Have you been helped by someone from a different religion or belief than your own?

Question

What was the help? What religion or belief are you and they?

Answer 1

i've been helped in a lot of ways throughout my life...i've not often known the belief system or religion of those who helped me, and when i help others, i don't bring religion into it

Answer 2

Actually I was given some assistance recently by an atheist. I'm a christian and my best friend on the planet is a devout atheist. She got me out of the house for some "time away" and treated me to a frappe mocha and a huge chocolate chip cookie...we always help each other because we are friends but worlds apart in our daily walk and we never stray into each others paths. She told me once she would be sad if I lost my faith and I told her I would be delighted if she lost hers. Just goes to show that people can learn to love each other while completely and staunchly disagreeing about some very important matters in life. Love in Christ, ~J~

Answer 3

Two very nice gentlemen helped us out when our car broke down last week. Prefer not to stereotype, but I'll assume by their ethnic background and their dress that they were not Christian. A very good friend of mine is a Wiccan, we've helped each other plenty. Another dear friend is a JW. I don't use religion as a check when choosing friends or letting people help me. There is goodness everywhere!

Answer 4

Absolutely. Growing up in less than ideal conditions in SE Asia, my family was given food, clothing and shelter by people of all denominations: Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, etc.

We arrived in the US with very little other than the clothes on our backs. Again, we were given a lot of help and kindness from people of all denominations. I do volunteer work with non-religious groups and my team members belong to all sorts of faiths.

When I battled cancer, friends and strangers from all groups showed me a lot of compassion.

All of my experiences reinforces my conviction that it's not the belief system but the generosity of the individual. I've also seen a lot of horrible acts done by people of all faiths.

Answer 5

Yes, Jews. Understanding the Jewishness of Jesus (Yeshua), all of the disciples/apostles, and studing the early church, which was made up of Jews, has freed me from a bunch of nonsense that is in the churches today, but not Biblical.

P.S. Since you asked in R&S I assumed you mean with faith. If you mean in daily life, I would have to say yes. But I've never asked a person about their faith (or not) in a helping or assisting situation. I'm assuming it must be yes.

Answer 6

I've been helped, and helped others in many ways. I never considered what religion or belief was. I don't think that matters.

Answer 7

..."Yes" the process is called Evangelism... It's a part of what is called The Great Commission... directed by Yeshua, a young Hebrew Carpenter who specialized in "Home Improvement"..... ( I don't belong to a "religion", God has no use for "religions") ... I follow the Scriptures and the teaching of the young "Carpenter", Yeshua, Ha Shem.

It's all in the Tanakh and the B'rit Hadashah.... Oh !...The Old and New Testament... What was the help ?
...I helped "them" to learn the Truth...
Shalom....

Answer 8

Of course I have been, for as an atheist I have yet to meet another in person. Mine is a small town, and the population is almost exclusively Christian. I'm a single mom with kids, and our income is less than ideal. Occasionally, around the holidays, I will find a box on my porch containing all the trimmings for a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

But that's not all. Each and every Christmas, the borough office waves whatever my water and sewage bill might be. This allows me to spend a little more on gifts for my children.

My mother's neighbor was a generous man, and before he died he entrusted funds to the Methodist church, earmarked for helping struggling families at the holidays. Almost yearly, I receive in the mail several rather generous gift certificates. Again, this is to buy things we need and gifts for my kids.

One Christmas morning I awoke to find three large garbage bags on my lawn. The tags read simply, "To Amy and kids, from Santa." Inside the bags were toys and clothes for my children, along with clothes, make-up, and girly products for me. Things that I would never buy for myself, yet what every woman wants.

When I first became ill and found household chores to be difficult, the church ladies would stop by to help clean my home and provide a freezer full of precooked meals. The brought dry goods from their Angel Food Ministries and left them at my door.

Just yesterday, a Christian neighbor spent most of the day trying to fix my stove. When that didn't work, he took me shopping for a new one, and hooked it up for me free of charge. He also fixed my son's lawnmower, and how we obtained that is a story in itself.

It had been learned that my kids wanted to earn some extra cash, and save for cars and college, by doing odd jobs around town. Two very generous people showed up with a brand new Huskee push mower and a new weed eater. My kids are now in business and my own yard has never looked nicer.

When I was a teen runaway, I found myself in Green River, Utah. I stopped at a local motel to see if I could rent a room long enough to clean up a bit. I was told no, I couldn't do that, but I could accept the room for a week, to get off the streets and recuperate.

This wonderful Mormon hotel manager also included 3 hot meals a day in the deal, along with use of the pool. A maid lent me her suit. When it was time for me to move on, I learned that they had taken up a collection to buy me a bus ticket home, and included some spending money for meals.

They never tried to convert me, they asked nothing in return. No one has ever asked me to return the favors, no one has ever let my atheism concern them. They are my friends and neighbors, and they do this from the goodness of their hearts. My family and I return their good deeds at every opportunity, but we fail miserably by comparison.

Answer 9

Of course!

I don't put judgment on people based on their religion. If they wanna help me with something, then kudos to them! What--we're not allowed to help people with a different belief system than our own?

Answer 10

I've been helped a bunch of times by many people including Christians, Atheists, and Muslims.

I'm a Heathen.