Christians are not the majority, why do people act like they are?
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Where do ya get 4 billion people think its false?  I think the majority of the people in the world have a problem with islam. In most countries they are viewed as the trouble makers.  Most people view christianity as the lesser of two evils. \nYes people have problems with christians but ya don't see them fearing the people.  Also it is far more easier to get people to be christians than muslims.
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I think that many people who claim some form of Christianity as their chosen religion are not terribly interested in living a truly christian life. I mean, religion is for many people an excuse, or a comfort blanky, or something to that effect, but is not a way of life, as it should be. People shouldn't only be Christains on sunday, or saturday, or whenever. It should be a part of the way you think, the decisions you make, and the goals we have in life. So in answer to your question, yes, I think that many of us as Christians have forgotten who we are and why we're here. That's probably one of the reasons that the world is in such bad shape.
1090032
Yes. Some people believe that when someone openly says they are a Christian, it means you are judgemental of those who aren't.
200707
It's funny how the way you see a situation depends on what side of it you are on. For example, many atheist believe that christians are insecure in their faith and as a result feel the need to get as many people in the world to also believe. Kind of a safety in numbers thing. It's interesting to see the same arguement being made from the other side.\n\nThat being said, I don't think it is accurate to claim that non-christians are critical of christians. It's more accurate to say that some non-christians are critical of christians, other aren't. Some Christians are critical of non-christians, other aren't.  It's just a fact of human nature. Some are more critical, others aren't. Unfortately, it's the ones who are critical that are heard most often.
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I think you are wrong. True there are some Christians who try every chance they get to cram down your throat their version of their religion. And is it also true that in other religions that same type of narrow middle zealots exist. So the problem really is one of the zealots not getting along and not the billions of us left in the world who do get along.
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Well as a Christian I would argue that not all Christians are like that by any means. Sadly like all religions there are charlatans who take advantage of people and compel them to do terrible things, (Pat Robertson calling for the assasination of Hugo Chavez, for example) and distort religion for their own sinister purposes. These particular 'Christian' leaders (Robertson, Fallwell, Swaggart, Baker, Dobson, ect) contradict the original teachings of Jesus Christ on almost everything. But I hope you don't lump ALL Christians in with them. To be honest they would probably do the same thing to Jesus now that the Pharisees and Saducees did to him in the 1st century: they accused him of sedition (calling him an enemy of Caesar), accused him of heresy (for not sticking to their rigid, burdensome, and unmerciful traditions), and eventually killed him. So by no means are all Christians fanatics, many of us are decent, respectable people who simply wish to practice our faith  without infringing on others' beliefs.
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I don't think there are many real Christians in this country. They call themselves Christians, but they want an eye for an eye. That is distinctly un-Christian. Real Christians can only be appalled at Bush's actions and policies, and any real conservative likewise. This is a President who is surrounded by people who want an absolute ruler, answerable to no one.
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Christians are widely considered to be zealous idiots by non-Christians because their main exposure to Christianity is the zealous idiots.  After all, it's the zealous idiots standing around on soapboxes screaming at people that their all sinners bound for hell, or on TV begging for money while they cheerfully praise Jesus for burning everyone in hell who isn't a Christian.\n\nMost Christians, just like most Muslims, etc. are not zealous idiots, but those are the ones in the public eye.
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Christians are just like any other large group of people.  There are going to be the bad ones.  There are going to be the good ones.  Just try not to hang out too much with the bad ones. :)
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Because there christians
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Because not everybody's Christian.
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not all christians say that i think it is just Cathlics
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You gave the answer in your question.  What you've described are religious people. They are not necessarily the same as Christains.
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I'm not totally sure why people don't join Christianity. But- I think it might have something to do with it contradicting itself constantly. Another reason might be because people like Evangelicals preach messages of Christ's love-only to turn around and use the Bible to perpetuate xenophobic ideals.
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I believe it is human nature to assume that someone who defies what you believe in, doesn't know what they're talking about. That doesn't make this assumption true however. I am a Christian and I know there are many people out there that are well versed in Christianity, even if they do not share the belief. Some of them probably even know more about it than I do. I know about other religions as well. I think it is important to know about and the different faiths and non-faiths of the world.
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I think that most Christians are good and do positive things. But then, I think that most people strive to be good and do positive things. We have all sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. No one is perfect.
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The majority may be Muslim, but I've met plenty of Christians, too, particularly among the Lebanese-American community. And the Christians I've met among them don't take too kindly to ignorant people constantly assuming that they're Muslim. They're Christian, and have been so for generations.