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Also please keep in mind that some Christians view other Christians as not 'true Christians' and try to convert them. For example, at a friend's wedding, the groom's father stood up in the church where the wedding was being held and announced to everyone there that members of the church where the wedding was being held were not true Christians.
Think of how well that went over.
During a baptism at our church, we witnessed the father's entire family get up and walk out in the middle of the rite. How petty.
Also please keep in mind that some Christians view other Christians as not 'true Christians' and try to convert them. For example, at a friend's wedding, the groom's father stood up in the church where the wedding was being held and announced to everyone there that members of the church where the wedding was being held were not true Christians.
Think of how well that went over.
Some of the main reasons I left the Christian religion: too many run-ins with hypocrisy, religious bigotry, arrogance, and deliberate ignorance. Too many members determined to hate each other, persecute each other, ride roughshod over those they felt were inferior. Ignoring the very tenets of their belief. No thank you!
Some of the main reasons I left the Christian religion: too many run-ins with hypocrisy, religious bigotry, arrogance, and deliberate ignorance. Too many members determined to hate each other, persecute each other, ride roughshod over those they felt were inferior. Ignoring the very tenets of their belief. No thank you!
We agree on that, with respect to the jerk who announced at the wedding that the church members weren't Christian. I've also heard members of some denominations claim that members of mine (a mainstream, mainline, old-school, relatively progressive denomination) aren't Christian. Great. It's not up to us to say if others are Christian are not.
Also please keep in mind that some Christians view other Christians as not 'true Christians' and try to convert them. For example, at a friend's wedding, the groom's father stood up in the church where the wedding was being held and announced to everyone there that members of the church where the wedding was being held were not true Christians.
Think of how well that went over.
I had never encountered this until I started seeing my husband, who was raised in an evangelical denomination that was really into converting people from other denominations into theirs, especially Catholics. Prior to this I knew plenty of Christians, but they were mainly Anglican, Catholic, and a few Orthodox; from what I gather, they aren’t big on actively “recruiting†people. So, it was a real shock to meet people who were so jazzed to “lead me to the lordâ€. I don’t know if it’s double conversation points because I was raised Buddhist, but it took a lot of patience on my part to accept that their intentions were good... no matter how offensive it got at times.
Also please keep in mind that some Christians view other Christians as not 'true Christians' and try to convert them. For example, at a friend's wedding, the groom's father stood up in the church where the wedding was being held and announced to everyone there that members of the church where the wedding was being held were not true Christians.
Think of how well that went over.
Lol. Yep, as a matter of fact, there are so many opinions over what constitutes a "true Christian" that we had to make a rule forbidding anyone from claiming someone else is not a real Christian on the CD Christianity forum. Our forum is ABOUT the religion, not an exclusive club for people who believe specific things. There are other forums out there for that.
One of the saddest things I have experienced in life was when my husband's son joined a non-denominational Christian church and subsequently ended his relationship with us because we had different views. He said it was a sin for him to associate with "non believers". Interestingly it was a coach at a state college who lead him away from the church he had previously attended, telling him it wasn't really Bible based enough. Sad that a coach at a public school is allowed to preach his religion to students over whom he has authority. And yes I know college students are young adults and not children.
Some of the main reasons I left the Christian religion: too many run-ins with hypocrisy, religious bigotry, arrogance, and deliberate ignorance. Too many members determined to hate each other, persecute each other, ride roughshod over those they felt were inferior. Ignoring the very tenets of their belief. No thank you!
To be honest, this is an issue with humans in general.
Any religion eventually breaks into multiple denominations, and humans tend to justify their beliefs by criticising the beliefs, customs and practices of the "other" side.
The atheists justify their beliefs by making fun of those who believe in someone who cannot be seen. So, it is all around.
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