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Why do some Christians want to Condemn Everything?
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OP: first off, let me start by telling you what you already suspect. You are not a Satanist for listening to some particular type of music, a homosexual for watching pro-wrestling (unless that's your thing, in which case, I stand corrected), and for the last one, I am not a fortune teller so don't ask me.
Furthermore, to answer your question: people these days like to condemn everything. If it's not Christians condemning secular music and sex on T.V., then it's vegans condemning the eating of meat, or the politicos condemning whatever gets them the most votes. As for the Christians, there's nothing wrong with saying something is particularly bad, provided there is a biblical basis for such a rebuke.
We as a race like to condemn stuff. It's a simple, glaringly obvious fact, if one reads anything, ever, in the news. It's like second-nature to us to condemn things, and we do it quite well, thank you very much.
We even condemn houses that we, ourselves, built and kick out the residents, making them homeless, because the building was not built according to some arbitrary code that bureaucrats somewhere probably crafted to help subsidize, among others, the gas-valve manufacturing industry.
We also have a tendency to follow the group with the most members because there is safety in numbers.
Should Christians be condemning other Christians? I would say not, if what you're thinking when you use the word "condemn" is a type of blanket, non-constructive input about some perceived vice. Correction should always, first and foremost, be centered on helping another person, not on invalidating them. Consequently, correction should always be a certain thing, rooted in the precepts of the faith, and not just an arbitrary social valuation. As a Christian, especially, one should strive to ensure any correction offered to another is not just a matter of opinion, but valid, and relevant to those precepts of the faith shared by both parties. Otherwise, what is the point?
I hope that answers your question.
Furthermore, to answer your question: people these days like to condemn everything. If it's not Christians condemning secular music and sex on T.V., then it's vegans condemning the eating of meat, or the politicos condemning whatever gets them the most votes. As for the Christians, there's nothing wrong with saying something is particularly bad, provided there is a biblical basis for such a rebuke.
We as a race like to condemn stuff. It's a simple, glaringly obvious fact, if one reads anything, ever, in the news. It's like second-nature to us to condemn things, and we do it quite well, thank you very much.
We even condemn houses that we, ourselves, built and kick out the residents, making them homeless, because the building was not built according to some arbitrary code that bureaucrats somewhere probably crafted to help subsidize, among others, the gas-valve manufacturing industry.
We also have a tendency to follow the group with the most members because there is safety in numbers.
Should Christians be condemning other Christians? I would say not, if what you're thinking when you use the word "condemn" is a type of blanket, non-constructive input about some perceived vice. Correction should always, first and foremost, be centered on helping another person, not on invalidating them. Consequently, correction should always be a certain thing, rooted in the precepts of the faith, and not just an arbitrary social valuation. As a Christian, especially, one should strive to ensure any correction offered to another is not just a matter of opinion, but valid, and relevant to those precepts of the faith shared by both parties. Otherwise, what is the point?
I hope that answers your question.
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