Comments on: I Don’t Like Christians http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians This ain't a blog, it's a god damn arms race. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:14:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Ursula http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6948 Ursula Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:09:59 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6948 I'm sorry. I am truly sorry that you have experienced all the poo behavior of people who label themselves Christians. I have seen the same things, I waited tables and dreaded the Wednesday night group for the same reasons you describe. Same with the bumper stickers and everything else. You're 100% that this is what most 'Christians' represent as. I would submit that those who behave that way are not actually Christians at all. If you have Christ in you, you CANNOT behave in that way without major conviction which ought to drive you to 'become a better person' as you have suggested. But that doesen't really help the situation because the people doing these things still run loose in the streets. I'm a Christian, but as others have said, I'm often tempted not to say that but find some other way to describe that I follow Christ. I pray that I am an exception to the things you've mentioned. I am aware of the truth of what you say so perhaps that is half the battle. What else can I say. I'm sorry. I follow Christ, not Christians. I’m sorry. I am truly sorry that you have experienced all the poo behavior of people who label themselves Christians. I have seen the same things, I waited tables and dreaded the Wednesday night group for the same reasons you describe. Same with the bumper stickers and everything else. You’re 100% that this is what most ‘Christians’ represent as.

I would submit that those who behave that way are not actually Christians at all. If you have Christ in you, you CANNOT behave in that way without major conviction which ought to drive you to ‘become a better person’ as you have suggested. But that doesen’t really help the situation because the people doing these things still run loose in the streets.

I’m a Christian, but as others have said, I’m often tempted not to say that but find some other way to describe that I follow Christ. I pray that I am an exception to the things you’ve mentioned. I am aware of the truth of what you say so perhaps that is half the battle. What else can I say. I’m sorry. I follow Christ, not Christians.

]]> By: Wired For Noise » Blog Archive » Jesus Needs A New PR Rep http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6791 Wired For Noise » Blog Archive » Jesus Needs A New PR Rep Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:55:00 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6791 [...] when I said I don’t like Christians? This doesn’t help change my mind: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that [...] [...] when I said I don’t like Christians? This doesn’t help change my mind: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that [...]

]]> By: MJ http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6758 MJ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:08:15 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6758 Alot of people actually are "religious" and lack "spirituality"...and thus the problem. You can have a religious life bound by rituals and think your going to heaven...wich is where so many people go wrong. Christianity is a label when in fact it is suppost to be a relationship between man and God. People throw in all the ritualistic crap and jargon, that makes people loose that strand of personal worship that is suppost to be personal between them and God. I am sure your a very bright person and your way of life is your own. I just thought Id share this. Alot of people actually are “religious” and lack “spirituality”…and thus the problem. You can have a religious life bound by rituals and think your going to heaven…wich is where so many people go wrong. Christianity is a label when in fact it is suppost to be a relationship between man and God. People throw in all the ritualistic crap and jargon, that makes people loose that strand of personal worship that is suppost to be personal between them and God. I am sure your a very bright person and your way of life is your own. I just thought Id share this.

]]> By: Summer http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6747 Summer Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:27:37 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6747 Of all the sects, I've always liked Quakers the best. I have quite a few Quaker friends and they seem the ones with the biggest hearts. :) Of all the sects, I’ve always liked Quakers the best. I have quite a few Quaker friends and they seem the ones with the biggest hearts. :)

]]> By: Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6745 Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:53 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6745 This is why many Quakers (which I am) won't call themselves Christians. Heard one Quaker say "I'm not a Christian but I have Christ's inner light." As you have likely seen on my facebook as I have become more liberal some Christian friends and family have all but disowned me. It's been pretty painful but has made me see that so many Christians are very judgmental. I hadn't seen it as much before as I went to a Presbyterian church that was VERY open and caring. I wish Christians would read the whole bible and read the red letters. Some of my favorite quotes- "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." Ghandi "The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad." Nietzsche “Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men” Voltaire "Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts." William Penn "Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it." William Penn This is why many Quakers (which I am) won’t call themselves Christians. Heard one Quaker say “I’m not a Christian but I have Christ’s inner light.”

As you have likely seen on my facebook as I have become more liberal some Christian friends and family have all but disowned me. It’s been pretty painful but has made me see that so many Christians are very judgmental. I hadn’t seen it as much before as I went to a Presbyterian church that was VERY open and caring.

I wish Christians would read the whole bible and read the red letters.

Some of my favorite quotes-
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Ghandi

“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.” Nietzsche

“Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men” Voltaire

“Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.” William Penn

“Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.” William Penn

]]> By: Jess http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6714 Jess Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6714 Oh, one more thing . . . I have linked to you on my blog, one that mostly Christians read. There is a lot in here that we need to be confronted with. Thanks! Oh, one more thing . . . I have linked to you on my blog, one that mostly Christians read. There is a lot in here that we need to be confronted with. Thanks!

]]> By: Jess http://wiredfornoise.com/i-dont-like-christians/comment-page-1#comment-6713 Jess Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:59:04 +0000 http://wiredfornoise.com/?p=2594#comment-6713 Summer, I read this and could totally understand why you feel the way that you do. I am a Christian, and I have no problem with what you said. Perhaps a glimmer of hope is that over the past years we are hearing more and more Christians calling out the same thing you are calling out. If there is anything that shakes my faith, it is what you have just described. I don't understand how people who claim to love and follow Christ can act this way. However, I still love and follow Christ, I still believe there is an Ultimate love and grace that can only be found in Him . . . I am truly sorry for all the Christians misrepresent. Summer, I read this and could totally understand why you feel the way that you do. I am a Christian, and I have no problem with what you said. Perhaps a glimmer of hope is that over the past years we are hearing more and more Christians calling out the same thing you are calling out. If there is anything that shakes my faith, it is what you have just described. I don’t understand how people who claim to love and follow Christ can act this way. However, I still love and follow Christ, I still believe there is an Ultimate love and grace that can only be found in Him . . . I am truly sorry for all the Christians misrepresent.

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