I always suspected, but...

[kengr]

.. but I didn't expect them to come out and be this blatant...
Should Christians 'respect' other religions?
(Warning, it's on OneNewsNow)

I can just imagine the outrage if they came across an article talking about their faith the way they talk about other religions.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that there's so much disagreement in the comments. Given the nature of ONN, I wouldn't have expected any of the comments to be both well-versed in the Bible and opposed to the position that the author takes.

[maxstories.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what your point is. The gist of the evangelic position stated by Mohler is that (a) evangelical beliefs do not accept other beliefs as a true path to God, and (b) nonetheless evangelicals have a duty to respect the people involved and try to guide them to evangelical beliefs.

How is this any different than Muslims saying everyone must recognize Allah and the code of Islamic behaviours? How is it different from African Anglicism which rejects homosexuals because it is contrary to their beliefs? How is it different from those of us who call evangelicals deluded and belligerent because of their anti-others behaviour?

Albeit... I admittedly don't respect the individuals involved when they demonstrate their idiocy through statements and actions. But a broad generalization treating every person associated with a religion as a lower caste is a bit much.

I don't respect most religious whackjobs (regardless of their professed faith) because I find they are simply people abusing a system to gain power, visibility, and whatever else they can lay their grubby hands on. But I find it hard to blame all their followers for being sheep and cattle allowing themselves to be herded along. Until those followers act out the hatred they invite into their lives, they are simply lost needy people who have fallen in with the wrong crowd.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Jesus would be ashamed of those people.

Here's my theory: religions have a tendency to become like fan clubs... that is, full of excitable immature people who go frakking INSANE for the person/people they worship, just like Twilight fans carving character names into their arms and screaming like crazed fangirls.