01-27-2017, 08:35 PM
(01-27-2017, 07:40 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: BBH, I'm not trying to tell you how to live your life, but, when someone is as disdainful toward something I believe in, I want to figure out why.
I'm on your side when it comes to televangelists, fire & brimstone preaching, etc.
The Christianity I'm part of really does preach Jesus' love of everyone. Tolerance toward all.
My church has a Muslim outreach program.
It's pretty amazing.
Anyway, not trying to tell you what to believe in AT ALL, just trying to understand why you feel the way you do.
I am not a religious person, but do I pray and believe in God...I do......it is only way I can explain our existence, but I live and try to treat people fairly and i think one's spirit is their "religion." It is about how you treat other people in your life without hate and judgement (other than the normal arguments).....you don't lie, cheat, steal, etc....Too many people I have known throughout my life who have called themselves Christians are some of the biggest phonies I know..They are consumed by hate, greed, racism. aggression, rage, etc....
I think you have heard some of their rhetoric on TV during election coverage...."I wish those homos and blacks would just kill each other or words to that effect. Franklin Graham spews hates when talking about gays/lesbians, etc.....where is his loving, forgiving, caring representation of religion according to Jesus? No, there are just too many Christians claiming to be peaceful, loving people when this is far from the truth.....and that is where I am coming from
When I get to know somebody, i don't require they be a Christian, only that they are not racist judgmental bigots.....hope that answers your question.....there is a little more to it involving a childhood experience but I really don't want to share that now......