Comments on: Claiming Moral Support From the Unsaved

By: Macushlalondra

Macushlalondra — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:20:01 +0000

This is one of those issues that bugs the fire out of me! Unfortunately it’s one thing unsaved people do which I feel is a cop out. They will say a Christian is a hypocrite over the littlest things. So you’re not allowed to be human, you’re supposed to be perfect all the time or you’re a hypocrite.

Case in point. We rented an upstairs apartment over an elderly couple who were the grandparents of a friend of mine at my church. These people were not saved and my friend had been witnessing to them but so far they had not responded. She thought having Christians rent from them would give them a testimony. My husband did witness to the man but he was a very vulgar man. I just acted as friendly with them as I could.

Ok a month or so later one day my husband and I had an argument and I went into the bedroom and slammed the door. A week or so later my friend told me her grandmother had wondered about this Christian couple having a fight. She didn’t think Christians did that! My friend asked me about it and I said, so we had a fight, are we not allowed to be human? We ended up making up but since they heard a door slam supposedly our testimony was shot. These people were looking for any excuse. It was like, “Don’t tell us about your God, that supposedly Christian couple upstairs had an argument! They’re no better than we are!”

I have run into this on several occasions. I am a naturally friendly person and try to be upbeat most of the time but if I’m not feeling well or I’m tired I can get rather cranky. I had some unsaved co-workers notice that I was cranky one day and they were questioning how I could be that way. Dang it I’m human! Why are Christians not allowed to be human? Every little thing will blow your testimony it seems. I think these people are looking for any excuse and it’s nothing but a cop out.

By: Faith

Faith — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:07:24 +0000

If they can’t accept instruction and reproof, it wasn’t God’s will for them to be saved in the first place.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:57:58 +0000

I’m pretty sure our weird rules only scare the unsaved away from us. What am I supposed to say to an unsaved person, “God loves you – accept His gift so you can start wearing skirts, give at least 10% of your earnings to the church, read only the KJV, never go to a movie or drink alcohol again.” Really? That’s what the gospel is about?

By: IFB No More

IFB No More — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:14:23 +0000

Most fundie churches ban members from drinking because according to them, it will offend the unsaved. Even many evangelicals who don’t have that ban also agree on abstinence.

But when I asked many non-Christian friends what they think about it, they say they don’t understand why Christians followed all these “nitty-gritty” rules and regulations.

Many “rules and regulations” in the name of “giving offence to none” and “sparing the weaker brother” are just Romans 14 and 1 Cor. 10 taken out of context to support the fundies’ cultural views.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:33:41 +0000

Heard this more than once. “They’re watching you to see how you live, to see if there’s anything to it! If you falter they may never come to know Christ!” So your god is so weak that if someone sees me coming out of Kroger with a bottle of A&W root beer (because we all know it looks like a real beer bottle!) then they’ll never come to know him? Nice.

By: Jordan Maria

Jordan Maria — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:14:28 +0000

sounds like the logic BJU uses for all their silly rules.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:42:06 +0000

Another manipulative technique to make sure the sheeple do not stray beyond the legalistic boundries set by by the extra-biblical standards found in their particular bunker’s covenant.

By: K-Fed

K-Fed — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:52:33 +0000

I felt bad because there weren’t any comments on this post.

Here you go