October 17, 2011

  • The Rudeness of Some "Christians"

    I am a Christian who firmly believes that Jesus Christ came to the earth in the flesh, live a bodily life, and bodily rose again on the third day for the forgiveness of sins for mankind.  I am a Christian, but I do not befriend some Christians.  The Bible clearly teaches us that we should choose our friends.  No relationship should be forced on another Christian or brought upon them because Christians are called to love another.  Love does not mean that disregard others' wishes on who they want as a friend.  That is not love because it is rude.

    I had some Christians tell me that I should be friends to everyone because this is "how" Jesus loves.  It seems their views of Jesus is really flawed and totally unrealistic - considering the fact that Jesus blasted the Pharisees, the fact that He told some that they were going to hell (he told some Pharisees that they were going to hell because they blasphemed the Holy Spirit), the fact that God clearly communicates in the Bible that some are going to hell, and the fact that Jesus spent most of His time with three of the apostles.  I believe that the absence of preaching about hell has caused Christianity to be psychotic, unbalanced, and an ideal influenced by the times (the secular humanist spirit of loving man - the brotherhood of man).  It is childish to expect that just because Jesus loves everyone that we should be friends with everyone - Jesus clearly was not friends with everyone.  Loving everyone and being friends with everyone are two totally different things - there are two different words for the two different concepts.

    Some Christians have tried to force friendships on me and call it love.  They have tried to convince me that being friends with them is what love really means.  Jesus clearly teaches us that to love one's neighbor is to be the Good Samaritan.  You do not need to be friends, you just need to be loving and caring, compassionate and merciful to a stranger - that is how to show God's love, not by being friends with everyone.

    As Christians, do you think it is rude to force friendships on other Christians?  In your religion, what does friendship mean and are friendships rudely forced on others?  In general, speaking merely of human relations, do you think it is rude to force friendships on others?

    Copyright 2011 by Christenstein

Comments (3)

  • Even though I believe in a higher power/God, I am a Unitarian Universalist.  I believe that no matter what religious/spiritual path a person takes, he/she should treat others with respect.  I agree with what you say though...you can't be friends with everyone.  People has different personalities, and some of those personalities are going to clash.  However, people should learn to be tolerant & respectful of each other.

  • I don't know how one person could force a friendship on another.

  • As a christian I think you are boring.  Please go away.

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