Do curses used by Christians work? I've been cursed by heaps of Christians and I've never felt better?
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Think of it this way, just as someone says "Bless you" they are asking God to bless you.  If they say, "Curse you", they are asking God to curse you. They, in them-selves. have little power but faith. \n\nThat being said, "God's will be done". Are they cursing you for a righteous reason or a selfish reason? Even still, it's up to God whether or not you deserve what a curse or blessing.\n\nIn the end, sooner or later we all get what we deserve. I doubt those curses will come, sounds selfish to me. "love thy neighbor"
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Love is far more powerful than any curse. Try reading the Bible.\n\nBible.com
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Those words are not of God and not of Christ. A Christian who says those things is not acting as a Christian should. These are deceptions of the devil and are based on hatred.\n\nYou, I see from many of your posts, are grappling with these questions. But you post them as if they were insults or jokes. I see through that. You are partly consumed by a temptation to persecute Christians. You are partly ruled by this and have no control over it. And it bothers you. But your resolution is a false one, in that you believe Christians are at the root of this lack of inner control. It feeds the flames and you relinquish more self-mastery as time passes.\n\nThe proof is that at this moment you are probably saying this is stupid and you will try to ignore it. Ignorance is your tool to continue the persecution. As long as you refuse to understand what Christianity teaches then you can continue to mock it with half-sincere questions based out of your inner conflicts.\n\nIt is not Christians you have a problem with. It is yourself. But go ahead and scoff and continue on in the path of slavery to your emotions.
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Wear it on your sleeve (Christian sayings t-shirts).  Wear a cross around your neck (my husband wears a cross), put one on your keys (I do this), go to a Christian club (I went to Campus Christians), etc.  Some people pass out Salvation tracks.  This is kind of annoying, though.  I do for Halloween trick-or-treaters, but not the general public.  Pray at meal time.  That always looks good!  When people tell me their problems, I say that I'll pray for them, & I do!  I am smart enough to know that studying is not enough!  I pray when I study & when about to take a test.  If I drove a car back then, I would have offered to be the designated driver.  I went out with the party kids, but I never did drink or smoke.  I really stand out, even at church.  If something is going on that I know is clearly Biblically wrong, I refuse to participate, & the others notice!  One cannot just assume that if something happens at church that it is ok.  I have pretty stong convictions!  I am not easily swayed by the crowd.  If you do any charity work, mention it.  Like, I made over 70 lap quilts & gave them out to the elderly in nursing homes.  Surely you've also done something to help out a charity or two in your life.  It doesn't have to be a Christian charity, either!  Like, I donated my hair twice so far for Locks of Love.
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What is ridiculously funny on Yahoo Q & A is any type of abuse from Christians.Not only do they never have there facts right but make such idiots of themselves in the process:)
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I don't know whether they still occur or not, but as a Christian, I am personally appalled and repulsed by them.  Please understand that many people who call themselves Christians perform acts in the name of their religion that Christ himself would have strongly condemned.
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I didn't see your other questions, but they do tend to be full of hostility.  Perhaps you should switch over to decaf...\n\nI have though seen a lot of questions that have been rather... well questionable... some reported multiple times that have not been deleted, so I think there are so many reports of abuse thay may not catch all of them.  You were just lucky enough to be chosen.\n\nAnd calling Christians followers is an insult... thats also a Yahoo no-no.  Maybe you need to read the rules so they won't kill any more of your questions.
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I know how you feel. It's disheartening, and doesn't seem fair. Some of the attacks seem completely groundless, once you really look at the claims of Jesus.\n\nSome people have had bad experiences with Christians, so everything is filtered through that. They've never been exposed to people really living out of faith and loving others, they've just gotten the negative hypocritical behavior.\n\nSome listen to Christians: There are many CHristians who approach their faith negatively. ("Do not touch! Do not taste! Do not speak!" says Paul, I think, right before he says this is ridiculous, for restrictions do not have the power to save.) We treat the world as an enemy and attack it for what we believe it does wrong -- then get surprised when it views us negatively. Christians are very negative sometimes, so Christianity is attacked as such.\n\nThe other big reason is simply because they really don't want to understand your viewpoint. It's more convenient for them to attack Christianity because they won't actually have to think through their own lives and compare, maybe even make a change. Everyone is like this: It's easier to talk over someone than to listen, easier to attack than taking wounds, easier to blame someone else besides ourselves.\n\nChristians sometimes get a raw deal because people don't want to take the risk of truly thinking through the claims of the faith and comparing their own philosophy to it, then perhaps being forced to make decisions they don't want to make. Pride and self-comfort is an issue.\n\nHang in there. You're on the right track -- Jesus didn't just atone for sin, he was a very tangible representation of how much God truly loved us -- and you're willing to speak up in a kind way about it. That's good stuff.
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Remember, GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.\nNot that I actually believe that load of garbage, but I'm getting it shoved down my throat constantly on this site.
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I've been told more times than I can count that because I am Wiccan I am worshiping Satan and going to hell.  I had a person I worked with once they found out I was Wiccan spent every time we had to deal with each other trying to convert me and tell me I was wrong and it was false.  This person went so far as to send their pastor in to talk to me and try to convert me.  It didn't work I told them bluntly I was happy with my religion.  After open circle one night several of us had a car load of what we call 'attack Christians' follow us home and sermonize us the whole way over a loud speaker from our car!  Things got so bad for us when we held open circle we had to get a restraining order because of protesters who shouted the worst things you can imagine!
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That is awful.  People who never go to church, never read the bible, and curse all the time are not saved in my opinion.  If they are really saved they'll have the desire to read God's word, meet with other christians, and wont want to say evil words. They are just one of those people who claim to be something, but really are not.
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Tell it like it is!! I agree with you! I have ran into some really rotten "christian" people in my life time and a lot of them do not follow the Bible or any teachings until it suits them.
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I must tell you that it saddens me to hear that your experiences with Christianity have left you disenchanted with the whole thing. As a "christian" I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to you for any thing that anyone who calls themselves a christian has done to hurt or anger you.\n  I would like to say that i agree with one of the other posts in the fact that not everyone who calls themselves christian truly knows Jesus Christ.  You see "Christianity" has become just another religion where we humans try to reach God on our own terms.  That's where all the "bible thumping" comes from.  Jesus is Gods attempt to reach us humans through His love, unfortunately most Christians never fully experience His love and therefore can never love themselves.  They think that by being super zealous for the laws that God has set for us, and "taking a stand" for what they believe that they will some how please god more.  The bible teaches that we can do nothing to please God, outside of having a relationship with His son Jesus Christ.\n\nI would be honored to share with you how you can truly experience Gods love if you want.\n\n\np.s.  I didn't get the stamp of approval from my church or minister but that's OK cause I AM one of the ministers!:)\n\ncrazy that one of us guys would read something that challenged Christianity huh?  Hope i am up to the challenge
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I tried to work on my brother since I became a Christian 5 years ago.  He would come to church then he would not.  Nothing stopped him frlom being him (lacking love)- cursing ALL THE TIME for no reason even.  Hated people tremendously.  Did not trust anyone.\n\nSix months ago, my daughters and I were stranded (my car would not start) after a Youth function at the beach.  As we knew we're having to wait for some time, I was led to do an Intercessory prayer - I asked the girls and they chose to pray for my brother & his family to come to know the Lord.  It lasted for at least 20 minutes or so - then the tow truck came.  That was the beginning of REGULAR prayers to God to open their (my brother & family) hearts to hear HIS voice; that they would hunger & thirst for God's Word in their hearts; and prayer that God would speak to them thru us.\n\nAbout two and a half months ago, their son was the first to come to our Youth group - then my brother - and then now the girlfriend.  We are now on our 5th Tuesday of bible study which THEY (my brother & his family) had requested.  \n\nMy brother changed his work schedule to be home on Tuesday nights.  Our studies sometimes last 2-3 hours of intense dissection of each verse in a chapter.  I see the humbling transformation taking place.  He no longer starts fights/arguments at his work; he speaks much gentler to his family; he reads the Bible every single day (sometimes hours- just so hungry for God's insight); my daughter said that recently he caught himself cursing and immediately apologized (that's UNheard of!).  And here's the icing on the cake.  Even my father (uncertain faith) has been there to join us each week -questioned a lot of things in the beginning and now started to see clearer and clearer - Halleluiah!\n\nDid this happen because of me?  NO, I really don't think so.  I believe that when we ask for God's help & guidance in terms of witnessing to others, He TRULY will be there for us and the people you're witnessing to. \n\nWe're still waiting for his daughter to join us.  Four NEW passionate believers out of five - is NOT BAD AT ALL!  I strongly believe that God has not given up on my niece.  The Lord is still working on her heart - it's a promise that I know will come to pass.  What an amazing God we serve!\n\nAlways pray for God's blessing before witnessing that HE would speak thru you - we're just instruments of HIS!  Plus living what we're preaching - - - Walking the talk is very, very important!\n\nGreat Question!  May God be with you as you continue to share the living light with them!
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Josh, I can understand your reaction and plea. It's sort of like having a bunch of mosquitos buggin' you and you can't get away from them, and you don't have any "RAID". Religious arguments are useless. Many Christians are trying to do God's work for him, rather than just focusing on their own walk with God, and letting God do his own work. They get pushy in their zeal to get everybody "saved". Some of them mean well, but some are really not mentally or spiritually well, and they'll give RELIGIOUS answers to everthing, including NON RELIGIOUS questions. I know that you can delete your own answer to a question, but sometimes I think it would be a good idea if people asking a question could delete answers that offended them. That way the pushy ones (and other people who give offensive answers)would get their answers deleted quite often, and they would soon learn that what they were doing wasn't appreciated and wasn't doing any good. And it would filter the answers for other readers who want to read relevant answers and cast a vote etc. You might want to suggest that to Yahoo. By the way, I am a Christian too.
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Not necessarily.  I know of some Christians who are persecuted because they are jerks.  Then, when they complain, they use "it's because I'm a Christian" as their defense.
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Have to love christians - follow god or you will suffer for eternity. Please, give us a break with all of your religious crap. Nothing like trying to scare people into believeing something.