There is a difference between being open-minded on a subject and being an open-minded person. Nobody is open-minded on every subject.
For example, I am not open-minded as far as religion goes...I'm not out there looking for another religion and saying that maybe there is a God, maybe there isn't.
However, I an open-minded person because I do not refuse to listen to people. I listen to other's stories and opinions. I love people, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
quote: Being open-minded is "showing receptiveness to new and different ideas or the opinions of others." This applies to Agnostics more than Christians. Christians hold one solid belief: one God exists. True Christians will never be open-minded because they believe the Bible is fact and that God is real. Open-minded people usually believe that there might or might not be a god, but if logical evidence is presented to them, their beliefs could change.
I wish that you could meet me and my friends, just so i could prove to you that i am one of the most open minded people there are. I respect you no matter who you are, or what you beleive. i dont see were you people are getting a close-minded base to any of my posts. please pointthis out to me
First-Snoopy, You've made me very happy to hear someone talk so freely about the love of God. I find it very sad that professed christians would argue with other people there side.
2nd i also find it very sad that you people who do not believe in christ as the holy son of God are unable to see the love and peace that you are missing. I believe that it is your own choice but if you knew one bit how much love and happiness you could have you would allow your heart to open to the words and love of fellow children of God.
i am happy that others respect christianity, because it's the biggest part of my life and i wouldn't like it very much if i could not practice it as openly as i do. i do respect those who don't follow or practice the teachings of the bible. i don't know how many times i've now said it, but true christians are loving of every person, not just those who love them. jesus said, "what does a man gain if he loves only those who love him?" he was pointing out that we should love everyone nomatter what. that's god's first commandment (not as in the ten commandments). anyone who doesn't love god and love people are missing the mark and are not true christians (this is what the bible says... i'm not judging anyone, ok?). so please, in the future, quit trying to use the arguement that christians have murdered, raped, and pillaged... they weren't truly christians. christian means christ-like. i'm sure whether you're a follower or not, you've heard a good deal of jesus' teachings, right? well, was jesus ever a murderer, rapist, or robber? NO WAY!!!!! that's my take on the situation.
and by the way outspokenme... I'm sorry... i didn't mean to leave anybody's name out, but if you notice, i did make a general apology, did i not? i said that i took back all of the insults that i've posted. that means toward you too ya know. so if it makes ya feel any better, i am apologizing to you personally. god bless, ~snoopyD~
My goodness, children. Where has the love gone? All of you are insulting eachother left and right other than focusing on the matter at hand.
First point: Being open-minded is "showing receptiveness to new and different ideas or the opinions of others." This applies to Agnostics more than Christians. Christians hold one solid belief: one God exists. True Christians will never be open-minded because they believe the Bible is fact and that God is real. Open-minded people usually believe that there might or might not be a god, but if logical evidence is presented to them, their beliefs could change.
Second point-(Directed to the Christian followers out there): You believe that God is real, BUT other people have differing views. You ask the non-Christians to respect your "god" and religion, but you refuse to respect those who don't believe in your doctrines. Is that not hypocritical?
quote:Open mind = one who can accept things that he/she may not necessarily believe in or agree with.
Well put, NicBabe. Just because I don't belive in God, for example, doesn't make me close-minded - one could say that same thing of beliving in God. That would make everybody close-minded. I, for example, am 95% certain that there is no God. Not 100%, just 95%. (I am also 95% certain that there are no dragons, either.)
learn some respect. The man apologizes and approaches you in a polite manor about the subject and you blatently call him a "Bloody hypocrite". I don't know, but is it because you know he is right, so you resort to name calling? Pretty childish if you ask me. So why don't we do society a favor and get off your pedestal, because Snoopy has every right to his opinion. And actually quite Justified thereof. ~shawn
kg, i'm sorry. guess i did wake up on the wrong side of the bed... i shouldn't have said what i did. open-mindedness isn't just believing in something that may or may not be true, which is what i am doing as a christian, it's also believing that there may be more than what i believe out there. and you're right, i do suffer from a lack of open-mindedness, because i refuse to believe that there is anything else but god. that's the way i want to keep it though.
swtcatastrophe99, i'm sure you were referring to me when you said that you've been seeing some christians not acting christian like which is what turns people away, and i want to thank you for that. even if you weren't referring to me, thank you. i can see now that my "witness" on this site has been nothing more than a stupid game. god has been telling me for a few days now that christianity never was, isn't, and never will be a game, so i need to stop treating it like that.
outspokenme, i can see the stats. i don't need you to read them off to me. but had you thought about what i've been saying all along, you would realize that those stats are so inaccurate it's scary. there are probably better than half of those numbers who claim they are christian, yet aren't actually followers. they do nothing outside of church once a week for an hour, to get close to god. they are sunshine soldiers. as soon as times get tough, their faith disappears and they rely on themselves. that's not a christian. so of those 1.9 billion followers, i'd be willing to debate that only maybe 500 million of them or less, are actually christians. and the number is inaccurate anyhow... i don't remember ever being part of a census asking whether or not i am a christian and i'd bet that not many other christians have been part of this either. our church doesn't submit the numbers to whoever takes this census, and i'm sure most churches don't. so where are these figures coming from? no, i'm not more than stupid, or even remotely stupid at that. i think the word we should refer to me with is stubborn.
i can now see the error of my ways. i've been argueing with everyone about what christianity is about and i've just been letting my temper get the better of me. i've been playing this game for about a week and a half now, and that's long enough. i'm going to keep posting on this website, but i'm done argueing.
i just want everyone to know that my faith and belief, not opinion, rests in god. i know that he created the world and everything we see. i know that he has unconditional love and longing for our souls. i know that he sent his son to die and take our sins away and if we just believe and give him our all in all, we will spend an eternity in his holy presence. that's what i'm going to do from now on. i'm taking up my cross and swallowing my pride now. i won't argue with you from now on ya know... but i pray for all of you who haven't had an experience with christ, because it really is the most wonderful thing you can do or will ever feel. it's just amazing. so i encourage you to just swallow your pride as well, and seek him. he loves you all. god bless, ~snoopyD~
I want to come in here because some of you who claim to be christians aren't being "Christian-like" and I can see how that would turn people away from God. I'm not going to say that I know where you are coming from because I don't so to make things easier please try to explain to me where you are coming from and we'll go from there. With Love, 99
quote: ya know, considering christians are more of a minority now than anything.
Right, Christianity is definitely in the minority, with approximately 1.9 billion followers (33% of the population) with the closest follower being Islam, with 1 billion people, you're right. Christianity, definitely in the minority.
So, now I'm wondering if you could be more stupid, cuz honey, you gotta do better than that to make the cut.
i'm done with being the passive person on this website... i'm not going to be mean, but i'm going to be moreso blunt than ever before. you say i suffer from lack of open-mindedness, yet if i believe in god, then i am the one with the open mind. ya know, condsidering christians are more of a minority now than anything. and rockgirl did say that there was no god, if you had taken time to read all of her posts... so don't bother to talk... i mean, we all say really stupid things once in a while, but when everything you say is just so retarded, you shouldn't even bother speaking. sorry, but you gotta do better than that to make the cut. god bless, ~snoopyD~
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