A common theme amongst...

[funeralcrasher]

Christians?

As I wrote in the thread above, Christians aren't the only group of people capable of offensive behaviour towards those they fundmentally disagree with. Not by a long shot. (ya know.. calling ftm's "she" and mtf's "he" for example)

I bet there are greater numbers of non-Christians who do the same for other reasons. Demographically speaking I've expereienced more of that sort of behaviour from Christians than any other culture or religion. Hands down.

Even if they appear kind on the surface given enough time they will proudly display their driving need to show through words that will obviously offend, that they disagree.

I've had this happen so much.. probably because (maybe stupidly) I loosely think of myself as being xian too.. just a lot less hateful and more accepting than most.


What these Christians don't see however.. or maybe they do, and they just don't give a Fuck... is that every time they use incorrect pronouns for instance, they push me further away from God and all they claim to believe in.

If that sort of behaviour is a manifestation of what they claim to believe in, I want to have nothing to do with their god.

My God is love.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_penny_/]

The only anti thing I really am is anti Christians. I’ve heard of so many negative experiences in peoples life’s because of the way Christians go about spreading their message and I don’t want anything to do with it. I’ve had them come running out of a church before protesting my clothing and how I was seen as evil in “god’s eyes to wear black - saying they could save me. What did I need to be saved from? Eating a delicious ice cream treat that would put a little fat on my thin figure? I find that it’s the arrogant type of thinking that these people see it as their job to spread that ends up in charge in major positions in this world. - This is not to say though that all Christians are this way, I am even friends with a few but for the most part I conceder myself to be anti Christians as my message doesn’t not focuses on peoples skin color, the type of clothing they wear, the music they listening to or how they live their lives. Good people are based on how they think and the actions that are carried out. Like people shooting other people for no positive reason (like stopping a attacker) but instead trying to mug someone is obviously bad. All religions for the most part have become corrupt and all they care about deep down is money and making other people think the way they want them to so the religion can survive and in turn make more money. This is just my take on things.

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

The only anti thing I really am is anti Christians.

I'm sorry you feel that way. Even christians who give people like you and I such a hard time in life deserve love and tolerance.. even if they can't show it themselves. What good is it to become what we hate?

Besides, I know many xians who -aren't- full of shit.. who don't try to convert everyone they come into contact with.. who aren't in it to make money.. or control people through fear.. Who believe in the "live and let live" creed... who think that religion is flawed by design.

Mine is a personal relationship. I need no church to worhip in and tithe to. You think all christians are alike but (fortunately) your perceptions aren't based in fact.

We are in small numbers but we exist. Saying you are 'anti-Christian' says you are against people like me and my decent xian friends, and thats disappointing because its people like us who catch hell not only from asshole christians, but from other intolerant people as well. One should be ashamed to be so openly hateful, much like that person in that article I linked to.

amen, no pun intended

[aquaknot.livejournal.com]

Saw a bumper-sticker yesterday that I liked: Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven.

Adrya and I seem to bark up the same tree. I understand that the "church" is made up of some pretty fallable people. It is the message and the meaning of Christ's example that are important. That doesn't mean I don't tear people a new one from time to time; it just means I know that it is wrong. If "church" worked perfectly, it would help me realize my errors more quickly and frequently.