Christians against other Christians why?

Question

I've noticed that a lot of Christians that I've met will talk about another Christian behind their back, especially regarding the other guys church. I mean all of them. I've noticed they are so locked up in their own church that they will have nothing to do with each others churches, but almost as if it's bad to go to the other guys church. I asked 6 different Christians at my work that go to different churches and asked them. "Hey would you go to BLANKS church? and he was like "oh no I won't go to their church, heck no I don't go to his church" and the other guy felt the same way about the others guys church, ALL of them did. I'll like all these guys, and I have been to all their churches, they are all nice. I just go to different churches. They didn't know why I was asking, but I was noticing they were totally against the other guys church behind their back, almost as if their church is the ONE perfect church with no flaws. Isn't the church the church? Anyone ever seen this before?

Answer 1

That is just a testimony that everyone knows in their hearts there is only one true church according to the bible. Hey do not be surprised because different church doctrines are a different gospel. Even Paul wrote in Galatians 1:8,9 If any man preach another gospel that we have not preached let him be accursed. Pretty strong words huh?
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Answer 2

I have noticed this before. I think people are just comfortable in their own home churches. One can only hope that they had just taken it wrong. Maybe they felt like you were trying to get them to leave the church they attend now. The body of the church often times winds up like family. They wouldn't want ot leave their families.
On another note, they might not well agree with all the minor doctrinal beliefs of the other churches. Thus the lines of denominations.
I've been to 4 different churches in my community. I categorized myself into one denomination, but in the end found the Christian love and family that I needed in one I never would've guessed. I would visit one if a close friend sincerly asked me to, but in all honesty, I'm happy in the church I'm in and at this point, am not looking to switch churches.

Answer 3

There is not necessarily anything to do with Christianity involved here !

Churchs are social entities created around sometimes vague distinctions of one versus the other group beliefs. The social class in America is not as stratified as in other parts of the world and so this facet of human nature/discrimination is filled in with(supposed) religious preferences that our "Freedom of Religion" guarantees us. Call it snob appeal if you like because it is not at all unlike that.

I was raised Catholic and supposedly all The Catholic churchs are the same but even there one parish looks down their nose at times at the other. More pertinently the goals of the particular parish may be far different than some other parish.

Ethnicity is a HUGE factor in the Catholic church's proclivity to be clanish. Presenting Holy Mass in different languages to appease the non-English speaking groups is central to this congregating by ethnicity. The Catholics are not the only ones doing such.

In short the trueness to doctrine may differ slightly in the various denominations with the central messages of Christianity holding fast across these definite lines but the cliquishness is rampant and really has less to do with the religion than with the human trait to associate with your own kind.

Social class here can be defined according to economic status, political persuasion,and other factors including some archaic discrimination because of those "Papists"," Jack Mormons", "Bible-Thumping Baptists" etc.

As the middle class in the USA shrinks it is hard to predict what effect will be felt in churchs, I think it likely that this separtism may give way to a ecumenism never before see here. Christ was poor and therefore His message has more meaning there than in the board rooms of the rich and powerful----then again the rich and powerful have the influence if not the numbers.

So who knows ? we may have our heads chopped off by then or become moslem.

Answer 4

Though Christian Churches are generally the same, they each have many differences. So for only one of them to be the right church means that all the other churches are wrong.

Not all Christians are like that though. I would never bad mouth soeone else's church.

Answer 5

I have seen this too. It mostly depends on how a person was raised. I think the reason why this happens is that people's personal beliefs interfere with reality. Maybe they went there and didn't like it, or they had someone go there and the person came back and told them some horror stories. If people would have stuck to the original beliefs of Christianity and the original church, maybe this wouldn't happened. However, like most religions, people go separate ways.

Answer 6

There are so many christian churches because they each have their own little adjustment to the Bible scriptures. They stay in their own church because they believe that there's is the true one, and all the others are false

Answer 7

area of Christianity is the doctrine of exclusivity. "i'm suitable, subsequently each physique else is incorrect." even with each thing, many Protestant sects declare that they are being guided of their interpetations by using the "Holy Spirit". considering "The Holy Spirit" does not/could no longer lie, then their interpetation would desire to be the "genuine" one. There are some that pass so a tactics as to insist that basically they're "genuine Christians". You get a number of of that between the fundamentalist and conservative sects. they're prepared to unite against "easy foes" which incorporate atheists, Catholics, or different non-Christians religions or pastimes, yet they're completely chuffed to instruct on one yet another after the dirt settles.

Answer 8

Exactly! Your church is the one TRUE church. The other guy's church is a sham. This applies to every believer.

Answer 9

Some people are centered on their church or denomination instead of being centered on God. This is a form of idolatry, just as when some put all their faith into a church leader.

Answer 10

because alot are hypocrites. its just the way of the church. gossipy, discriminating, back-stabbing. here's a true story:

a husband and wife go into church one sunday and make a public announcement to everyone present, that they are receiving secret money from a well-known landlord in the area. They are receiving this money to vacate their property because he wants to sell it (long story). anyway, the husband and wife make this public announcement then proceed to tell everyone to keep it hush hush. dont tell ANYONE. the next day the entire town knew, but the entire town was telling everyone...shhhh dont tell. classic.