I frequent a forum/topical posting site called Reddit, in which many different types of discussions happens. Some are lighthearted, and others get very serious and heated. One board that has a strange and difficult mixture of the two is the Christianity board. You can tell that the people here are struggling between their passion and perceived truth and the need to be respectful. Well... mostly. Some people are very meek. Some get very angry if you don't respond with their idea of what respect is. And some people are just angry and self-righteous (including, sadly, those who are promoting what they thing are Christian arguments.)
Lately, there has been a bit of a struggle between the Christians and the LDS church on the board. Despite the board being open to Christians of all denominations, as well as Jews, Muslims, people of other faiths, and nonbelievers, some of the LDS members feel persecuted. They don't feel that this is an okay place because many Christians there won' accept them as Christians. This is a difficult issue for me! The want to be accepted Christians because they say that they believe in Christ as our savior as we do. I know they believe in a Jesus but they don't believe in my Jesus, and their corruption of who Jesus is, I think costs them their salvation. Many other Christians pointed this out.
What troubles me is the WAY that some of them did it. Now many LDS member were more upset than perhaps they should have been, as some were calmly and clearly saying why they disagreed. Others, however were much more belligerent and used hateful and condemning language. I know that allowing them to be incorrect does them no good, but I don't see how to do it when there are so many just yelling at them. I wonder how Jesus would handle the situation, for both the Christians acting like Pharisees and to the Mormons who are corrupting who he is, and spreading a twisted version of cut Christianity to millions.
Lately, there has been a bit of a struggle between the Christians and the LDS church on the board. Despite the board being open to Christians of all denominations, as well as Jews, Muslims, people of other faiths, and nonbelievers, some of the LDS members feel persecuted. They don't feel that this is an okay place because many Christians there won' accept them as Christians. This is a difficult issue for me! The want to be accepted Christians because they say that they believe in Christ as our savior as we do. I know they believe in a Jesus but they don't believe in my Jesus, and their corruption of who Jesus is, I think costs them their salvation. Many other Christians pointed this out.
What troubles me is the WAY that some of them did it. Now many LDS member were more upset than perhaps they should have been, as some were calmly and clearly saying why they disagreed. Others, however were much more belligerent and used hateful and condemning language. I know that allowing them to be incorrect does them no good, but I don't see how to do it when there are so many just yelling at them. I wonder how Jesus would handle the situation, for both the Christians acting like Pharisees and to the Mormons who are corrupting who he is, and spreading a twisted version of cut Christianity to millions.
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