Would you ever have it in you to help someone who stands against everything you believe in?

Answer 1

Most of the help I offer goes out annoymously.

I have NO IDEA who receives transfusions of the blood I regularly donate. I have NO IDEA who gets the food I give to the food banks. I have NO IDEA who lives in the houses that are built by Habitat for Humanity.

And I DON'T CARE ! If someone needs blood, or food or a roof over their head, I do what I can to help out, with no requirement that the person believe EXACTLY as I do, or even SIMILARLY to me.

Answer 2

Yes, it's called loving your neighbor as yourself.

It's the very thing that Jesus was speaking of when He told the story of the Good Samaritan. What a lot of people never really get is that the man who was fallen was a Jew and that the other people who didn't help were Jewish priests, but they refused to help.

But the Samaritan did help, and the Jewish man laying hurt in the road was not only a stranger, but an enemy. See, the Samaritans considered themselves to be the true Israelites and followed an even stricter code of ethics than the Pharisee. Not only did they follow the laws of Moses to the nth degree, but they did it with the right attitude.

But this man he found laying in the road was someone whom the Samaritan probably despised; he considered all other Jews to be basically hypocrites and despisers of God's way. But he helped.

So yeah, I'd help too coz Jesus said to.

Answer 3

Maybe. Maybe not. Depends what you mean by "help."

I try to stand on principles, one of which is the idea that everybody has an unalienable right to believe as he will and put his beliefs into practice, as long as they don't adversely affect others. So I'll always defend that right, even when I disagree completely with the belief in question. Will I help such a person hand out fliers? LOL....no.

And I get thumbed down for that. You people are too much.

Answer 4

Yes. Not trying to win brownie points but I'm a non-Cessationist, Arminian, Millenialist, Sola Scriptura Christian and have helped Hindu, Jewish, Muslem, Wiccan, Atheist, Agnostic, Pluralist, Spiritualist, Presbyterian, Cessationist, Amillenialist, Reformed, Calvinist, and the backslidden when asked by them.

Answer 5

That's a little vague. If they go against everything I believe in, for example the belief that cats are sacred animals, it would depend on how they enforce their beliefs. I would have a hard time helping relatives of mine who kill kittens (an uncle and a cousin seriously do this - fortunately they're married into the family). So it depends.

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Answer 6

yes, i help people i don't know all the time and one of them is bound to be someone that is everything i am against. i open doors for people, i clean beaches with people, i pay for a person's food when they don't have the money, i pay for a person's merchandise sometimes just for the fun of it, i just like being nice and doing nice things for people. it makes me feel better about myself so why should i judge the person i'm helping? that makes me less of a person to do so.

Answer 7

definitely,
I don't care about people who only believe the way I do.
If I did, then I would be the one that needs help

Answer 8

Yes, that is the only way they will see Jesus in me. Jesus had many people stand against Him, and He still helped them and loved them. We cannot be afraid of the people that don't believe the same way. We need to show them love also.

Answer 9

Depends on what kind of help they needed. I wouldn't do anything against my moral or ethical code for anyone.

But if someone was hurt or in danger or really down-and-out, I'd do what I can for them. Who cares if we believe differently?

Answer 10

There are too many factors missing from your question. What is the nature of help asked for? If the person wants $20 for a pizza, then no I would not help them. If they are belly up in a pool of their own blood then yes I would help them.