Comments on: Christians Make Me Sick http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/ dream BIG. think BIGGER. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Campbell II http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-66717 Robert Campbell II Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:27:00 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-66717 I enjoy being a Christian and trying to follow what God and Jesus say.  However, do you know what I can't stand?  What I can't stand is that some of my brothers and sisters think that they have a right to judge me on everything I do.  If I do one thing, they say that it makes me more of a Christian, but if I do this thing over here,  then I'm less of a Christian.  How dare they say that if I do something, I'm not a Christian.  For example, If I want to watch a certain tv program or a movie such as Harry Potter and try to see the good in it,  according to them, I'm just deceiving myself and I am turning away from God.  Are you kidding me?  I'm not turning away from God, I'm just doing what I enjoy doing, that's all.  I also find it comical that when a pastor says something such as, "We all need to turn back to God"  Everyone says Amen! as loud as they can, but if someone who isn't of our faith says it,  they rebuke him and say that he is trying to poison it.  Um...Wrong answer!  It's the exact same thing, I don't care who says it.  You all just need to lighten up.  Now you may think I'm being harsh, but this is how I feel.  Also, I listen to Glenn Beck and fyi, when he says that we need to save ourselves, he isn't talking about how we don't need God's help,  he is talking about how we have to try to save ourselves from our evil government.  Also, we all need to start making decisions about movies, tv shows, books, etc ourselves and not just rely on someone to tell us something that makes us want to be lazy.  I'm proud to say that I will actually get off my butt and go find something out for myself.  Also, some people may want to use tarot cards for evil, but let me tell you something, for those of us who don't,  they are just pieces of cardboard with no power in and of themselves.  They can only acquire power if you're foolish enough to use them to try to communicate with the dead, but if they just sit in your house and do nothing, then they are just cards, Deal with it!

I enjoy being a Christian and trying to follow what God and Jesus say.  However, do you know what I can’t stand?  What I can’t stand is that some of my brothers and sisters think that they have a right to judge me on everything I do.  If I do one thing, they say that it makes me more of a Christian, but if I do this thing over here,  then I’m less of a Christian.  How dare they say that if I do something, I’m not a Christian.  For example, If I want to watch a certain tv program or a movie such as Harry Potter and try to see the good in it,  according to them, I’m just deceiving myself and I am turning away from God.  Are you kidding me?  I’m not turning away from God, I’m just doing what I enjoy doing, that’s all.  I also find it comical that when a pastor says something such as, “We all need to turn back to God”  Everyone says Amen! as loud as they can, but if someone who isn’t of our faith says it,  they rebuke him and say that he is trying to poison it.  Um…Wrong answer!  It’s the exact same thing, I don’t care who says it.  You all just need to lighten up.  Now you may think I’m being harsh, but this is how I feel.  Also, I listen to Glenn Beck and fyi, when he says that we need to save ourselves, he isn’t talking about how we don’t need God’s help,  he is talking about how we have to try to save ourselves from our evil government.  Also, we all need to start making decisions about movies, tv shows, books, etc ourselves and not just rely on someone to tell us something that makes us want to be lazy.  I’m proud to say that I will actually get off my butt and go find something out for myself.  Also, some people may want to use tarot cards for evil, but let me tell you something, for those of us who don’t,  they are just pieces of cardboard with no power in and of themselves.  They can only acquire power if you’re foolish enough to use them to try to communicate with the dead, but if they just sit in your house and do nothing, then they are just cards, Deal with it!

]]> By: Patricia http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-30641 Patricia Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:43:09 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-30641 Oops, my URL link to my name wasn't correctly typed. It's http://banpreachergreed.tripod.com Have fun reading it! Oops, my URL link to my name wasn’t correctly typed. It’s http://banpreachergreed.tripod.com Have fun reading it!

]]> By: Patricia http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-30639 Patricia Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:35:29 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-30639 I love Jesus, it's just some of His self-righteous disciples I can't stand. No matter how friendly and sweet I act, they always end up picking at me for the way I dress (modest but a little arty), for my activist stance on social issues (bullying, etc.)even the way I talk. One said I was talking thru my noise and needed an operation! Well, bud, if that's the biggest sin in my life, that's too bad! The root problem is Christians love only reflections of themselves. Only by DIVORCING loveless Christian phonies from the REAL Christ of the Bible have I been able to stay true to my faith in Him. I love Jesus, it’s just some of His self-righteous disciples I can’t stand. No matter how friendly and sweet I act, they always end up picking at me for the way I dress (modest but a little arty), for my activist stance on social issues (bullying, etc.)even the way I talk. One said I was talking thru my noise and needed an operation! Well, bud, if that’s the biggest sin in my life, that’s too bad! The root problem is Christians love only reflections of themselves. Only by DIVORCING loveless Christian phonies from the REAL Christ of the Bible have I been able to stay true to my faith in Him.

]]> By: J.C. http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-11410 J.C. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:41:17 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-11410 Although I am not the person that you met that day, it very well could have been. I feel exactly the same way. Although I am not the person that you met that day, it very well could have been. I feel exactly the same way.

]]> By: pharmacy tech http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-9664 pharmacy tech Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:21:57 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-9664 Keep posting stuff like this i really like it Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

]]> By: Novakid http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-4823 Novakid Fri, 28 May 2010 21:56:21 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-4823 Reading through these comments I just tune out. Christians should reconsider the exclusive language they use. You should get some "of the world" consultants to help you get over yourselves. Advice: 1) Learn to love people not because you live God. Just because. 2) Drop the ulterior motive, people find God in spite of you, not because of you. 3) "Judgmental, hypocritical, self-centered, weird and just plain stupid" - welcome to people. The Christian community isn't immune to this . . . Newsflash: neither is the rest of the world. The people that I admire and respect are aware enough of this without being fixated on this, they forgot about their broken lives long enough to help me in my circumstances. 4) The less Christians talk, the more I see Jesus. You might not trust everything you see, but if life teaches me to trust my eyes over my ears and that actions speak louder than words - why is everything in church living in denial of that! Reading about Jesus inspired me to do more. If he can do it so can I. Funny thing is you can get kicked out of church for quoting Jesus! Reading through these comments I just tune out. Christians should reconsider the exclusive language they use. You should get some “of the world” consultants to help you get over yourselves.
Advice:
1) Learn to love people not because you live God. Just because.
2) Drop the ulterior motive, people find God in spite of you, not because of you.
3) “Judgmental, hypocritical, self-centered, weird and just plain stupid” – welcome to people. The Christian community isn’t immune to this . . . Newsflash: neither is the rest of the world. The people that I admire and respect are aware enough of this without being fixated on this, they forgot about their broken lives long enough to help me in my circumstances.
4) The less Christians talk, the more I see Jesus. You might not trust everything you see, but if life teaches me to trust my eyes over my ears and that actions speak louder than words – why is everything in church living in denial of that!

Reading about Jesus inspired me to do more. If he can do it so can I. Funny thing is you can get kicked out of church for quoting Jesus!

]]> By: Joe Pritchard http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-4822 Joe Pritchard Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:09:57 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-4822 I'm currently on a course about the nature of the Church and Ministry here in the UK. The course is being run by the local Diocese and it's interesting and thought provoking. One of the particular areas of interest is harnessing our gifts to service and ministray - perhaps that's soemthing for us all to be focussing on. The service we deliver to our community and family, as well as to our Church, reflects on what sort of Christians we are. I’m currently on a course about the nature of the Church and Ministry here in the UK. The course is being run by the local Diocese and it’s interesting and thought provoking.

One of the particular areas of interest is harnessing our gifts to service and ministray – perhaps that’s soemthing for us all to be focussing on.

The service we deliver to our community and family, as well as to our Church, reflects on what sort of Christians we are.

]]> By: lathandien http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-4821 lathandien Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22:16 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-4821 THEY MAKE ME SO MAD! You're wrong though. It's not just Christians. It's everyone. Everyone makes me sick when they are self-centered hypocritical idiots who can't empathize with a clone. But, it is interesting because Christians do have a certain arrogant air about them. Something like "I have a future after death, and you do not". My mother's family is like that, and they rejected my father because he's jewish! It makes me want to scream. THEY MAKE ME SO MAD! You’re wrong though. It’s not just Christians. It’s everyone. Everyone makes me sick when they are self-centered hypocritical idiots who can’t empathize with a clone. But, it is interesting because Christians do have a certain arrogant air about them. Something like “I have a future after death, and you do not”. My mother’s family is like that, and they rejected my father because he’s jewish! It makes me want to scream.

]]> By: Steve Orris http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-4820 Steve Orris Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:46:19 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-4820 Unfortunately I don't read my Bible as often as I should. Maybe on a subconscious level it is because when I read the Bible (like reading this post) I see myself for what I am. And I don't like what I see. It is too easy to compare ourselves with others. When we compare ourselves to Jesus it is amazing that God doesn't kill us all. We are so unworthy of His grace. And often we don't share that grace with those around us. We don't have much time on this Earth. Let's stop wasting it and start caring about the people around us. (Thanks for letting me talk to myself.) Unfortunately I don’t read my Bible as often as I should. Maybe on a subconscious level it is because when I read the Bible (like reading this post) I see myself for what I am. And I don’t like what I see. It is too easy to compare ourselves with others. When we compare ourselves to Jesus it is amazing that God doesn’t kill us all. We are so unworthy of His grace. And often we don’t share that grace with those around us. We don’t have much time on this Earth. Let’s stop wasting it and start caring about the people around us. (Thanks for letting me talk to myself.)

]]> By: Ron http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2009/01/05/christians-make-me-sick-2/#comment-4819 Ron Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:50:55 +0000 http://bigisthenewsmall.com/?p=764#comment-4819 Yes. Thank God for grace to change and be more Christ-like in our living. There's people who come to our little church who don't fit the "typical" church image. You know what, though? We love them and they love us, and no one is asking them to change to look like everyone else - they are accepted just like they are. I've told my people on many occasions, our church needs to be a place where everyone is welcome to be a part of who we are. We need to bring people into a relationship with Christ; we can't do it if we think we're better than the ones we're witnessing to. Thanks for another great post. Yes. Thank God for grace to change and be more Christ-like in our living. There’s people who come to our little church who don’t fit the “typical” church image. You know what, though? We love them and they love us, and no one is asking them to change to look like everyone else – they are accepted just like they are.

I’ve told my people on many occasions, our church needs to be a place where everyone is welcome to be a part of who we are. We need to bring people into a relationship with Christ; we can’t do it if we think we’re better than the ones we’re witnessing to.

Thanks for another great post.

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