Why do people hate Christians?, page 3

Originally posted by Ryanp5555
Basically i am referring to the ones on this board... It seems that the majority of the people on this board tend to want to soley focus in on Christianity to try and destroy it.

Hmm... This is not an unreasonable question to ask. Speaking as one who isn't exactly fond of most Christians, I can say this. I have nothing against God, nothing against Jesus, and nothing against the Bible. I've been reading it and other religious texts since I was a child, and feel it has many good lessons, history, and is a fascinating read.

However, what I do have a problem with are self-righteous evangelists who feel like they have the right to impose their religious views on the rest of us who do not feel the same way. I won't even say that most Christians are like this, only the loudest ones. However, when you have a President or Congressman try to run the Country as if it were a Church, I start taking very serious umbrage to it.

Another thing that definitely irks me, and probably others like myself, is the sheer amount of hypocracy in most Christians I've ever met. "Do as I say, not as I do," seems to be the common theme. If anyone cares, I would be only too happy to share the story of the day I went from wanting to be a Methodist Minister to wanting to never again set foot in a Church. It had nothing to do with Jesus or God, it was because I was finally so completely filled with revulsion for the congregation that I could never again associate myself with such hypocrites.

Originally posted by Ryanp5555
You dont focus in on Islam, the religion that has parts that could be interpretted as preaching terrorism, instead you attack christianity, and some people even try to say its God's fault that man went on the crusades, when that is obviously a lie.

Well, for one thing, Islam never did anything to me or mine. They didn't persecute Ireland and Scotland, they didn't torture my ancestors in the name of an Inquisition and The Pope. They didn't cross the seas to slaughter my other ancestors in the name of Missionaries. They didn't cancel Halloween in my youth, they didn't commit hate crimes in my neighborhoods, they didn't form white-hooded arseheads and burn crosses in my friend's yards. They didn't force their religion down my throat. Each and every single Muslim I've ever known has been very tolerant of other peoples and religions. They never preached to me unless I specifically asked them to, to educate myself in their views. Every Muslim I've spoken to has been a great combination of intellectual, theologian, and hard worker, whereas the Christians I knew were lazy, and for the most part, uneducated about the Bible, spouting only what they were told that it said.

And if you think the Quraan is the only religious text to have passages that can be interpreted as supporting terrorism, I suggest you go back and read the Bible again. I'm not going to do your homework for you.

Originally posted by Ryanp5555
I am just so sick of you people pulling this crap. I will tell you what, anyone who can read Isiah, then read the Gospel, and still NOT be convinced that there is a God, and that Jesus was the Messiah, is lying to themselves. No matter WHAT religion you are. Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Aethist, Budhist, ANY form, i promise.

Yes, well, I think you just illustrated the reasons why the majority of us seem to be soured on Christianity. I've read the Bible in its entirety more times than most Christians have years under their belt, and the more I read it, the more convinced I am that Christians have no idea what Jesus was trying to say.