..."Christianity" referring to the church's current and past practices.
2007-10-26 07:34:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If everyone seems to think it's okay, why do so many people attack and report me when I ask a question critical of Christianity?
2007-10-26 07:55:38 · update #1
NO! it needs a revision past and present...
2007-11-02 22:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as long as you acknowledge that individuals (that is to say, all individual Christians) cannot be held responsible for the actions of all so-called Christian churches. If you're going to criticize a particular church, go right ahead (I may even join you), just be careful not to lump all Christians into one category. We don't all act alike or believe the same things.
Edit - as to why people are reporting you when you ask questions that are critical of Christianity, I don't know. I've not read your previous questions that I can recall. Maybe there was something about the way you asked those questions that offended them...name-calling or something?
2007-10-26 14:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by jeffersonian73 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. People have used and are using Christianity to support all kinds of atrocities. I once viewed Christianity itself as a dangerous pathology. I was fortunate enough to discover that not all Christians are the same, even inside global churches like Catholicism and the Anglican Communion.
2007-10-26 14:49:46 · answer #3 · answered by ledbetter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Critical of current events, yes. Not criticizing The Bible, it is made for teaching, so analyzing, but taking the Bible literally. I do think that some of the "Christian" practices are worthy of scrutiny, if they are not what the Bible teaches, then yes, I believe that they should be looked at again. For instance, Catholics praying to Mary and Saints. That is something that the Bible tells us specifically NOT to do. That is along the same lines as them making their idols of those people. I will criticize those sort of acts. If it is a blatant disregard for the word of God.
2007-10-26 14:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by Princess Peabody 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It not wrong to be critical of Christianity; in fact, to a degree it's encouraged! The Scripture says "TRY (prove) the spirits and see whether they be of God..." WE have to be guarded against the spirit of antichrist that was foretold of being loosed among us, many "false Christs" making Messianic claims and etc. Therefore, we HAVE to question the Bible based on our knowledge of it and our faith in it to know the truth behind what's being preached and taught so that we can be assured that what we believe is right! The Scripture says, "It's a DANGEROUS thing to fall into the hands of the living God...."
2007-10-26 14:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES I think it's wrong cos not all that call themselves christians are true christians.
Mind you not all churches are ordained by God and besides as churches differ so also thier doctrine and so being critical of christianity i would say is wrong.
2007-10-26 18:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by Blak Dolll 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we should criticize false teachings.
The issue concerning any church and its practices should be “Is this Biblical?” If a teaching is Biblical (taken in context), it should be embraced. If it is not, it should be rejected. God is more interested in whether a church is doing His will and obeying His Word than whether it can trace a line of succession back to Jesus’ apostles. Jesus was very concerned about abandoning the Word of God to follow the traditions of men (Mark 7:7). Traditions are not inherently invalid…there are some good and valuable traditions. Again, the issue must be whether a doctrine, practice, or tradition is Biblical.
2007-10-26 14:40:28 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not at all. I believe it is essential to differentiate between Christ's teachings and some acts of the church.
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2007-10-26 14:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not wrong. God has nothing to fear from any human criticism. Bro. Dan said it perfectly above.
2007-10-26 14:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by The Cat's Meow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, if we see something happening, or something that happened previously in the church that was just wrong, I think we're obligated to call it out and try to make it right.
2007-10-26 14:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by Lamborama 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Another good question.
Why should anything be off limit to criticism and testing of legitimacy?
2007-10-26 17:04:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋