nightwolf
Member
The other day I was having a discussion. It was made clear the person I was talking to was a Christian. In the conversation we talked about war and the death war causes.
I was in the position of hating war and thinking it is pointless while the Christian was telling me he was for it. I pointed out that his religion says he shouldn't kill. Then all the sudden I was judging him and that was a no no.
I am under the impression that if you claim to follow a religion you are a representative of that religion. You are indeed accountable for what you might say that might contradict what your religion teaches.
I took my problem to a forum and the forum told me I was holding him to a higher standard then I hold myself, this made sense. This got me exploring the Christian faith. People kept responding to my post and finally got me to the point where I realized it was something I could never be.
The mantra was "we all sin". So basically, we can say and do what we want because we all sin anyways and it really doesn't matter. I can't be any part of that and I walked away.
What is the problem with living by what your religion teaches and being accountable when you don't? I heard a lot of "you should not judge" and "how dare you" but really, why is holding you to a standard a wrong thing when you claim to follow a religion and don't even hold yourself to the same standard?
Just curious.
I was in the position of hating war and thinking it is pointless while the Christian was telling me he was for it. I pointed out that his religion says he shouldn't kill. Then all the sudden I was judging him and that was a no no.
I am under the impression that if you claim to follow a religion you are a representative of that religion. You are indeed accountable for what you might say that might contradict what your religion teaches.
I took my problem to a forum and the forum told me I was holding him to a higher standard then I hold myself, this made sense. This got me exploring the Christian faith. People kept responding to my post and finally got me to the point where I realized it was something I could never be.
The mantra was "we all sin". So basically, we can say and do what we want because we all sin anyways and it really doesn't matter. I can't be any part of that and I walked away.
What is the problem with living by what your religion teaches and being accountable when you don't? I heard a lot of "you should not judge" and "how dare you" but really, why is holding you to a standard a wrong thing when you claim to follow a religion and don't even hold yourself to the same standard?
Just curious.