2007-12-12 02:47:25 · 16 answers · asked by timonmbutu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If we are right, they actually have consequnces.
2007-12-12 02:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I worked for a church and saw firsthand all of the political machinations that go on behind the scenes. The senior pastor was far more concerned with the offering totals each week than he was with anything having to do with the Trinity. He micromanaged the tiniest details of everyone's job -- from how the phone was answered to how the Sunday bulletins were aligned to whether the mail was distributed as soon as it came in the door. Friday afternoons usually found him frantically scrambling to put a sermon together.
And the members? Many were good-intentioned, wonderful people, but there were just as many who had attained positions of "power" in the church, or whose great-great-somebody had been a founding member, and they strutted around like they owned the place, generally treating the staff and fellow members like ... well, you know. I don't imagine either pastor or members would have welcomed Christ himself had he walked through the door -- too poor, for starters.
Christ, I have no problems with whatsoever. What humans have made of the church is another matter.
2007-12-12 02:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christ - Got nothing against Him. Some of the greatest teachings ever. Can't argue with that.
The Church - First, by The Church, I mean all church organizations across all denominations, not just my Catholic friends. (Though, I've yet to meet a Catholic I haven't liked yet...odd.) My problem with the Church is that the hierarchy within the organization is given divine mandate to power, and has no civilian oversight, and is in a position to wield more or less absolute power of the parishioners. So in essence, I have a problem with the idea that a "holy man" could say "God says....give me all your money and your first born!" and there would be no way to refute his claim otherwise that would make a person a heretic, whereas it isn't God's commandment, it's self interest. In essence, the lack of a democratic process.
2007-12-12 02:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by Prop Forward 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its not the religion its the people. If most christians believed in "to each their own" I would have no problems with them. But they don't!
If most Christians would MIND THIER OWN BUSINES I would have no problems. Don't tell me what to watch , read, listen to..
Keep out politics, public schools, government boards etc. Religion is personal , keep it that way. The USA is a secular country , stop trying to ruin the country.
I live in the Bible Belt and I am sick of the church mafia. Nothing can be built without certain chuches approval. The news has a christian right slant to the point of lying!
I had NO problems with christians but in the last 20 years they have been encroaching on MY rights. THAT I resent...
2007-12-12 03:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by lynda_at_work 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus foretold us that the world would hate us because they first hated Him. True Christians are different, not joined in with the world, therefore because we don't follow them we are disliked, and we take a stand against the unmoral things that they do. I don't believe that part of the time the "haters" even know subconsciously why they hate Christians. It is said that everyone has ONE MASTER, that master is either God, or satan. Whatever master YOU have, you will strongly dislike the other.
2007-12-12 02:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Linda Q 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't dislike Christ. I love him.
the church, on the other hand....is no longer a place of worship. It has become about profit. Churches are no longer classified as an organization, but rather a corporation. That makes me very fearful. Jesus himself even got upset at VERY similar practices.
2007-12-12 02:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by Oberon 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't dislike your Christ or your church.
I just don't believe what you believe.
I hope that makes you feel better.
Have a great evening!
2007-12-12 09:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not dislike your god or your church, just some of the arrogant idiots that claim to be a part of it....the ones that tell me I am wrong because their book says so and I am going to burn in hell. That is pure arrogance.
2007-12-12 03:00:00 · answer #8 · answered by Trickster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Statistics would show that a lot more people have a strong belief in Christ and his church. I am not one of them. I am a minority in my beliefs.
2007-12-12 02:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is love and mercy, kindness,and every fruit of the Spirit, the so-called church, has so many rituals, so-called sacraments{that dont even line up with the word] , do's and donts, and then when someone fails in the traditions or rituals of that particular religion, then they condemn us! no wonder, the world hates Jesus, its because of the way we have represented Him. I follow Jesus personally, and have a personal relationship of love with Him. I'm sorry, but i hate religion, its self-righteousness, its meaness, or its hypocricy, doesnt practice what it preaches, or has some off-the-wall beliefs in it that contradict the Bible. Jesus is Wonderful,please dont confuse Him with religion!
2007-12-12 02:58:24 · answer #10 · answered by james e 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's not possible to dislike somebody who never existed. the only churches i dislike are the ones that preach that their way is the only way. i dislike them because they presume to tell me that my perception of the universe is wrong, when clearly, it is perfectly right for me.
2007-12-12 03:53:47 · answer #11 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋