can this be true?

Question

christians aren't allowed to be friends with those who aren't but sometimes they are nice people and we all believe in one god?but why still judge them?are you saying those who arent christians deny god?but they stll believe in god.god is one..so how can you explain this?they also have same rules as us ?they have wrong and right too

Answer 1

I have friends of different beliefs and I have friends with no beliefs. Where did this come from?

Answer 2

People choose a spiritual path that best:

-Points them to a God who inspires love, awe and devotion in them
- Shows them a way to enjoy happiness, peace of mind and spirit and live in harmony with the world and all its problems and challenges
- Gives them hope for the future, comfort during times of grief
- Answers fundamental issues about our purpose on earth

I am not Christian because I found all those things somewhere else and not in Christianity. I imagine for a Hindu or Jew it is the same thing.

However the difference is, I do not judge or doubt that a Christian can find all those things in THEIR faith. Just because it did not work for me, does not mean it may not work for someone else.

But certain fundamentalist Christians and certain fundamentalist Muslims are not as objective in their belief about faith and God. They believe ONLY Jesus (or Allah in the case of Muslims) as interepreted through THEIR religious doctrine and holy book can give you all those benefits I just mentioned.

So they see non-members of their faith as lost, misguided, deluded or evil at heart.....which is sad.

Therefore they can never TRULY be your friend in every sense of the word. A good pal perhaps. A good neighbor or family member. But not a friend. Because even if they are being nice to you, they are always looking at you from a position of, "That poor lost person, I wish they would accept MY belief system". And you cannot be a true friend of someone you are looking down upon.

Answer 3

No this isn't true.

Christians are expected to be friends with those we don't believe in God. Through this interaction, it is God's desire that his word will be spread to everyone.

We aren't instructed to judge others, that statement isn't true either. We are instructed to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry about the last part of your question. It gets really general and looks like assumptions are being made. Who exactly is the "they" you are referring to?

If you aren't a Christian, it doesn't necessarily mean you deny God or his existence, just that you haven't accepted the free gift that God provided in his son Jesus Christ. That act is the act that makes one a Christian, not a belief in god or anything else.

What rules are you talking about that we live by? The entire purpose of the law, or our conscience, is to make us aware that we have sinned. You aren't expected to live to a set of rules, you are expected to live in the image of Christ and spread the good news.

So to sum it up, what you state in the form of several questions really is not true at all.

Answer 4

God is the only judge. You can't live your life saying what's right and wrong except to say that treat others the way you want to be treated. If your actions hurt someone physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially, then what makes you better than someone who believes in God one way or another? It's best to live life respecting one another and their differences.

Answer 5

No.
I have many friends from different belief systems.
God is the only Judge.
Those who deny God are not Christians
Even Satan believes in God, but he does not accept Him as his Lord and Savior.

Answer 6

Different religions have different beliefs to the expectations of the law they abide by, in different countries. From the teachings written in the bible, I believe that each church is a little piece of different countries, resembling small pieces of the body of Christ. To the true gathering to set a foundation here on earth and to bring unity to countries to bring about God's kingdom, of peace! My country being that first choosen pillar, by God to
bring peace, to each country, that are a example to what's happening in there country today. we are to gather in unity to bring about greater changes for the earth to heal countries at war today...,

Answer 7

I'm not sure which Christians you mean...

I have friends of many different faiths - Jewish, Muslim, atheist, Wiccan, to name just a few.

Answer 8

I have muslim and atheist friends!!!! I love them equally as my christian friends!