Do people really hate Christ?

[Seregios (Att. at Law)]

His name is Jesus not Christ. You only call him Christ if you believe him to be the son of god and savior of mankind.

I am Catholic if that explains anything

 

[AF 802]

Which ICE center is he in?

The concentration camp one.

 

[The best and greatest]

I am Catholic if that explains anything

Fair enough.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

He was a good dude who had some good teachings that have genuinely helped people. I just don't think he was the son of God or that his teachings are inherently better than anyone else's if they help somebody's life in a positive way.

 

[Maltninja]

Terrible things have been done in his name. Sad, I suspect actual Jesus was a force for good. That rarest of types, kind and selfless.

 

[FitBitch]

After all the mental abuse inflicted on me personally and the harassment my family faced from the Pentacostal Church growing up (crazy pastor, long story, it's not that interesting, just sad) it never occurred to me to be mad at Jesus, even as I was struggling between my fledgling atheism and my faltering Christianity. Christ didn't do anything to me, Christians did.

 

[Slap47]

It's kinda hard to hate a guy that I barely know anything about.

We know very little about Jesus despite all of the documentation. Most of that stuff was made after his death by people who never met him.

 

[Seregios (Att. at Law)]

It's kinda hard to hate a guy that I barely know anything about.

We know very little about Jesus despite all of the documentation. Most of that stuff was made after his death by people who never met him.

That's true but I bet he was that cool guy with the long hair who was chill with everyone

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

Willing to bet a lot of Jesus/Christianity haters, at least in the West, were born and raised under the religion, were scorned one way or another (sexually abusive pastor, overly controlling/protective parents, ect.) and turned their backs the second they got the chance and blamed it on the Big Man.

I myself am one of those "loose" Christians where I still hold to the beliefs deep down, but outwardly I really just don't care anymore. Too much stupid shit happened in my past to still want anything to do with the matter, I just have a different kind of "beef" per se where I don't actively lash out and blame God or whatever (though I did for a time when I was younger and went though an edgy phase). It's more plain old apathy these days than anything else.

 

[Seregios (Att. at Law)]

I think what most people hate are the people who act or speak on Jesus' behalf, like the people who say "It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, hurhrr" or stand outside abortion clinics harassing people trying to access health care, all the while voting against social programs that help kids born in poverty. Or people who commit heinous acts and then act like it's okay because Jesus forgives them.

Personally, I don't hate Jesus any more than I do Allah or some other most likely mythical figurehead that promotes homophobia, sexism and racism more so than love and charity.

I don't see shit where Jesus promotes hate of any kind. Do you have a set reference for this? I get what you're saying but Jesus Christ seems like a love all kinda guy

 

[The best and greatest]

I don't see shit where Jesus promotes hate of any kind. Do you have a set reference for this? I get what you're saying but Jesus Christ seems like a love all kinda guy

If I remember right there's some bit about killing those of other tribes or some such. Might clash with the traditionally peaceful/pacifistic view of Jesus but then this was also a time when Dynastic Empire was the go-to political paradigm, so if true I think it could be forgiven.

 

[Niggernerd]

I'm not into religion but Christianity is the lesser of evils of Abrahamic religions. I don't hate it to say the least.

 

[Seregios (Att. at Law)]

If I remember right there's some bit about killing those of other tribes or some such. Might clash with the traditionally peaceful/pacifistic view of Jesus but then this was also a time when Dynastic Empire was the go-to political paradigm, so if true I think it could be forgiven.

I would agree that it is just a reflection of Roman Empire era tribalism

 

[hambeerlyingnreed]

I don't see shit where Jesus promotes hate of any kind. Do you have a set reference for this? I get what you're saying but Jesus Christ seems like a love all kinda guy

I'm thinking more of things that God has said or done, but if you believe in God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost all being one being versus seperate entities, there really is no difference.

 

[Seregios (Att. at Law)]

I'm thinking more of things that God has said or done, but if you believe in God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost all being one being versus seperate entities, there really is no difference.

I get what you're saying. I really wish that Book of Levititcus was cut out in the New Testament. Would have prevented so many problems

 

[The Reaper]

I hope people who “hate Christ” don’t actually hate Him, rather those who might follow him or the cultural impact He caused. It’s silly to imagine some edgy atheist having some bad luck and muttering under his breath “fuck you Jesus.” That would be levels of exceptionalism I can’t fathom.

 

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

It’s silly to imagine some edgy atheist having some bad luck and muttering under his breath “fuck you Jesus.” That would be levels of exceptionalism I can’t fathom.

Oh do I have some unfortunate stories for you and no, I'm not grinning about it either. I genuinely get upset whenever people blame God or Jesus for their misfortunes in life as I truly believe there is no greater sense of victimhood than to blame your woes on a being you don't even believe exists.

I participate in a lot of community work and that puts me within earshot of a lot of stories regarding Christianity and Catholicism. I have my opinions on both, but as far as a "general consensus" kind of thing, from my experience, the people who hate Jesus and God are typically people with a chip on their shoulder. Most people who aren't believers are indifferent to religion as a whole, and it usually takes some type of resentment or sense of superiority for people to develop an active negative reaction to him.

 

[Zaryiu]

I don't hate Christ myself, the man has been dead for over 2000 years and it would really be silly to hate someone that's been gone that long. I'm just not to fond of modern day Christians. My main problem with them is most modern Christians don't live up to what they preach and barely even know their religion's own history, the bible it's self has been bastardized over the centuries and originally Romans came together decide on a proper version of it.

I was raised in a very extreme protestant household, very hypocritical one. Once I was old enough to decide for myself if I wanted to go to Church or not I ultimately decided to leave. I never felt anything spiritual through Christianity. I'm not really an atheist, and that's another thing if you admit you lean towards the theist side when your a former christian they scream that your just angry with god and you'll come back to your christian faith. I never really had faith in the first place with the Church nor in Christ.

Christianity seems like today a religion who's followers consist of convicts, ex-cons, single moms, dead beat dads, drug addicts, and former drug addicts. It's the jail get out of free card and the "who are you to judge me" religion. Least with Islam they take their shit seriously, usually. In Christianity they just slap people on the wrist if they stray from teachings and I feel most Christians don't actually take their religion as seriously as they say they do.

They just want something to make them feel better that they fucked up their lives and an explanation as to why they fucked up their lives rather than taking more responsibility for their own actions in life.

Well that's not entirely fair, there are many Christians who take the religion seriously (i don't mean fundamentalists or similar groups) who try their hardest to live a decent live according to the teachings while not shoving it down others faces and religious authorities reactions to people committing what is defined as sins vary from branch (i mean like Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Coptic etc) to branch, inside every branch and priest to priest (someone i know had a grandfather who was excommunicated from the whole church he was a member of (i refer to the branch stuff i mentionned earlier when i say this) for cheating on his wife for quite a while among other things while for example in the Catholic church he might have only got a slap on his wrist

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Nobody hates "christ" because you have to believe he's literally the son of god to call Jesus 'Christ'. If you believe that you probably don't hate him.

Its hard to believe anyone really hates a 2000 year old dude who was basically a proto-hippie. His anti-wealth stuff was kinda weird, but the whole be nice to everyone is hard to be mad at.

I will say I recoil at hearing His name, or even just the capital H in His, because that means I'm talking to a true believer who is going to lecture me on some really stale and poorly thought out 'proofs' that their religion is real.

I also recoil at hearing Mohammed, Allah, "The good news", or "Would you sign my petition?". It means someone is trying to preach some nonsense at me.

 

[AF 802]

I'd say a good amount of Kiwis are probably atheist cause lolfairytale, anyway.