Why do people demand Christians take responsiblity for what other Christians do?

Question

should athiests take responsiblility for athiests
should muslims take responsibility for muslims
etc...
hitler may claim Christianity as his religion...but it doesn't reflect what the majority of Christians follow...
bin laden may claim islam as his religion...but it doesn't reflect what the majoryity of muslims follow...
so why the finger pointing to blame the whole group...especially from athiests who blame religion as the source of all things wrong with humanity as if athiests never do anything wrong...

Answer 1

God stated that if a father done wrong, that the children will not pay the price for their father's sake
but man does not see it this way
always fingers are pointed in some direction

Answer 2

Human Supremacy could cover all. If idea could be maintained in minds would be good. Human Supremacy defined as belief world and all in it for Humans the belief Humans are better than other living beings that every living thing is only there for monetary gain of Humans. If instead of blaming Christians The United Nations were approached about listing Human Supremacy as an attituide that is against All life this might require everyone to take responsibility.

Answer 3

no, no one should take responsiblity for each other, unless its your parents and your a child....

I think the thing about religion is, it's almost like a competition, each one proving to each other they are right, they are what is good and they are the way people should live...

of course this is rubbish, if anyone does something wrong in their religion they try to defend them...utter nonsense...

the thing is, as an atheist my self (answering your last part) we may do stuff wrong, but so does the whole damn world...INCLUDING religious people...now all the suicides bombers, terrorists...all of that stuff happened because of, Im sorry to say, religion...not that religion is a bad thing...it's just a theory, theories are things that have evidence (although I argue that god can not even be classed a theory), it can not be proven until seen, we can SEE science, we KNOW science is there, we see the effects of science, people resort to god when they do not understand, huh wonder why that happened?...MUST BE GOD!!!

people dont like not knowing, they're are some things the human race just doesn't understand... we need to accept that

Answer 4

All too often, finding fault with others for being a member of a group--whether a religion, a political party, a nationality--relieves the fault-finding individual of his/her responsibility for the failures in his/her life. "I didn't get the promotion not because I didn't do a good job; it's because the other person was [fill in the blank]." "I didn't get into the college I wanted not because of my bad grades and lousy test scores; it's because the admissions committee was prejudiced against me because I'm [fill in the blank]." The list goes on and on. It's called scape-goating. The people who engage in the practice are often marginalized members of some group, who perceive themselves to be unable to compete and, to compensate for their own failures, scape-goat another group.

As Christians, we have an obligation to love these people, especially when they revile us as the cause of their problems and, more concretely, support programs that provide opportunities for marginalized people of whatever background, skill level, or belief system, to become part of a larger community in which all people are judged by the quality of their lives rather than membership in some artificial category.

Grace be unto you and peace.

Answer 5

Because people are IGNORANT and want to blame one part on the whole. Because one "Christian" is a bad person, suddenly all Christians become bad people, and because one "Muslim" is bad, all Muslims become bad people. It is the same kind of ignorance that follows the rule of thought, "If I can't see it, it's not real."

Answer 6

I don't know that many people do that sort of thing. What I do know is that when people name the name of Christ as their Savior that they have a responsibility to represent Him to the best of their knowledge and ability while they are here on earth. Otherwise the way of truth will be evil spoken of and more responsible Christians will have to endure the stigma of being associated with those who don't walk as Jesus walked.

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

So what's a Christian to do?

1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Answer 7

Human nature likes to place people that have common color and beliefs in one basket and think we are all alike. The truth is we are all different no matter what color or religion we are.On the other hand we are all alike we all have hearts and brains we just use them in different ways.We are only responsible for our own thinking and doing.

Answer 8

Christianity and Islam are a total philosophy and lifestyle, based upon books and 'prophecy'. They also have written 'laws' that define others as 'outsiders', as, 'evil', as 'unsaved' as 'abominations', as 'enemies' of their 'god' etc. They play out this 'End Of World' theatre as if they are central players to the World's demise, as this is what they seriously believe.

They must be expected to take some responsibility for the extremists in their midst when they have such universal propaganda in their arsenal.

Atheism is a personal disbelief or non-belief of deities. It is not a group or a philosophy that has a written book or creed.

Example:

I wish the Christians would have taken earlier responsibility for the anti-Semitism that they preached for centuries...things could have been so different.


We should all take responsibility for tolerating extremism, especially if it is in our backyard.

Answer 9

The problem with moderate fundamentalist of all religions is that they provide a safe harbor for the extreme elements withing their groups and many secularist believe they should "clean up their house" and separate themselves from such.

This type religious tension is not new for the same dynamics took place between the puritans and the pilgrims ages ago in Europe.

Answer 10

Because by taking on a label, you're giving tacit approval to the people who do these things. You're quietly sat being a 'good German', while these atrocities take place.

No, it doesn't apply to atheists, as they're not a group per se, but a group of individuals. We don't hold meetings, we don't have rules which if broken get you kicked out of the atheist club.

Whether the majority of Christians are good or not is irrelevant. You're condoning the behaviour of the bad ones, and not even making a token gesture at opposing them.

Answer 11

The quarrel is about religions... a several different believes receive the name of Christian... but to be a christian has a very special meaning. A true Christian does not necessary belong to a religion... It is a special inner state of conscience.