What do people have against Christians?
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I would say that at the moment Christians are getting a bad reputation because of the small percentage of Evangelical Right Christians that are choosing what parts of the Christian belief system they want to harp on and what parts they would like to ignore.  Very few people like Hypocrites.  \n\nOn a whole I would say that no one would hate a Christian that was trying to follow their doctrine as close as possible. When you are living a life in service to others trying to help everyone you meet without bias or judging you tend to get on everyone's good side.\n\nFor example, if you walk up to someone and say "your a sinner and I am going to pray for you." They are going to get defensive, start thinking of all your faults and nothing (positive) will be achieved.  However, if you instead bring the starving food, give blankets to homeless, cheer up the depressed then when you ask them if they want to go pray with you they might be a bit more receptive.\n\nOf course if they say no you have to respect that as well.
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I see your point and as an athiest that is now born again, I have an opinion on the matter.  First of all many Christians dont know how an athiest wants to be spoken to and they quote the bible and preach.  The athiests and other faiths dont want that.  If they want a sermon, they would go to church.\n\nI see what you mean about the hate towards Christians though. It is sad.  It is childish fingerpointing and ultimately it stems from hate, fear and resentment.  I know because I used to carry it around too.  \n\nThe best thing to do is continue to respect people that are not Christian, and really pity those with hate in the heart.  It only hurts them.  Like I say, hating someone is like burning your house down to kill a rat.\n\nSad too see the real hate in peoples heart when they hide behind a screen name.  Dont judge or hate back, my sister, but love and pity those who dont have your sweet spirit.\n\nLove\n\nDavid
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I don't see anything wrong with your beliefs.  In fact one of the things that pisses me off most in the Pagan community is Christian bashing.\n\nI believe some of this stems from people who call themselves Christians that ridicule our beliefs calling them false or devil-worshiping.  \n\nHowever, far more, I think, comes from some Pagan and Neo-Pagan authors who try to make Christians out to be the villains.  These people also perpetuate the myth that Christians hate everybody who isn't one and attempt to use the past, such as the crusades, in order to falsely validate this opinion.\n\nI don't think Christians ever blatantly took Pagan beliefs, Although I believe some Pagan practices may have been incorporated into Christianity, the same goes for virtually all religions.  We all take beliefs and/or traditions from religions that came before ours because they had been a part of life. Being Wiccan, I absolutely know Christianity couldn't take any of my beliefs because my religion is fairly new.\n\nAll in all, I see no reason to be at war with Christianity.  On the contrary, we should be working to better understand one anther's belief systems if at least to gain more knowledge about the world around us.
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I agree many people fear rejection by their parents and family and community and play along so as not to cause "trouble".  As someone who has questioned the beliefs I can say they are certainly correct.  Athiests are HATED by Christians.  Many even will go as far as to not let their kids come to your house or even worse, they try to convince your kids that their parents are going to hell!  \n\nNice, huh?\n\nI dare anyone, for one week, tell people you are an athiest and watch how fast the christians start to persecute you, not online in opinion forums, but in your town, in your schools, and in your nieghborhood.  It is truly shocking how intolerant they are of people who simply don't believe in their stories and mythology.  Their hatred is palpable.
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I agree, Christianity is constantly under attack on this forum and Christians of all denominations should support one another and not join forces with those whose only motive, is to rip and tear asunder.
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Probably more than anything, those who claim to be 'TRUE CHRISTIANS' couldn't be farther from the truth of the Christ which they claim to follow.  Look at the Christians in America today, they hate anyone who is different from them, ie gay people, minorities, etc.  They will claim to be doing God's work when they kill someone who committed abortion, or anything of that sort.  They are in short, the farthest thing from what they say 'Christ' taught them.  Christ according to the bible would have been a liberal, liberals care about people, they have mercy, they look out for each other.  Conservatives (what most so called Christians are) care only about big business, money and JUSTICE!\n\nThey fight against you because they need a battle to fight, they need to feel like they are doing God's work by bringing you down.  Oh how little they know!
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Religion and opinion are things Christians do not get.
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Christians do not hate gays.  They just cannot agree with the lifestyle, which are two different things.  For instance, I am a person and heterosexual.  Two things that can be separated, just like people can separate politics and religion.  So, I know someone will say well "I am gay, so you hate me."  I would reply, "No. You are a human, and I do not like your sexual preference."  As far as people hating Christians, many people have many different reasons.  The biggest reason is that people are afraid to give up themselves for a reason bigger than themselves and they are afraid of those who do.  Some Christians are not great examples of what way to react to homosexuals, or other things.  But they freak out, out of fear that their way of life is being threated.  Just like the homosexuals do.  Just look at the responses here so far, they are reactionary.
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Because some Christians are judgemental and hypocritical and condemning and try to discount people who claim they are Christians in an effort to make themselves look better when all they are really doing is making Christians look like nut jobs.
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I am Christian. Don't argue over other people's teachings. Just ask them to tolerate others, not to disturb us, not to terrorize others, not to press others to accept their customs when we have ours. And don't accept their customs if that infringes on our values. Amen
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For some people, it's sheer ignorance.  That ignorance, for the most part; is willful.  They choose not to learn from others, rather they wish to stick to their "I know what you believe and you don't" attitude.  If I want to know about a Christian concept, I'll ask a Christian. If they show me that I'm wrong in what I originally thought, I'll glady accept that.  I won't continue to argue the point once a follower of any particular faith has offered me knowlege on the sujbect.  I see a great deal of that here. It's like logical reasoning jumps right out the window as soon as a concept which is different is brought up.  They simply don't want to learn, plain and simple.\n\nOther people are just so hateful that they get great joy out of being smug and holier than thou.  It's almost like they think they are God on Earth or the only chosen person of God.  If they aren't playing a constant game of "My god can beat up your God", they aren't happy.  \n\nFinally, some people like to set themselves up as martyrs. They love to enter discussions which have nothing to do with their faith, spout a bunch of scripture, throw around some brimstone and then complain about how unfair other people are when they're told to mind their own business. They also really enjoy complaining when people enter their conversations doing the same thing.  \n\nI generally don't become angry or beligerant unless I'm having someone else's beliefs shoved on me 8 ways to Sunday.  Trying to discuss anything here without being told to find Jesus is impossible.  I mean it, try to get advice on mundane things like diet or health issues and you're told the same thing.  Honestly, It's very annoying.  I know, I know if I don't like it I can leave.  Just airing my view on the subject.
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all christians are "bad" because we are all sinners. But God loves and forgives us. There should be no judgement among christians.
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Christians have always labeled people with different ideas and beliefs as pagan, savages, etc. etc.\n\nMany Christians have an honest desire to help people, but most just can't accept that they might be wrong. They think people who don't go along with the Christian movement deserve to burn in hell.
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Wow, see folks not all christians are horrible. Its too bad about the plaque though.
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FIRST REASON:i think that some Christians hate the people who claim that they are Muslims.there are terrorists claiming  that they are Muslims so the Christians hate them and we as Muslims become very angry when we know that they are hating us.they do not hate us they hate the terrorist who claims that they are Muslims.\nSECOND REASON:the minority of the Christians do not the Islam and the Muslims they make their opinion about the Islam and the Muslims from the media and the media in the western try to make all the people hate the Islam and Muslims.\nTHIRD REASON:some Christians think that the Muslim hate them ,they do not look to Egypt (for example)the Muslims and the Christians live with each other a peacefully life ,they co-operate and cohabit with each other.they also think that we are close minded people and they think that we want to live a lone without cohabit or co-operate with any non-Muslim.finally:there are a lot of Christians know the truth of the Islam and they believe that it is the religion of peace.
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None, don't hate others for who they are.\n\nFrom the book of Kickum indaasses:\nCh1 vrs23:\n"and so those who judgeth others shall be stricken with small genitals and unrewarding sex lives, and upon reaching the glorious world of heaven will be promptly slapped by my messenger."
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I believe it is a self righteous spirit.  We all, christian or not, can have a self righteous attitude and christians are as guilty as the rest of them, however, the apparent hatred they have also involves a spirit of rebellion.  They know deep down that even if we don't have it perfectly right, that there is something to what we believe in and that ol' rebelliousness and self righteous spirit kicks in and causes them to act hateful.  My personal opinion.