Why do some christians Think that people hate them because they are christians? Are they sure it's their religion? couldn't it be something personal instead?
The thing is. I know this woman who thinks people hate her because she is a christian. No one can change her mind about it. However, as far as I am concerned. This woman has issues from childhood that she doesn't want to admit.
I find it interesting that Stephen100 has stopped contributing to this thread. Sadly he clearly does NOT wnat to engae in debate. He wants to express his views - which to him are facts.
Caroline, I'm not particularly addressing my comments towards you with what follows, but using your post to bounce of to make a couple of points.:)
When someone calls another person a bigot or accuses them of bigotry, this statement seems to me to have an inherent intolerance in itself - making it a bigoted statement in itself: Being intolerant of the intolerant 🙂 . (As I said Caroline, I am not pointing any fingers, just making a point.)
Caroline and Giles, if someone came to you for advice regarding a difficulty (Stephen has said that going by his personal experience Christians have) they were having and you were helping them out with EFT (or reiki, or whatever). If that person was "jumping up and down and shouting" would you take it personally - judge them for jumping up and down and shouting and in turn call them rude or bigoted? Or, would you say, alright then, lets examine what underlying emotions are causing you to jump up and down and shout?
Hi WS
Reference the above - I was very careful not to call Stephen a bigot personally. I merely pointed out that it is a common possibility with those of fixed views. I also wanted to point out that "shouting" at anyone who disagrees with a person is unlikely to bring anyone round to the shouter's ideas - ie calling Giles a liar to my mind is a form of "jumping up and down and shouting" because what exactly did he perceive Giles had lied about? He didn't answer that.
Returning to the original topic, in fact it is often perceived that probably most wars have had a religious base of one sort or another (any kind of religion or even no-religion). Who is worse than whom is open to debate and I don't have time to go into that right now.
Tashanie - yes, he may not come back. He seemed to want everyone to agree with him ..... and they didn't.
I find it interesting that Stephen100 has stopped contributing to this thread. Sadly he clearly does NOT wnat to engae in debate. He wants to express his views - which to him are facts.
Without being controversal or attacking anyone on a personal level, I have noticed that fundamentalist style Christians don't last long on Hp. They make their statement, don't like to debate, get $h1tty with people, and suddenly disappear never to be heard ever again.
Just an observation :rolleyes: