All I hear these days is, "I'm proud to be
2007-09-21 03:28:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If people mean grateful, they should say grateful. They use the word pride for a reason.
2007-09-21 03:35:15 · update #1
honored means respected. Are you saying Christians feel respected?
The Bible says, "God is not a respector of persons."
You're not honored, your fortunate.
Maybe I should change my question to be, "When did the word pride become synonymous with grateful?"
2007-09-21 03:37:44 · update #2
Elmjunburke is right, to a large extent. Also, I think Christians may just be using the English language the way they hear it used today.
But pride is the correct word for one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Its opposite is Humility, one of the Cardinal Virtues.
To be generally full of oneself is a typical modern stance that has become more and more prevalent in the last thirty years or so.
And it can translate into a sort of stuck-up version of Christianity; I've seen that.
2007-09-21 03:40:21 · answer #1 · answered by Angelique 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pride became a virtue in the present neo-pagan world due to humanism that places man on the level of God, Christians however do not mean they are full of pride but rather it is a way of saying how honored they feel at belonging to God.
2007-09-21 03:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps love is being confused with pride.
To love being something (a christian, an Irishman, etc.) is often called being proud. It's a form of self-acceptance and a source of self-esteem. True pride comes from achievement.
False pride is the sort of pride that leads to sin. False pride is the last resort of those people who suffer from the lowest self esteem.
Deep down, they know their "image" of themselves is based on half-truths and lies and is the result of self-deception and lack of courage to face reality.
2007-09-21 03:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by Tseruyah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pride in a job well done..
self confidence in doing a good thing, learning something, mastering a task...
a child's pride in learning to ride a bicycle.....is a good thing..
pride in losing 20 lbs....
if taken out of context and application it is a bad thing....
I sew and knit...I am proud when the thing I create is done and looks good....I am thankful /grateful to God for the talent he gave me....
2007-09-21 03:41:35 · answer #4 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride comes before the fall.
2007-09-21 03:32:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with pride. The Christian concept of pride stems from an attempt to crush the indivuality of the "believer," so that he will shun independent thought; therefore, accepting the garbage that is religion.
2007-09-21 03:36:22 · answer #6 · answered by tuberk768 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pride is a virtue . Carried farther , it becomes vanity , which is no longer a virtue . Still farther , it becomes narcissism which is definately a vice .
The bible translation should have been "vanity" not pride .
2007-09-21 03:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because pride in these circumstances can often be substituted with grateful. and the type of pride you are referring to is not the pride of the world that is considered a sin.
2007-09-21 03:33:09 · answer #8 · answered by plastik punk -Bottom Contributor 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pride is pride there are not 2 types of pride, Christians are supposed to be humble, just shows they have another way to be hipocrits.
2007-09-21 03:35:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ktcyan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pride goeth before a fall.
2007-09-21 03:32:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋