I respect your position, first of all. What is the single biggest problem you have with the christians approach when sharing their message about Jesus? Please only serious, respectful answers. Thank You :-)
2007-09-22 05:54:50 · 37 answers · asked by heismanu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank You for your honest answers. And respect.
2007-09-22 06:06:53 · update #1
My biggest problem is that they come into the conversation with the soul purpose of bringing others over to their faith, but they are completely closed to allowing others to do the same thing with them.
They are so sure they are right that they never TRULY allow themselves to listen to the messages of other religions in any kind of effort to make sure that they really are right. That type of behavior is the definition of Arrogance. It is also very hypocritical when laid up next to the Christian idea that if a person of some other faith hears the message of Jesus yet refuses to convert that they deserve to burn in Hell.
Are you truly willing to question your God to make sure that you are right or would you see that as a lack of faith? If not, then why do you expect people of Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any other religion to do so?
Anyway, that's my answer: The single biggest problem I have with the Christian approach is : Thier close-minded arrogance in the knowledge that only their approach to spirituality could possibly be correct with no true intention of considering that the person they are trying to convert may actually have it right. They are expecting something of others that they are not truly willing to do themselves (to be open minded to the idea that they themselves may be wrong about God).
2007-09-22 12:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by Tea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The biggest problem I have is the person's assumption that they are correct, and you are incorrect in your belief. Then come the "proof texts," cherry-picked and now our Bible is a legal document, with exact meanings lifted from sometimes ambiguous verses. The other problem is not being able to gracefully leave this kind of situation. I've sat there squirming because I'm the one that has to stop conversation that has gone too far. And somehow it becomes my hostility, my civility called into question.
So that's why I pay close attention to logical fallacies and tactics used to put me in such a position. And of course I know my theology well enough to ask some fairly poignant questions that can turn some tables if they haven't thought things through.
2007-09-22 20:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do it when nobody has asked them about it.
Christianity is essentially a criminal business enterprise... in fact, it is the world's longest running and most successful Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scam. The product they are selling is the illusion of 'salvation'... and the 'pay plan' doesn't kick in until after you're dead, and there's nobody there with whom you can register your complaint about having been scammed. Meanwhile the VICTIMS (having been deceived into believing that it is their God-given duty) are out there busily recruiting MORE victims. What a racket! FORTUNATELY, it only works on those who are gullible enough, and sufficiently lacking in critical thinking skills, to fall for it, and buy in to the prepackaged delusion. UNfortunately, THAT seems to account for about 75% of the population of the USA. (There are a lot more people who DON'T know how to think properly than there are people who DO know how to think properly.) That is why there are a lot more religious people in the USA than there are 'Free-thinkers'... including Atheists. Also, Christians are generally too dense to realize that proselytizing (spreading the 'good news') is a key element of the Christian MLM MARKETING PLAN, which was instituted after Christianity lost the political power that had previously allowed them to simply torture and kill anybody who did not comply. Now, they just try to pester and annoy people to death, through persistent obnoxiousness. If you stop to think about it, you will realize that Christians are very much like the Borg, on Star Trek Next Generation: "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." I would not be surprised to learn that thoughts of Christianity provided the 'creative spark' for the Borg concept.
"Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered." ~ Victor J. Stenger
"Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure." ~ Harvard Lampoon, "Doon" (paraphrase)
2007-09-22 06:28:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I don't have a problem with Christians sharing their message about Jesus.
I have a problem with arrogance, with being told I'm going to hell, etc. And I have a problem with people who insist that the founding fathers of the US were fundamentalists just like themselves and meant for this to be a nominally Christian nation. And I have a problem with people who believe that those of their own religion should get special privileges. Or with religious leaders who teach that one can't lead a justified life, be loved by God, or whatever, if one doesn't subscribe to their own particular stripe of belief.
But I see all these things as more political than religious. I don't have a problem with -anyone's- faith, no matter what it is.
2007-09-22 06:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The single biggest problem is the attitude that many Christians have that whoever does not believe as they do has NO beliefs of value without exploring what Non-Christians believe. Also, that we OBVIOUSLY must be confused about the "Truth", when we just see a differant facet of it......
The Delphic Maxims found in ancient Greece at the temple of Apollo are a prime example. If you tell many Christians the text of the Maxims they will agree, but if you tell them that it was from a Pagan temple, suddenly it's not valid.....
2007-09-22 06:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist.
I think the single biggest problem in christians' approach when sharing their religion is that they are unable to objectively empathize.
They cannot put themselves into another person's shoes. If they could do this to a larger extent, they would realize that their witnessing is not welcomed, and all parties would be better off avoiding that conflict.
2007-09-22 06:01:59 · answer #6 · answered by CC 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Just one? lol I'm kidding. I was raised catholic, so I do have respect for christians as long as they have respect for me. My big problem is when I'm trying to talk about things I love doing, which does include intuitive readings and things like that, and they tell me I'm wrong and am going to hell. I know I'm loved and what I'm doing is based on love. It's kind of insulting. I just get irked about how narrow-minded SOME people can be about another's beliefs. Then they think they know a lot about it, but in reality they are greatly misinformed. I'm just not all about spreading prejudice. I'm about spreading love and acceptance. Not intolerance and hatred. If you accept me and what I believe, I will accept you and what you believe. Simple as that. :)
2007-09-22 06:06:22 · answer #7 · answered by xxamethystnightxx 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The problem seems to me that some folks cannot explain their point without using a Bible quote. Now When I say that, I've seen people just look at them and completely blow them off. And I hear the same thing repeated, "You got to use the Bible to explain everything to me? You can't think for yourself?" It makes sense to me because sometimes the person your talking to doesn't know or read the Bible.
I'm not saying that it's wrong because it's not. But sometimes it just think the approach needs to be different.
2007-09-22 16:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by Da Mick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quite honestly I have seen, time and time again, people of limited intelligence memorize a bible quote or two then tell me how to live my life
religion creates a path for the intellectually deficient to assume a stance of superiority over others
a recent example would be Sherri Shepherd on the view- she's got everything all figured out via her faith, but isnt sure (and apparently does not care) if the earth is round
not to be glib, but the more certain someone is of what is unknowable- origin of life, afterlife, "god's will" the less intelligent they usually are, and the less respectful they are of other's opinions
2007-09-22 06:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I resent the Christian stubborness that Jesus MUST have been the Son of God, instead of a human. Even the early Christians, such as Gnostics, were more open-minded about this stuff. Perhaps Jesus was just a prophet? Perhaps just an anti-Roman agitator? Perhaps he didn't even exist and is just a collection of myths?
2007-09-22 06:01:35 · answer #10 · answered by Belzetot 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋