, and most bible scholars will tell you the same.

But I'm not sure city dwellers have a "take no crap" attitude...I tend to find more friendly people in the city than in the country.

Answer 4

Fortunately it's not "who's the better Christian - we're all Christians and isn't salvation what it's all about anyway?"

Remeber, Paul didn't write the same letters to the Romans as he did to the Corinthians or Thessalonians.

Well, here in the country, we depend on our neighbors so much that we tolerate a whole lot more from them than our city cousins do. In the city, I can manage pretty well on my own - don't need anyone. But here in the country, I've had to depend on my neighbors to dig me out of snow drifts, help me repair downed electrical lines, plow a garden, haul water. Truly, without my neighbors, I'd have been sunk many times. And I'll drop what I'm doing to help them in any way I can - research articles on-line, write letters, clean their houses, help can food. It's very symbiotic.

SOOO, it's not really a reluctance to question - but more an attitude of tolerance and forgiveness. Our willingness to overlook and accept people for their eccentricities - knowing that they have to accept ours - that appears to be the "do as your told" attitude concerning Christian Faith.

And out here we respect "the rules." Even backward rules. See, if you do something foolish (break the rules) out here, you can die from your injuries before 911 can get there. So we respect rules as a matter of safety. Again, it's not a reluctance to question - it's our respect for proven rules.

In the City, because I can make it on my own, I can question the rules - and bend them enough to suit my specific needs.

I guess it's more a "Me" versus "US" kind of difference - than "take no crap" versus "Do as you're told."

Answer 5

I agree with the idea that "city dwelling" Christians are more likely to be exposed other types of religion, which sometimes opens the door to questioning their own. As opposed to "rural" Christians who are more likely to only have contact with those who follow the same beliefs.

If you came from a very small town, with only one church, and everyone in town attends that church and believes it's teachings--there's really no reason for questioning.

Answer 6

I really think it has everything to do with what values you are instilled with while growing up as far as attitude is concerned.
As for questioning and challenging I think has to do with how you are raised and where ( denomination).
I am a Christian myself and I believe that we are supposed to question and present challenges in order to bring about changes in our lives in order to grow as Christians.
I was raised in the First Baptist Church and grew up in the country but moved to the city at a young age and the only difference is that there are more people and places here in the city.

Answer 7

I personally believe city people see far more evil than country folk. And it's what you take in that affects your decisions. Country people live far more relaxed lifestyles and the result is more deep rooted love for life and far less bitterness toward God. That is just my opinion on that matter. Take care and may God bless you spiritually.

Answer 8

The more you are exposed to different viewpoints, the harder it is to accept that yours is thge "one true belief." This applies not only to religion, but to all things, it's why we have a selection of literature in survey courses and why racists tend to live in small towns where they never meet anyone of another ethnicity.

Answer 9

Maybe country dwellers have more time to think about him and get really grounded in what they believe. I have lived both places the city consumes your time. And sometimes your sleep.

Answer 10

I think its because city slickers have to be observant since so much is going on they always have to be on their toes where as country folk don't have to be so much so they tend to be more gullible and not ask questions, they just go with the flow.