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Right..like everyone else here.
Though...I'm Theist/Religious...I'm not on a Forum being critical of the title subject.
I post about Religion and Spirituality...and it's place/position in the world...I'm not putting up (tens of) thousands of posts critical of it and negative about it.
It's that kinda thing that few care about...well, except to view that kinda thing, and those that do it, as part of one of the "Most Hated & Least Trusted" groups there is.
In fact...studies show, rapists are viewed as superior: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-w..._b_1157939/amp
That's not my view...I'm just stating the reality of the way of the world.
We have long known that religionists are prejudiced against people who don't share their views...along with -- in many cases -- other categories of people.
We have long known that religionists are prejudiced against people who don't share their views...along with -- in many cases -- other categories of people.
The Religionists (and other categories of people) are able to recognize prejudice when they see it...and assess it.
Thus...the study results.
It's the thread premise itself that is divulgent.
"Why People Are Not Interested In Your Faith"...on a board titled Religion and Spirituality...relative to the Faith that covers a third of the global population.
Kinda like a person that goes on a Forum for "Sports and Athletics"...declares they don't like sports, and proceeds to tell the Football players & fans, "Why People Aren't Interested In Your Game".
The Religionists (and other categories of people) are able to recognize prejudice when they see it...and assess it.
Thus...the study results.
It's the thread premise itself that is divulgent.
"Why People Are Not Interested In Your Faith"...on a board titled Religion and Spirituality...relative to the Faith that covers a third of the global population.
Kinda like a person that goes on a Forum for "Sports and Athletics"...declares they don't like sports, and proceeds to tell the Football players & fans, "Why People Aren't Interested In Your Game".
I've always been interested in the Civil War, but I wasn't alive during it.
I'm interested in religion -- and a member of a religion -- and it's an overall topic. One doesn't have to be an advocate of a particular religion to be interested in religion as a general topic.
Again, this is not a praise forum. It's a forum to discuss things related to religion, both pro and con.
Here's a reasonably fair-minded discussion of a survey of non-Christians as to what factors make them resistant to Christianity.
You can disagree with these reasons but they exist and are highly problematic just the same. Even the author of this piece takes some issue with a couple of these objections, but -- if you're a Christian who wants to successfully share your faith, these objections should inform your approach nevertheless.
Unfortunately, a lot of these can only be fully addressed by the church itself cleaning house. Something Paul urged two millennia ago and apparently no one is interested to this day.
To be fair, the article is spot on with a few of them. Child abuse, Hypocrisy, even money to a degree are reasonable complaints. Religious wars? When was the last time there was a religious war in America?
The rest is really a list of things that indicate that no matter what is said, people really don't have time or desire to know God. For many, they are offended when God says some things are wrong. For others, they are just apathetic. They'd rather live a godless life than to know the one true God.
To be fair, the article is spot on with a few of them. Child abuse, Hypocrisy, even money to a degree are reasonable complaints. Religious wars? When was the last time there was a religious war in America?
The rest is really a list of things that indicate that no matter what is said, people really don't have time or desire to know God. For many, they are offended when God says some things are wrong. For others, they are just apathetic. They'd rather live a godless life than to know the one true God.
No, we have different beliefs than you do.
And it's people like you that led me to have different beliefs. Keep up the good work!
And it's people like you that led me to have different beliefs. Keep up the good work!
Yes. I believe that the True God is the God of the Bible. You should respect that belief if you want to be consistent. And I'm aware that you really just have no desire to know him.
Yes. I believe that the True God is the God of the Bible. You should respect that belief if you want to be consistent. And I'm aware that you really just have no desire to know him.
You are intolerant of people who have different beliefs.
I tried to be a good christian for decades. It just didn't fit.
To be fair, the article is spot on with a few of them. Child abuse, Hypocrisy, even money to a degree are reasonable complaints. Religious wars? When was the last time there was a religious war in America?
The rest is really a list of things that indicate that no matter what is said, people really don't have time or desire to know God. For many, they are offended when God says some things are wrong. For others, they are just apathetic. They'd rather live a godless life than to know the one true God.
People do not accept the monstrous God that is described in the Bible because the beliefs about Him are primitive and barbaric. If you actually presented the God of agape love and forgiveness as revealed and demonstrated by Jesus Christ on the Cross, there would not be the kind of rejection your beliefs create.
It is the fault of our ancestors that they misattributed to God's wrath what Jesus did out of agape love and forgiveness to propitiate the wrath and vengeance of our ignorant and brutal ancestors' barbarity. The rest is history as the perpetuation of ignorance and barbarity has continued within the churches as a sign of faith in the Bible as God's word instead of Jesus.
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