lets debate about christains.

I'm going to be on the opposite end here cause I am a Christian. And I wanted to say that I'm sorry the interaction you had with Christians they've preached to you. That's not how things are supposed to be. There are Christians like me that don't preach to our friends, we talk about our faith only when the subject comes up and we don't push our faith. I know Christians that do preach and act "holier than thou" and those are the ones that play into the stereotype. I'm one of the Christians that admits that I'm not perfect. I drink, I smoke, I cuss from time to time, I don't read as much as I should, I don't pray as much as I should. I try not to be hyporcitical or judgmental....I try not to be the Christian everyone hates.

It's not just the stereotypical christians that preach and judge, I really have issues with anyone that does that. Doesn't just have to be religon, could be politics or the type of gas you buy. You may or maybe not have seen some of my real issues with organized religon in some of the other topics here. Religon is an invention of man and man is flawed, I'll leave it at that for now .....

I am a Christian, strong in my beliefs, but I get agrivated also. Other branches of religion come to the door and spend time telling me my religion is wrong and theirs is the only way. I usually interrupt them, tell them I am strong in my faith and am not interested and shut the door in a nice way of course. I do not believe any denomination is better than another one. I believe it is up to each individual to decide to believe or not believe. Many can tell you what you should do but who is to say they are right. Simply tell them you have your own beliefs and walk away. A christians actions in every day life shows more than all the words in the world.

I like the Christians who live like Jesus taught - they help their fellow man and are humble about it. I don't like the hypocrites who proclaim their faith the loudest, yet live selfish lives

I am a proud Pagan and I have found that the hard core Christians are NOT tollerant of other religins even tho the bible states to be tollerant of other religins. It very much upsets me that they associate Satanism with witchcraft when we dont even believe there is a satan or devil. We all worship the same God. There is only 1 God, we all just have diffrent ways of worshiping and we all call God something diffrent all over the world. Christianity think they are the oldest living religin when in all realty witchcraft has been arround long before christianity and is still going strong today if not stronger now that the "witch burnings" are over and we can practice more openly and freely.

My beef is not with Christians per se, but instead with any religion that preaches to me that their beliefs are the only true beliefs and has no respect for any other's beliefs.

Don't know if my original message went through. It would seem you have a problem understanding that there is an authrotiy higher than you, God who dreated you and knows what is best for you. It sounds to me as though you should perhaps privately read your Bible. The problem you have is not with christians, but sounds rather like it is with God.

My mom is like that. She is in A.A. and a big part of that is spirituality but she married this guy and she has changed so much. She is always pushing her church on me and my fiance. I have been going to my grandmas church since i was like 6 or 7 years old. My mom always offers me to go to hers but her church is a prophetic church so they speak in tounges and hear God talk to them. I mean I am happy for her that she foud something but keep it to yourself. She gets pissed if I tell her I don't want to go to her church. I really hate when people try to push their beliefs on you.

The only religion where they don't harrass, start wars, or act superior is Buddisim! The rest of the major religions be it Christian, Muslim or Jew, are oppressive, make people afraid to think, and all think that ONLY THEY are the correct ones! These 3 major religions makes people feel superior to other human beings. They often demand that you be willing to die for your faith as well! What a great way to control the masses!

I don't get angry with true christians, I get angry with religion. I'm a christian, but I teach Sunday School at a Babtist Church. I am not Babtist. I was babtised in and raised catholic, was again babtised in the Penticostal church. I am not Catholic or Penticostal or any other religion. I am a Christian. My pastor would like me to get babtist into the Babtist church to make things "right under the Babtist church" and become a "true" member, but because of my beliefs I won't do it. I was babtised in the name of the Lord, not the church. No where in the Bible says you have to be babtised anyway to get to heaven, it just says you have to believe in Christ and ask him for forgivness of your sins. In Sunday School I don't teach how to be a Babtist or how to be religious. I teach children how to love god and and act like christians. Respecting your parents, neighbors and friends is to respect God. I don't "preach" outside the church, but everyone knows that I am a christian by my actions. I don't act Holier Then Thou, I do cuss, I drink occasionally, I have many friends that drink, smoke, and smoke the green stuff, most of them don't go to church, and they are more christian then most I know that go to church. I don't believe you get people to become christians by knocking on doors and preaching to your neigbors and freinds. I believe people will see how happy you are and be curious and want to know what makes you so happy, and will want that to. That's how you lead people to God, not by forcing christianity on them. That's my view.

I have been following the responses here and i must point out that the non Christians which they call themselves seem to be the ones that are angry and mad at anyone that is not like them... just observing is all..carry on

Why would you basically start a discussion asking people to bash a certain religious group of people? This is dumb and should be removed. I wouldn't start a discussion to get people to talk bad about Atheists or some other group that thinks differently than I do.

i am a christian but at the same time i know where you are coming from. alot of christians speak the word but dont follow it. they are quick to tell what you are doin wrong but never take a hard look at themselves. i dont like people preachin to me eihter especially when i didnt ask them to. i dont have a problem with god but dont force any religion beliefs on me if you cant even follow them yourself.

I agree eith you on this one. I have read the bible at least once and recognize that most xtians have not read the entire bible. I think that it is funny that they try to scare you into religion by telling you that terrible things are going to happen to you when you die. Unless you can prove to me that these terrible things are going to happen - and I mean actually scientifically prove it, not just theoretically - then go away and leave me to my lovely atheist self. Thanks!

I was like you once. But my experience proved that I was wrong.I came across Christians who truly love humanity without looking at your background.It is because of their preaching today many have turned back from their bad lives becoming good to the society. If you hate them too much one day you might endup loving them.B'cause you may not get a reason to hate them.Lol, let me tell you one secret that Jesus Loves you like a father loves his Child even if you hate HIM.

I am a Christian and I'm sorry how you feel about other Christians. We don't believe in forcing our beliefs to others. Me and my husband pray for people who are in trouble and stuff like that and we give counsel to people who had problems. But we do not force them to listen to what we say and we do not just slam our holy bible into their face, this is not how we are taught.

Maybe you should clarify, as not ALL Christians do that. I am Christian, an imperfect human Christian and I pray I am not like what you describe.

That kind of behavior is what happens when so called "Christians" put the religion and their own agenda ahead of the relationship with Jesus Christ. If you want to know about true Christianity, read the Bible and see what Christ taught and had to say about the matter, not what many people made it out to be. I am a Christian as well, and attend a Baptist Church weekly. We don't focus on religion, rather we focus on relationship, with each other, with those around us, and most importantly personally with Jesus Christ. It is all above love and relationship with Christ.

I agree, for the most part all the christians i know are very judgemental and full of themselves. I wonder if they have even read their bibles because i am sure it says in there "thou shalt not judge" if they believe in their god than they have no right to judge people or try to tell people how to live, it's called free will people. Don't try to "save me" with your narrow minded preachings. I am a wiccan who lives in the bible belt so i really could go on for days here, lol.

Its all fake just face it. Gods just their to keep the world in order.