Is this a wrong view to has a Christian?

[QuestionQuest74]

Im starting not to think highly of most people and have a neutral view of them even if they proclaim they are Christians until I see enough to verify them a long period of time is that the right way to view people ?

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Im starting not to think highly of most people and have a neutral view of them even if they proclaim they are Christians until I see enough to verify them a long period of time is that the right way to view people ?

Yes, it's the sober way to view other people. We can't throw precaution out the window just because we may hold to the idea that every human being is "made" in the Image of God. There are bad actors in and among any collection of Christians anywhere you go, and this is because mental illness and psychopathology aren't magically cured simply because folks walk into and sit in a church building.

 

[timothyu]

Personally I wouldn't go out of my way to check people out and weigh their actions against the Kingdom, but I'm sure it would come to light over time, some quicker than others. But even then we are to love all as self so rather than condemnation we are to hope the best for them. I will say it is natural for those of the Kingdom to think poorly of the human race, including ourselves, for our self serving attitudes which are contrary to the ways of the Kingdom.

 

[Roderick Spode]

Im starting not to think highly of most people and have a neutral view of them even if they proclaim they are Christians until I see enough to verify them a long period of time is that the right way to view people ?

 

[Roderick Spode]

It's certainly a lot better than judging someone by what others say of someone.

 

[Strong in Him]

Im starting not to think highly of most people and have a neutral view of them even if they proclaim they are Christians until I see enough to verify them a long period of time is that the right way to view people ?

All people were created by God, in his image.
God doesn't assess people, then only decide to love them if they prove themselves - or none of us would ever know or receive his love.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Im starting not to think highly of most people and have a neutral view of them even if they proclaim they are Christians until I see enough to verify them a long period of time is that the right way to view people ?

I treat everyone as future brothers and sisters in Christ, regardless of what they profess.

After knowing someone, they move into the fellow brother or sister in Christ zone when their actions prove it out.

But no one, no matter who they are, moves out of the future brother or sister in Christ zone...

You just never know who will someday be saved, so I always treat everyone as if God will someday save them... they are just currently estranged.