2007-11-22 03:29:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because Christains often act like their opinion is God's opinion and it sound too judgemental.
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2007-11-22 03:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 5⤋
I agree with others who say that there's some of that from both sides of the divide. The reason for this particular intolerance is best expressed in the term COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.
To boil it down, cognitive dissonance is the internal stress/tension which results from something you "know" as true which is proven false by your direct experience. For example, I was reared "knowing" the Judeo-Christian myth as true. From the time I was eleven I began to recognize that the world I experienced contradicted almost without exception all the features of the belief that I had held up as noteworthy. That tension often manifests itself as the feeling of being bamboozled, cheated, and it is expressed as anger.
Of course, I am not a Christian (in terms of belief in the Apostle's Creed) and so can't speak directly from the perspective of the Christians, but my rationale certainly seems to fit the facts of the phenomena.
2007-11-22 11:44:46 · answer #2 · answered by wordweevil 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oh, do you mean as in Christians who DEMAND the "right" to advertise Christian Bible camp in public schools but then try and ban Unitarian Universalists and atheists from advertising their activities in the same manner ?
Or are you referring to the fact that in the military, Christians had a wide variety of religious emblems to place on the graves of fallen soldiers, but Wiccans were banned from using their pentagram for 10 years. It was only after a lawsuit was brought against them that Wiccans were FINALLY allowed to have the same rights that Christians had enjoyed for years.
Or are you referring to the fact that some local governments open their meetings with prayer, but ONLY Christian prayer and REFUSE to let any other prayer be heard ?
Or are you referring to the melt down in the conservative community when a Hindu prayer was offered in the senate or when an elected official decided to swear in on a Koran instead of a bible. (not all conservatives "melted down" but do a further google on any of the links listed below, and you will see that there was much howling and screaming over non-Christians being allowed to express themselves in the EXACT manner that Christians had been enjoying for decades.
2007-11-22 11:37:58 · answer #3 · answered by queenthesbian 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The gospel is an offense to those who perish. People either want to deal with the sin in their lives or they don't. Those who do rejoice to hear the gospel and those who don't hate and despise those who do.
Further, if a Christian expresses biblical truth it is not a mere opinion, and therefore it brings conviction that some will not deal with rationally. In this case, all kinds of excuses are made because people mistakenly believe the Christian is the source of their agitation rather than God who is trying to open their eyes before it is eternally too late for them to see their own peril.
Remember that Jesus Christ was rejected and crucified for what He taught. Do we who call ourselves Christians expect to be treated better than Him? Jesus said, "If the world hated me they will also hate you because you are not of the world even as I am not of the world. Is the servant greater than his Master? If they hated me they will hate you also."
2007-11-22 12:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why is it ok for Christians to express their opinion but they don't want non-Christians to express there's?
I don't give a damn what you say with your opinions, I care what you do. And frankly, most Christians treat others like absolute dirt.
2007-11-22 11:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Christians are constantly expressing their opinions on here. The trouble is when others don't agree with their opinions they start to complain and use the persecution card.
2007-11-22 11:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Take a Christian and an Atheist.
Go to a large city park that is filled with people, stand on a stage, and have the Christian start preaching for a few minutes. Then have the Atheist start talking about their opinions for a few minutes.
Do you REALLY think the Christian is the one that will be booed and be in danger of getting punched once they get off of the stage?
Nah. You're not persecuted.
2007-11-22 11:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by AngFlowr 4 · 4⤊ 5⤋
It has to be a two-way street!
I'm a born again Christian, but I listen to other people's beliefs and opinions, and they listen to mine!
I believe I am right, but that doesn't give me the right to criticize others for their beliefs, or refuse to listen to them, or ram my opinions down their throats!
2007-11-22 11:42:43 · answer #8 · answered by Watsit 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is OK for all of us the express our opinions. Opinions are like noses, we all have one. God's Word is the same past, present and future.
2007-11-22 11:37:00 · answer #9 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
If you're going to generalize, at least provide an instance of when this supposedly happened-- and then prove that a Christian has never expressed their opinion and ignored that of a non-Christian's.
2007-11-22 11:34:12 · answer #10 · answered by nyx コト 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋
Christian opinions have a tendency to be.... well.... re-hashes of what is written in the bible....
... and why bother listening to edited "chinese whispers" versions when one can in theory go right to the source?
Then again... the irony is that more often than not, christians want their opinions TO be the content of the bible even when they aren't.
2007-11-22 11:35:41 · answer #11 · answered by Lucid Interrogator 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋