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Labels are prevalent because a.) people are generally simple-minded and have a need to make sense of the world and b.) identity politics has come to dominate the discourse in recent years. I too lament their overuse.
There are multiple possible motivations for using labels. They can be used to otherize and dehumanize and demonize, or they can be used appropriately, and probably an infinite range of positions in between.
They can also be used as fodder for politically correct posturing. If I disagree with fundamentalist Christians for example, that says exactly zero about whether I think I'm "better" than them, and even less about whether or not I actually AM better than them. People are not their ideas and beliefs. We are discussing ideas and beliefs, not the worthiness or right to exist or right to believe of any PERSON.
Many people prefer to not have their beliefs challenged and those people probably shouldn't be in a forum like this where by its very nature they will have to think about the truth probabilities involved in their truth claims and argue for them using logic and valid evidence.
See Jesus has some good news for all people , were God is alive and can bring hope and answers too all life , as Jesus has answers to suicide were the health community does not , which some people turn to , and Jesus has the answer to all health answers , and loneliness , and eternal life , Still many people ignore Jesus Christ and suffer in this world with no hope or cures , as God through Jesus want to help but need people to turn to Him first ......See who cares what the world says bad about the label Christians , as Jesus has the answer
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