Take a moment to browse the religious, political, or general debate forums, paying special attention to the number of people you see with "Christian" listed under "religion". You may learn there is a veritable busload of Christians on RF who holding forth on every controversial issue under the sun, and none of them are treated like you. Even Reverend Rick, who disagrees with just about everybody on just about everything, is treated with more kindness and good nature by the heathens and blasphemers than you.
There are alot of conservative,....maybe even "liberal Christians" here,even some ,go figure, who are here by title only and do not espouse to the doctrines of Jesus or God of the bible.
Maybe you need to take a census/vote on who is Christian, that is according to the biblical standard, and start a thread giving them (the Christians) a chance to be honest about that question, rather then be self choosen spokesman.
You are not a member of an "us" in here. You are just you.
That's certainly a matter of interpretation.
Whatever fire-and-brimstone, hellfire preaching congregation you worship with is not here with you.
I'm guilty of following the method that Jesus set in motion, which by the way is the full gospel,sin law righteousness,holiness,judgement,repentance,hell.
Jesus speaking here,
Luk 12:5And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do,But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
If people dismiss your ideas in here, it's YOU they're disagreeing with, not your God or church or savior.
My ideas may be dismissed at their discretion, but my friend, it's the gospel skeptics and non theists ultimately,deny, reject,dismiss,.
it's always the the messenger who feels the brunt of it.
Jhn 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Jesus speaking here again, saying,if you ran with the world,agreed and believed with the world and looked like the world and did what the wolrd does, they would love you and accept you,and in the end,call you there own.
But we(are not of this world) and the wolrd knows it.
If they do it in a nasty way it's YOUR BEHAVIOR they are reacting to, not the behavior of your god or church or savior.
I'll have to work on that then,as I am always trying to improve,but in the mean time, they (the world)did it to Jesus and have been doing it to Christians all through the ages,where have you been.
Do you honestly think the cause of the persecution of Christians has been their behavior all these centuries and not the message conveyed by them.
..that's a "strawman", if I ever saw one.
They must have had some serious behavioral problems that warranted such treatment that had them burned alive at the stake,crucified, dismembered, beheaded, killed in other savgae ways, and to this day around the world,it's no isolated incident as you allude to nor has it ended.
It's in the message, not the messenger.
There are even some who are:
Jhn 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Good thing,I could'nt handle the weight and responsibility of that
Neroists, if that be a term, are alive and well on planet earth today, are you of the clan.
It embarasses me to see you redirect all the abuse that is clearly directed at YOU because of YOUR BEHAVIOR toward your Lord and Savior.
You embarass yourself by your ignorance
Jesus himself takes that blame and says these words,my good freind.
Jhn 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Jhn 15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are
not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
Mat 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall
be hated of all nations for my name's sake
Mat 10:22And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Mat 5:11Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall
say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
What did He do to be held accountable for other people's inevitable hostile reaction to YOUR bad manners
..let me tell you again:
Jhn 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
because I testify of it,
that the works thereof are evil.
Now my manners are in question,you never cease to amaze me in your foreknowledge of me.:bow: