Christians
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> In my short life of 41 years, I have yet to meet a Chrisitan who canaccept
> people as just people.I do think this is an unfair stereotype. I have met a lot of judgemental Christians, but there are plenty that are not...myself included.
I hesitate to call myself a Christian oftentimes, because I'm not in the mainstream sense. But the term Christian can simply mean "a follower of Christ" and I do follow his teachings and consider him a great prophet. I also follow the teachings of Buddha and other prophets. But Jesus has a special place in my heart, no doubt because of the way I was raised.
Regardless, it's not good to stereotype any group of people...
'Course I don't think that's what the person above was doing. They said in "their experience" and that's all it is, their personal experience.
In mine, I've met more judgemental ones than not, but they do exist.(the open minded ones that is)
Ren
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In a message dated 6/24/03 8:04:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
Ren writes:
Regardless, it's not good to stereotype any group of people...
Rhonda writes:
I agree, and like you said Ren, I thought Tim qualified his statement by
claiming it was his experience, when I read it, I thought wow, poor guy. I myself
have only known in real life, not internet relationships,a couple
self-proclaimed Christians, who do see other POV's without openly judging. Sometimes it
starts a dialogue and we get to see where one-another is coming from. I too,
have friends like Joyce was saying, who just automatically assume I'm a
Christian. Why do I bother to correct anyone, sometimes they need to know and sometimes
they don't. I also have chosen to not correct the assumption when I know that
my POV would probably strain the relationship. When it comes to Kass and
Kree, they have gained that skill already, just by noticing that depending on the
company we are in there are certain religious topics I only discuss to certain
extents.
Which brings me to another observation. A few months back Kass and Kree and I
were listening to one of our most favored punk bands. We were discussing the
lyrics of a song and Kree said, "But they are Christian mom." I responded
with, "OK and what does that mean? Does it change how you perceive their music?"
She said, "No, I was just telling you."
That brought on a wonderful in the car discussion.
We went on to discuss how religions are often used as shields. Either to wage
wars on non-believers (regardless of what religion a person may follow) or to
protect ones self from the possibility of other POV's. Then we talked about
why some people have faith and why some don't. Then why it's OK to have friends
and family with differing belief systms. We also talked about actions
speaking louder than titles or declarations. For me, that is how I discern or judge.
It was a very exhilirating conversation.
Rhonda - off to take Kree to the orthodontist.
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starsuncloud@... writes:
> But the term Christian can simply mean "a follower of Christ" and I doThat sounded so much like me too!! In a really good way.
> follow his teachings and consider him a great prophet. I also follow the
> teachings of Buddha and other prophets. But Jesus has a special place in my heart, no
> doubt because of the way I was raised.
>
Ren writes:
Regardless, it's not good to stereotype any group of people...
Rhonda writes:
I agree, and like you said Ren, I thought Tim qualified his statement by
claiming it was his experience, when I read it, I thought wow, poor guy. I myself
have only known in real life, not internet relationships,a couple
self-proclaimed Christians, who do see other POV's without openly judging. Sometimes it
starts a dialogue and we get to see where one-another is coming from. I too,
have friends like Joyce was saying, who just automatically assume I'm a
Christian. Why do I bother to correct anyone, sometimes they need to know and sometimes
they don't. I also have chosen to not correct the assumption when I know that
my POV would probably strain the relationship. When it comes to Kass and
Kree, they have gained that skill already, just by noticing that depending on the
company we are in there are certain religious topics I only discuss to certain
extents.
Which brings me to another observation. A few months back Kass and Kree and I
were listening to one of our most favored punk bands. We were discussing the
lyrics of a song and Kree said, "But they are Christian mom." I responded
with, "OK and what does that mean? Does it change how you perceive their music?"
She said, "No, I was just telling you."
That brought on a wonderful in the car discussion.
We went on to discuss how religions are often used as shields. Either to wage
wars on non-believers (regardless of what religion a person may follow) or to
protect ones self from the possibility of other POV's. Then we talked about
why some people have faith and why some don't. Then why it's OK to have friends
and family with differing belief systms. We also talked about actions
speaking louder than titles or declarations. For me, that is how I discern or judge.
It was a very exhilirating conversation.
Rhonda - off to take Kree to the orthodontist.
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