Why are Christians so judgemental?

[John Coffey]

Mary Magdaline wrote:

If you believe in Jesus, and carry around a Buybull all day, you should practice what you preach. Not on Topix though. I find they love to go on gay threads and bash all day...I guess that's what they figure Jesus would do.

Hmm, a thread about Christians being judgemental and what do we have. The first two posters being judgemental of Christians. Go figure.

[She Be Me]

Why are the non-Christians so judgmental? Why do they bash Christians all the time?

[Mama-san]

In all fairness, not ALL Christians, either on here or in the real world, judgemental. The ones that are give the others a bad name.
I've met quite a few lovely Christian people on here who are open-minded and don't feel the need to try to "save you" the minute they see you.
Carbon, VACindy, Old School Granny, Mom in Mo, Straight Up, and JimWings, just to name a few off the top of my head.
As much as it makes me want to disembowel myself by agreeing with anything John Coffey has to say, he's right. When you come in here bashing Christians, you are being judgemental too.
You'll meet all kinds of people. Just realize for every aggravating, annoying, makes-you-want-to slit-your-throat kind of poster you meet, you'll meet 10 nice ones!

[John Coffey]

Mary Magdaline wrote:

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What's your point?

My point is that you are a hypocrite. You do the same thing you say others do, and don't see a thing wrong with it, as long as it's you that is doing it.

[She Be Me]

John Coffey wrote:

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Hmm, a thread about Christians being judgemental and what do we have. The first two posters being judgemental of Christians. Go figure.

Exactly! You nailed this thread for what it is, non-Christians being judgmental and bashing Christians.

[Thadeus Graves]

John Coffey wrote:

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Hmm, a thread about Christians being judgemental and what do we have. The first two posters being judgemental of Christians. Go figure.

ha ha ha.. ain't that the truth.

[Point]

Mary Magdaline wrote:

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What's your point?

The point is that EVERYONE is judgmental, including you, so you can't honestly criticize Christians on that basis.

Perhaps you dislike the particular types of judgments that Christians make because they apply to you (greed, lust, gluttony, pride, vanity, etc.).

[texan42]

I believe in the Bible it say's to judge not, if your non-Christian your not held by that, what's a Christians excuse for being judgemental, lack of respect for the word they try to preach. I am judgmental toward Christians because they are hypocritical, plain and simple.

[Thadeus Graves]

most front line threads bash Christians.

however if you wait long enough the bashers come up with amazing theories of their own beliefs and it takes a act of god not to laugh at them.

to me its really not important to defend what i belive in, bash or otherwise, to "harden hearts."

freedom to choose.

[Rosa]

I have been a Christian for years and have seen this and I believe some are this way is because
of 2 main reasons: one is that thier preacher is a judgemential one and that same attitude goes on the people. the second is that they are not mature in Christ yet! we must have enough wisdom
to walk in truth and love at the same time!!

[John Coffey]

texan42 wrote:

I believe in the Bible it say's to judge not, if your non-Christian your not held by that, what's a Christians excuse for being judgemental, lack of respect for the word they try to preach. I am judgmental toward Christians because they are hypocritical, plain and simple.

Now this is funny. Using a hypocritical statement to call others hypocritical. Thanks for the laugh Tex.

[texan42]

I am judgmental toward anybody that is hypocritical, Christian, non-christian, liberal, repub, and most importantly myself. Being judgmental towards yourself comes first, there is hypocrisy in all of us, and if you think there is not, by nature that is hypocrisy.

[abc]

i believe fear and anger stem from ignorance.

[texan42]

John Coffey wrote:

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Now this is funny. Using a hypocritical statement to call others hypocritical. Thanks for the laugh Tex.

Youre Welcome
Judgmental yes, hypocritcal no.
Hypocrite- one who pretends to be pious, virtuos,etc. without really being so.
I,m niether, I am a A**hole,and I don't pretend to be one, nothing pious or virtuos about that.

[RayRae]

Mama-san wrote:

In all fairness, not ALL Christians, either on here or in the real world, judgemental. The ones that are give the others a bad name.
I've met quite a few lovely Christian people on here who are open-minded and don't feel the need to try to "save you" the minute they see you.
Carbon, VACindy, Old School Granny, Mom in Mo, Straight Up, and JimWings, just to name a few off the top of my head.
As much as it makes me want to disembowel myself by agreeing with anything John Coffey has to say, he's right. When you come in here bashing Christians, you are being judgemental too.
You'll meet all kinds of people. Just realize for every aggravating, annoying, makes-you-want-to slit-your-throat kind of poster you meet, you'll meet 10 nice ones!

AWWWWWEEEEEE!!!! I didn't make your list!

But thank you. I am glad to know that not everyone thinks we are all that way.

[RayRae]

SAY WHAT wrote:

Speaking the truth is not judging! If you profess santification then you should live by the word of GOD! In my eyes Christian people are not judging. Everything that they speak upon comes from the BIBLE. Teaching someone how to act or letting them know their wrong doing, is not judging. It is letting them know what is expected from their CREATOR!

Oh please don't lump everyone together that claims to be a christian and say everything they say is the truth. There ARE a lot of judgemental christians. But there are also plenty that aren't. I think a lot of people just expect us to have no opinion of anything ourselves because then we'd be "judging" or not showing "tolerance".

[John Coffey]

Mary Magdaline wrote:

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Right, but I don't parade my ass around as a "do gooder" like so many of the Christians on Topix, so I'm not a hypochrist, I mean hypocrite. That's the difference between you and I. You are the hypocrite jack.

Hmm lets see you don't parade around as a "do gooder" as you said. Then do tell us all, what you are when you point your finger at Christians that do the same thing you are doing right now. What part of that don't you understand? Perhaps you should look up hypocrite in the dictionary and see what it means. Because if you are honest you will see that most of what you say on these threads are hypocritcal.

[John Coffey]

texan42 wrote:

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Youre Welcome
Judgmental yes, hypocritcal no.
Hypocrite- one who pretends to be pious, virtuos,etc. without really being so.
I,m niether, I am a A**hole,and I don't pretend to be one, nothing pious or virtuos about that.

Hate to burst you bubble there Tex, but if you are judgemental of others being judgemental that does make you a hypocrite.

Hypocrite: a person who pretends to be what he is not.

Glad I could clear that up for you.

[RayRae]

Rosa wrote:

I have been a Christian for years and have seen this and I believe some are this way is because
of 2 main reasons: one is that thier preacher is a judgemential one and that same attitude goes on the people. the second is that they are not mature in Christ yet! we must have enough wisdom
to walk in truth and love at the same time!!

There is so much truth in this statement. But someone that's not a christian won't get that some people are just mere babes in Christ and don't know how to 'walk' yet.

[Thadeus Graves]

Burning Bush wrote:

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I would like to provide any gay basher with the knowledge as to why any form of discrimination is bad and un-Christian.

gay bashing is universal.(unfortunatly)
Why people in the faith do it?
You would have to ask the indivdual.
Quoting biblical texts can be a slippery slope so to speak, you have to tread lightly.
Each person has the freedom to choose.