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On October 10 2013 06:00 Meadowlark wrote:
By sharing all of those negative views on Christianity with students at a Christian school, it kinda seems like the speaker is trying to make you feel like Christians are an oppressed minority in America. It makes sense that he would do this, as many have argued that Christianity was at its best and purest when it was a subversive minority religion, but you should definitely be aware that this is not the case right now in America.
I think the speaker was probably trying to illustrate that the perception of Christians is in a pretty shitty place right now and that as young Christians they should be concerned with changing that.
In my first psychology class at university we went over some misconceptions about the field. It was a smart thing to do because then you can have those students aware of these misconceptions and have information to give to those people, it's like a community outreach.
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So my word to describe Christians would be
"Lazy"
and my word to describe Christianity would be
"Nonliteral"
I picked nonliteral because if you read the Bible the way it is supposed to be interpreted, you will understand that its story is mostly about the human body and the zodiac. So when I think of Christians, I think they are lazy because they have not made the effort to come to the conclusion that someone comes to after the correct interpretation of the Bible.
Edit: and by choosing Christianity for a religion, all Christians are lazy in that they have not interpreted their own religion to see it as a study of the human body and astrology, thereby bypassing Christianity in favor of something like astrotheology and/or holistic spirituality.
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this is a method of finding out people's opinions as you're asking for single word answers about a generalized group of people
a better way to ask this would be: what have your experiences with christians been like (good and bad)
some christians are cool, some christians kind of crazy, and some of them are just mean
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On October 10 2013 07:10 mizU wrote:
this is a method of finding out people's opinions as you're asking for single word answers about a generalized group of people
a better way to ask this would be: what have your experiences with christians been like (good and bad)
some christians are cool, some christians kind of crazy, and some of them are just mean
Sounds like........everyone else 
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You can't use one word to describe Christians anymore than you can use one word to describe people. I can however describe people who think that you can use one word to describe Christians with one word: idiots.
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On October 10 2013 07:18 writer22816 wrote:
You can't use one word to describe Christians anymore than you can use one word to describe people. I can however describe people who think that you can use one word to describe Christians with one word: idiots.
Barring the endless recursion with the one word thing, I quite agree. Most posters in this thread just have venom to spit anyways.
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Well, I'd go for "humans".
On October 10 2013 06:56 hp.Shell wrote:
So my word to describe Christians would be
"Lazy"
and my word to describe Christianity would be
"Nonliteral"
I picked nonliteral because if you read the Bible the way it is supposed to be interpreted, you will understand that its story is mostly about the human body and the zodiac. So when I think of Christians, I think they are lazy because they have not made the effort to come to the conclusion that someone comes to after the correct interpretation of the Bible.
Edit: and by choosing Christianity for a religion, all Christians are lazy in that they have not interpreted their own religion to see it as a study of the human body and astrology, thereby bypassing Christianity in favor of something like astrotheology and/or holistic spirituality.
Just my curiosity:
Why is the bible supposed to be interpreted as a study of astrology and the human body?
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I really appreciate all of the in-depth posts that explain your opinions on this, regardless if it is negative or positive.
I really want to avoid sounding like a preacher but I've come to learn that Jesus did not come to earth to judge people, but to act as a mediator by pleading the cause of God to the people as well as to communicate to God on behalf of the people. He came to the earth to save, not condemn or exclude or pass judgement.
I realize that there are many denominations of Christianity and that even every Christian has their own view of their religion. If I could choose another word besides love it would be forgiveness because that comes the closest to how I view my faith.
On October 10 2013 07:10 mizU wrote:
this is a method of finding out people's opinions as you're asking for single word answers about a generalized group of people
a better way to ask this would be: what have your experiences with christians been like (good and bad)
some christians are cool, some christians kind of crazy, and some of them are just mean
If you want to share your experiences, good or bad, that you've had with Christians then please do.
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On October 10 2013 01:39 Myrkskog wrote:
Wrong.
I like this one, although I agree with those who emphasize the fact that it's inappropriate to generalize and define all people of one group with a single word, unless that single word is the name of the group (e.g., Christian).
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If god created all the animals before making the humans that means that if humans evolved from Monkeys it is compliant with the creation of the universe story. boom evolution is now a pro god theory.
YOUR MOVE SCIENCE.
+ Show Spoiler +I've been waiting for a suitable thread for this for a really long time.
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Based on personal experience, the first word that comes to mind is "kind."
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Damn, after reading through this thread I'm surprised I didn't cut myself on all this edge.
You people seriously need to grow up. Yeah, let's all make Christians feel unwelcome here so that the already reluctant majority (I assume) becomes even more reticent and unwilling to share. All I see are people taking potshots at religion, which are obviously intended to be inflammatory and argumentative, not constructive or realistic. Being an atheist doesn't mean you have to become some anti-religious zealot.
I'm an atheist myself but I find the people that constantly need to belittle Christians to be some of the worst people to be around.
I would also describe Christianity with something like "compassion" since that was one of Jesus' primary messages.
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kind, caring, polite
it's impossible to generalize over a billion like this. Silly answers like "wrong" or "ignorant" or "brainwashed" are equally ignorant and nonsensical.
I myself am an atheist, and I find that I usually prefer the company of devout Christians over the circle jerking children that comprise most of the modern atheist movement that I have encountered. Again, that's my own experience, and I won't presume to apply that to the whole.
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On October 10 2013 08:17 Chocolate wrote:
Damn, after reading through this thread I'm surprised I didn't cut myself on all this edge.
You people seriously need to grow up. Yeah, let's all make Christians feel unwelcome here so that the already reluctant majority (I assume) becomes even more reticent and unwilling to share. All I see are people taking potshots at religion, which are obviously intended to be inflammatory and argumentative, not constructive or realistic. Being an atheist doesn't mean you have to become some anti-religious zealot.
A lot of insecure nerds compensate for their inadequacies by convincing themselves they are intelligent. One way of feeling smart is to bash on religion and call yourself "rational" or scientific.
Also, people can only think about what the media shows them. The only thing the media ever shows regarding religion are things like anti-gay legislation or protesting, priest molestation scandals, suicide cults, muslim terrorists, etc. The many religious people I've actually lived around were all kind, generous people, and they never once mentioned a word about evolution, homosexuality, and so on. I remember once when I was a kid and our family was struggling, someone from a local church just showed up randomly with bags full of groceries. And I see these people going out, picking up trash, painting over graffiti in the neighborhood... They are just good, decent people so far as I have personally experienced.
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On October 10 2013 08:29 Nick Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On October 10 2013 08:17 Chocolate wrote:
Damn, after reading through this thread I'm surprised I didn't cut myself on all this edge.
You people seriously need to grow up. Yeah, let's all make Christians feel unwelcome here so that the already reluctant majority (I assume) becomes even more reticent and unwilling to share. All I see are people taking potshots at religion, which are obviously intended to be inflammatory and argumentative, not constructive or realistic. Being an atheist doesn't mean you have to become some anti-religious zealot. A lot of insecure nerds compensate for their inadequacies by convincing themselves they are intelligent. One way of feeling smart is to bash on religion and call yourself "rational" or scientific.
Arguing against religion is an easy way for people to feel smart. All the arguments have already been made, and it doesn't take an intellectual powerhouse to do it. But yeah.
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On October 10 2013 04:31 vlaric wrote:
im not even gonna read the thread and i know wat the answers that TL will provide will be:
-idiotic
-weak
-illogical
-backwards
-inferior
ur pretty damn wrong
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On October 10 2013 08:03 Sermokala wrote:If god created all the animals before making the humans that means that if humans evolved from Monkeys it is compliant with the creation of the universe story. boom evolution is now a pro god theory. YOUR MOVE SCIENCE. + Show Spoiler +I've been waiting for a suitable thread for this for a really long time.
I'm going to assume sarcasm? That made no sense, both on the evolutionary explanation and on the Genesis order of Creation.
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"Rainbowgiraffe"
I would describe this as a giraffe that is colored like a rainbow. This elegant creature walks the plains of the planet Urthur in the Deneb system, and has long been hunted for it's heart, which contains elements of gold in it. The Galactic Council recently banned the hunting of this creature, promising that "The rainbowgiraffe will not go extinct in our time. Our children will be able to see and experience firsthand, without even having to access a holo-deck, the majesty of the rainbowgiraffe." However, Senator Muktar VI of the Nebula-5 party stated his opposition to the new statute, claiming, "This law will cost billions to enforce, will do nothing, and is impeding on the sixth amendment to the galactic constitution, which grants anyone the right to hunt animals using mile-long battleships with anti-matter cannons from space every third friday of the month." shortly thereafter, Senator Fth'Klup of the Quark Party replied, "You can take that argument, and shove it up Uranus."
So yeah, what was the question again?
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The real Christians are about love, compassion, acceptance, forgiveness and living by faith in Jesus, who shed his blood on the cross for your sins. Everyone sins, including Christians, but we know who to turn to in the end. We know where we place our hope.
The sad truth is that many people encounter the fake and lazy "Christians" (not knowing anything, going to church just because, etc), and the nasty side of "Christians" (bible thumpers, judgmental, etc). Not many people see how true Christianity ought to be: loving, accepting, forgiving, prayerful for your needs, sharing your burdens, encouraging you to keep going forward, befriending you, being kind to you in every way, and other such things. There's plenty of Christians who are like this, and I'll admit that we don't put ourselves out there as often as we should.
A lot of people in society can easily call themselves one without truly knowing the love of God. In other words, they can say that God is great and loving, but do they really know him? I think it's wrong to describe Christians or the religion in one word as a whole since it's simply not true, but rather based off some personal experiences you've had in the past with believers.
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