I just watched a video on You Tube titled "hello angry Christians." Feel free to look it up. I am guessing this is a sequel to a previous video posting because the man in the video responds to reactions he received from angry Christians. The video is simple: a guy claiming to be an Atheist, talking into a camera about the insanity of Christianity. He speaks about how Jesus' death on the cross for our sins, or as he refers to them, debts makes no sense. He states Christianity proclaimes everyone is in debt from the moment we are born and Jesus came to die, to clear us from our debts, or else we die- basically saying God has doomed us all, and who would want to believe that.
It really doesn't phase me too much that there is some guy out there sticking our religion in our face. What really bothers me is that Christians are upset, or possibly surprized by it. Sure the guy mocks Jesus, but didn't the Romans and Pharisee's do that? He insults Christ's followers, which we are sure the disciples faced some insults. What good does it do then, knowing these insults and hardships are from the beginning, to get upset and write supposed letters to show up this proclaimed Atheist?
The man in the video concludes with quite an interesting point. He asks us Christians, if Jesus were to come back, and see the way we have treated people and taught His teachings, Jesus would have thought He wasted His life and death on the cross. Granted I think that is extreme but interesting. It is apparent, that through whatever contact with this man, Christians have rubbed him the wrong way. He apparently sees us as unwise, dumb, arrogant, and insensitive. I can't possibly blame him because I often feel the same way.
I can't tell you how many times I have been in a great discussion with someone on spiritual topics and then made some idiotic comment that lost all ground. One night, I was talking with some fratnerity brothers and some of their friends and we began to talk about Knowing Jesus vs. Believing in Jesus. This was a heated topic and I mainly brought it up for just discussion. I felt the need to clarify my stance so I made a comment to the effect of, "I am probably the most devoted Christian in this room." That went over like girafe jumping the Nile. Why did I say that? What was the point? But I made a stupid comment that turned people away.
I think Christians as a whole are often the most un-tactful people on earth. We are loud, protest at abortion clinics, curse people in gay rallies, and condem our classmates for getting drunk. What person in their right mind wants to join our "group?"
So, I applaud this man in the video for pointing out how we come across. We all can take a good look at ourselves and evaluate how we express ourselves - intentionally or not- to those around us. The Atheist only made that video because he knows how to play us Christians, by insulting our Christ. Jesus is our Defense, we are not His. He's the King of kings, I don't think He needs our help. We can either believe in Him or not; that choice is ours.
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Rodney, I'm an Atheist, but I just wanted to say it was nice to read this post. To say that Christians need to step back and look at how they present themselves to the world, well...everybody could use a bit of that. I do think that *some* Christians are arrogant, obnoxious, and pushy, but I don't think it's a matter of their religion as much as the type of person they are. Example: a couple of years ago abortion protesters were on our campus handing out disgusting fliers with medically false information and pictures of aborted fetuses. Even worse, they had their small (like age 5) children handing these things out. I found it incredibly rude and, frankly, morally reprehensible to involve small children who couldn't possibly begin to understand what they were doing. The fact that this happened does not mean every Christian out there is going to get in your face about abortion (or any other "hot" issue), though.
Atheists (and members of any relgion, for that matter) can have the same flaws. I know I tend to be extremely intolerant of what I consider close-minded views. And at the same time I know some Christians who really do accept their fellow man no matter who they are or what they do.
So, good post. It got me thinking, which is always a good thing. :)
Carrie Jenkins
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