a doubt, i am not from the U.S and never been there...are christians in the U.S like christians in yahoo?

Question

could one say christians in here are exaggerating their christianity?
i dont talk about fundamentalists.
Are "average" christians in the U.S quoting bible verses so much and talking about love for the father and all those pseudo poetical speech??
would anyone in the U.S find it weird that anyone said those things???
in my country even though it is highly religious we would find it odd people saying: "we feel the love of god in our hearts" or niceties like this one

Answer 1

No, we do not quote Bible verses and go around spouting off about our faith.

Answer 2

The answer is no it is not an act, or else they would be on another site. While not all Christians are on the same level of bible knowledge, most Christians have a lot of faith. They truly believe in what they profess, even when they may not live it. Or maybe they are living what they profess, which is asking forgiveness over and over is okay, which is not true. But one thing can be said for the people who call themselves Christian I have met, they are believers in what they profess, right or wrong. The Christian population is not as large as the non-Christian, but it is vocal.

Answer 3

Hi! What country are you from?

U.S. culture is very different in different regions of the country. We are a HUGE country, geographically.

I'm from a relatively un-religious area. And then, where I live, religious or spiritual people are mostly private about their practices. It doesn't come up unless you're with people you know to hold similar beliefs. It's considered rude to talk about religion in this part of the country, just like it's rude to talk about sex or how much money you make. :D

As for Yahoo, I think it's important to remember that the relative anonymity allows people to be more outspoken than they might be otherwise.

Answer 4

i could choose to handle your notion that non-believers stay to their very own accord. you're making it sound as though a individual who would not adhere to christianity won't be in a position to probable have a ethical experience or any morals. I care to variety. If I had no morals or ethical experience i would not worry to be well mannered with my reaction. the reason some atheists evaluate christians senseless drones, i think of, is considering you're letting some different individual who's not extra useful nor worse than your self inform you they understand the reality. in case you suspect because of the fact "the bible tells me so" that's a cop-out, straight forward & straight forward. i've got study the Baghavad Gita, yet that would not recommend i'm going to run around telling all and sundry I see that it is the reality, or that i've got exchange right into a Hindu merely because of the fact it confirmed me the way. Any senseless drone can swallow despite they're tossed, it takes thinking of religion to make it solid. even even with the shown fact that it takes a real BS artist to loudly proclaim to a minimum of one & all that THEY understand the reality. it is according to danger why maximum of atheists are contemptuous of the christians that get on YA! & start up clacking away like some strange, insane beehive that each and every physique people who do no longer think of as they do are incorrect. additionally, we are bored with the previous excuses for the "witnessing", i.e, "it says to witness interior the bible", "we merely choose to unfold the solid information", and so on. Do you rather think of there are an significant quantity of individuals out right here interior the international who've never been uncovered to christianity? possibly if there have been an implied know in direction of others' procedures of thinking, quite of the self-righteous suggestions-set that non-believers experience threatened by ability of christians, there would not be any such backlash of vitriol. merely some nutrients for theory.

Answer 5

Yes and no.

I have known people in the states that make me sick with their constant religious preaching. I avoid them like the plague. I consider them nuts and somewhere between a bad smelling toilet and a bad smelling pair of diapers.

To the other extreme that are very quiet about their religious faith. Those are the people I respect because, even if they have a religious one size fits all attitude, at least they are not making others sick with their mantra.

The ones I really respect are people like my ex co-worker who is a devout Catholic. He makes fun of his religion, says it makes him feel guilty all the time, yet he goes to mass every chance he gets. He hates abortion, but believes in a womans right to choose. He says that it is not up to him to judge, but rather his maker. He understands very well the limitations of his religion and the contradictions it lives under. He respects the Pope only because he's the Pope, but does not believe a lot of his positions. He says religion needs to be kept out of politics. He believes the closest thing he has seen to the anti Christ is both Bush and Cheney. He thinks people like the first one I described are dangerous.

I find some of the most racist and hateful people I have ever met are the ones claiming to be the most religious. That is not universally true, but I think its the vast majority. Note, that is the ones that claim to be the most religious. Good highly religious people are the most accepting kind of people --- like my friend above.

Peace

Jim

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Answer 6

No, sort of. 80% of Americans are Christians.

Alot if the Christians on Yahoo! Answers can be very judgemental and condemning. But thats just alot of the Chrsitians on Yahoo, they don't speak for everyone else. Some can be very nice and helpful with your problems and questions while still keeping focus on spreading the word in the right way.

Answer 7

It all depends on where you are. Just like anything else, some people make their beliefs known out loud, while some just feel it in their hearts. Some are more vocal about their religion and beliefs and some aren't. You just have to take the good with the not so good. If it bothers you to hear about God, Jesus, etc., this part of Yahoo is not for you.

Answer 8

Generally speaking, no. Yahoo R&S seems to attract "fundie" types who are on a "mission from God". I live deep in the Bible Belt and most people do not go around spouting scripture and wearing their religion like a badge. However, there ARE some that do and they really are as nutty as the fundies on R&S.

Answer 9

The USA is a big country and different states have different kind people how they interact with people. But life is not playing out exactly like here in Yahoo. Here everyone hides behind the Avatar.

Atheists are not like here. Muslims are not like here....and I even have a better change to have a conversation here with a Jehovah's Witness than have them coming knocking my door.

Answer 10

Christians are not perfect but they are forgiven A real Christian does trynto live a moral life but everybody is short of the glory of God

Answer 11

Just guessing I'd say Christians on Yahoo RS are more representative of Christians in the US than atheists on RS are representative of more 'normal' atheists in the US.

It might be because the RS atheists are mostly awfully young, and the older ones here have never worked out their issues with religion, and people of faith.

Which is why they're here, of course.