Some people who claim they do not believe in Jesus get pretty aggitated at the mere mention of his name in a question or sentence - why is this?
2007-10-02 08:09:51 · 43 answers · asked by Listener 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well I can agree that often the walk doesn't match the talk with some Christians but that's not Jesus' fault! They have a lot to answer for.
2007-10-02 08:15:37 · update #1
This was not meant as a holier than thou question merely an observation.
2007-10-02 08:20:45 · update #2
Because of the behavior of the believers.
Of course you're making up the stuff about "the mere mention of his name" making people "aggitated" [sic]. The effect you're really seeing is the response of normal people to the bad behavior of the people who claim to be acting "in Jesus' name".
Wouldn't you prefer to live in a world in which hearing Jesus' name made people smile? You could live in a world like that, if you'd just work as hard as you can to get Christians to start behaving themselves like adults in public.
2007-10-02 08:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 6⤋
I must confess that I have to scoff at the blatant ignorance displayed by some of the comments regarding this question. I suppose it is merely in human nature that certain people hasten to speak so boldly pertaining a topic of which they express so little knowledge about. For those of you, here is a minor addendum to think about: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what is an empty desk?" -- Albert Einstein
2007-10-02 11:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by forgottenmorals 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'Jesus' doesn't make me angry. I might roll my eyes depending on the context. Hearing the claim that God is love aggravates me. But, it's not the word. It's the religion that causes the belief associated that annoys me. The actual characters don't exist, luckily, but the religion does and since it's hypocritical (saying it's all about love but going and telling everyone they're worthless and then killing everyone time and again) I really don't like hearing anyone insist I believe it, or something bad is going to happen. And then they're the ones that end up causing the 'bad'!
2007-10-02 08:24:21 · answer #3 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually i've often heard the name uttered in great respect in conversations that lack a "bible-thumping" participant.
There seems to be a sort of caricature of those who do not believe in the Nazarene as divine, the caricature is that they are either devil worshippers, deluded, or take a Nietzchean stance on reality.
When not in a Christian context, i've seen him portrayed as Moral Exemplar, Social Agitator for the rights of the Poor, a Bodhisatvva by many Buddhist sects, and an Ethical philosopher of great esteem.
2007-10-02 08:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by D.Chen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most respected leaders of modern history. A Hindu, Ghandi nevertheless admired Jesus and often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount. Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Ghandi he asked him, "Mr. Ghandi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?" Ghandi replied, "Oh, I don't reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ."
And that is how I, as a Jew, feel about Jesus. Why should I be angry with Jesus? He personally never did anything to me; but I wish he could do something about his followers.
2007-10-02 09:07:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doesn't for me. Some of the ignorance passed off in Jesus' name upsets me, but his name and existence are fine by me.
Atheist
Edit:
Once again I'm amazed by the Christians telling each other that they right and ignoring what is being actually said in answer to the question. Challenge: read the answers with out agreeing or disagreeing and try to understand each point of view. Perhaps count general types of answers and see how many you have in the seriously angry column.
Edit 2:
A poor observation as you're missing the point of any anger and fitting it into your belief system rather than analyzing the facts or objectively thinking about it.
2007-10-02 08:19:03 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You want to believe in Jesus; fine. But many of us don't and yet he's constantly shoved down our throats. It's frustrating and at times infuriating. If Christianity in general would have enough respect for the fact that not everyone agrees with it and maybe less non-believers would get so upset.
2007-10-02 09:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was an incident in the Bible that the mere mention of Jesus' name creates great pain, agony and fear to the demoniac. However, i'm not saying here that the person who react the same are "demoniacs".
The thing here is that hatred really has that kind of response. For example: A friend who hates eating carrots will react "eww" if she's offered one. A child who hates to eat spinach or broccoli will also react the same.
2007-10-02 08:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by indy450 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I too see this. Even in real life, I can mention Jesus has been so good to me and its like this invisible veil crosses their face, do you know what I mean? Everything changes, its not even physical I dont think, yet I can see it clearly; without words from them. This includes people very close to me as well.The mere mention of Jesus does this often with those who do not know Him imo.
2007-10-02 08:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by Loosid 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because people recognise the power in that name deep in their spirit and they know that one day they will have to bow before Jesus the KING of KINGS.
2007-10-02 09:19:11 · answer #10 · answered by Andy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that non-Christians (or even laid back Christians for that matter) feel that the mention of Jesus is the start of a holier-than-thou bible-thumping lecture and/or judgment coming from the speaker.
2007-10-02 08:14:15 · answer #11 · answered by Grimjeff 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋