What do you Christians here think about being 'nice and quiet' in your beliefs?

Question

luciddream, i think is her name, told me i'm rude and insulting for simply bluntly stating my opinion. i am Blunt. does keeping quiet keep people like luciddream feel comfortable and satisfied in this life? or do you voice your opinions when necessary?

'lucid freedom'

i have NEVER had an abortion. what the **** is she talking about??

happygolucky reported for lies.

Answer 1

No most good christians read their bibles, look at their own sins and DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS FOR ONLY GOD CAN TRULY JUDGE US...you my dear are a HYPOCRITE. Plus you bragged to some yahoo users you had abortions...trust me I will ask for it and post it all over the place. Quit judging everyone. You're full of hate not the love of Christ IMO.

Answer 2

I don't know what you are talking about... but this Y!A thing is for opinions, and everyone can give them freely.

To answer your question, I don't think that Christians should be quiet.. nice? Oh yeah... but that doesn't mean you can't give your opinion... just do it in a nice way.

I've learned on here that people are really really mean... I have known a lot of people, a lot of different races, a lot of different religions and I never knew how mean people actually were. Maybe I have just lived in my own little world were people were acceptant of others and let people live without being harrassed and made fun of... but it's true, I didn't know there was so much hatred between religions. A lot of people on Y!A don't just give their opinions but they are hateful and I know that if they didn't have a computer screen and a keyboard to fight with, they would surely be nice and quiet.

If you have an opinion, give it. If people don't agree, so be it. As long as you are honest and not rude or hateful it shouldn't matter!!

Answer 3

I think you should express yourself in any way you feel comfortable, as long as you are expressing your opinion without profanity. I am going to speak up right now about Christians slugging it out on an open forum. I have seen several accusations about people I do not know. The bible says to go to your brother who has sinned, and if he listens, you have gained a friend. I keep my email open, and will not hesitate to use it to try to come to an understanding. The next course of action would be to take the high road and stay away from each other. I was hooked into one open situation, and determined that is how we damage the Body of Christ, and give others cause to mock us. We all have a log in our eye when we do not obey the commandment to love one another.

Answer 4

There's nothing wrong with stating your opinion, but being blunt about it can give people a perception that you are being rude. There is a way to be confrontational with a subject and yet respect the feelings of others, it's tricky but it can be done. you keep speaking your mind Nicole, don't listen to what other people have to say for what you strongly believe in.

Answer 5

I think since this is a forum to debate and discuss that no one is quiet about their beliefs, however, being nice is something I have seen people of every faith (or lack of) have trouble with. I voice my opinions but I try to do it in a nice way. I wish everyone did but sometimes I think we all fail if we feel "threatened".
If you are just stating an opinion and not slamming anyone such as "Anyone who believes in God is an idiot" or "Atheists are all psychos" then that is not rude.
I don't know who you are referring to but some people cannot stand people who disagree with them and will lash out, sadly.

Answer 6

Dear Nicole,

i don't think that it is necessary to be "quiet" about one's beliefs but i also think that there is a for people to share their beliefs without being rude and derrogatory. Ultimatley beliefs are personal and i think that while Christians, atheists, etc. all disagree they also have to accept that people have come to these conclusions from experience, studying, etc. However, i think if a person is secure with a solid foundation for what they believe- they aren't afraid to hear other opinions and weigh them. At the end of the day it's not who is louder or more "aggressive" it's what's true or not true.

As a Christian- the Bible tells us to stand firm, to speak the truth, but it also tells us to always season our words with Grace. That doesn't mean that we don't tell it like it is-- i mean God says what God says and i'm not going to change that to be P.C.

God's word also teaches that the Holy Spirit does the convicting- i can tell people what sin is, what the consequence of sin is, and what God's plan to redeem people from sin is- and i've to accept that some people have hearts that are open to that message- and some people have hearts that will refuse that message- and at the end of the day - as a Christian (one who is like Christ) i care about people's hearts and i share Christ's love and message for that reason.

There's nothing wrong with standing for what you believe to be the truth- but you have to consider how you do it- and i think that one thing that Jesus always did when he shared with people- is that he gave them their dignity. And when i respond even though i disagree often with people - there is a way to share and not disrespect or belittle people. It's reasonable on a forum such as Yahoo Answers that people are going to have different opinions and thoughts! It's unrealistic to expect that people are going to change their whole view on a topic as important as religion from an email response- but it opens people to think of things they may not have before. And i know that for all the ingenuine or "whatever" responses i get when people read my answers- there have been people who have been genuinely helped- and that's wonderful!

Hope that helps. Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 7

In my "real" life, I am a very quiet person, keeping to myself. I do not advocate knocking on my neighbor's door, or "preaching " to the cashier who checks my groceries.

However, this forum is for Religious and Spritiual concerns, questions, debates, etc........so I speak out, and with great conviction. I won't dilute my faith, my understanding, or opinion. What would be the point of being here, only to be quiet? As far as being nice, that is up to the opinion of the reader, I don't attack, name call, or curse. Neither do I hestitate to call wrong behavior as wrong as defined by the Bible.

Answer 8

lucid freedom? Never heard of her.

And it depends on your definition of "nice and quiet." Do I go around in the "real" world preaching at everybody, and striking up conversations with random strangers about Christianity? No.

Here? Well, that's another story. Here, EVERYONE proselytises, even the atheists.

Answer 9

Lucid is never quiet , but she is often right.
Your question could have been asked with a little dignity, and her response is correct.
You need to take a good long hard look at yourself.
Being blunt does not mean being trashy in our speech.
Remember we are not defiled by what goes into our mouth but by that that comes out.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Nickster, in my view, shows absolute sense in his first paragraph and then demonsrates it in the following ones. Perfectly acceptable for anyone with a view to express it and explain why they hold it. OK too to try, politely, to persuade others to their point of view (tho rather difficult I guess, since the only way I know of doing that effectively, is by rational argument, while religion, being based on faith, is incapable of demonstration by rational argument). But it is simply rude, by what I understand to be normal standards of behaviour between reasonable people, to throw your beliefs in someone's face and criticize them for not agreeing with you. As someone said - anyone who uses abuse as an argument, does so only because they haven't got any other argument.

Religion, as I understand it (the major religions of which I know, anyway) is an intensely personal thing. No-one is entitled to say "You're wrong" or "It ain't true" - because for the individual it IS right and it IS true. It's got nothing to do with demonstrable fact - it has to do with belief. Problems arise only when that belief leads someone to believe they're entitled to interfere with someone else's way life because they don't agree - a problem which I think can arise in one way or another with fundamentalists of any religion.