New, heh...these quotes are from the article found here...a more complete article is found on LifeWay's site here
"A new survey of U.S. adults who don't go to church, even on holidays, finds 72% say "God, a higher or supreme being, actually exists." But just as many (72%) also say the church is "full of hypocrites."
Indeed, 44% agree with the statement "Christians get on my nerves."
"Is there a workshop for churches in being less annoying, less hypocritical?" asks Arthur Farnsley, administrator for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and a fellow at Goff's center."
Me:
A lot of the time, Christians get on my nerves too. I was watching the Early Show yesterday and they had the founder of the Christian website "Godtube." He said it is the Christian answer to You Tube. The tagline for the site is, "Broadcast Him." The lady kept asking him why they just can't use You Tube to talk about faith and Christianity. He didn't have an answer. She asked him if it would make more sense to actually put things like this on You Tube instead of God Tube because it would reach a broader audience and isn't the point of Christianity to evangelize and spread the word? He responded, "Well, I've had many emails from people saying they appreciate us making this site because now they have somewhere to talk about the Gospel and don't have to worry about questionable material."
Don't click on the videos if you don't want to watch them! This guy didn't get it. So many don't get it. He actually said that now they are making a site that will be the Christian answer to Facebook. Why does Christianity have to have an "answer" to everything? Don't they realize that this makes us look like jerks? "Your site isn't good enough for us, we gotta make our own." While God Tube makes good for silly videos to make fun of, it's mostly made up of church services that make me laugh, "worship leaders" who are trying to get their name out but just end up looking silly, and random people bashing catholicism and other religions. I don't know, maybe I'm way off here, but something about this just seems wrong.
The article starts out with this line...
"A majority of unchurched Americans are turned off by the institutional church and don’t have a biblical understanding about God and Jesus, yet they believe Jesus makes a positive difference in a person’s life and would enjoy an honest discussion with a friend about spiritual matters."
-This is a "new study." lol, if only they knew how "not new" this was. Here are a few more lines...
"Many unchurched people don’t have a biblical understanding about God and Jesus, the survey found."
-duh
"The negative perception for many people, however, seems to be the church, not Jesus himself, according to the study."
-Christians turn people off to Christianity...hmmm
Check out the article for yourself...feel free to discuss...
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3 comments:
good one angelo. its about time you post a new one. i think you are totally right on. i would agree that it is christians that turn people off to jesus and/or church. now i understand that i don't have it down but that is one of the things i am trying to teach my students. to love god and to love others. one thing i think may be reason for non-christians not liking church too could be that we freaking treat this relationship like it is a rule book. i like mark driscoll's statement, "just because we own a bible doesn't give us the right to keep writing". i feel alot of time (maybe its just my church, j/k)that in order to be a believer you have to do this, this, and that and not have a mohawk. oh, and wear a tie.
i think the non-believers of today are simply looking for hope. they are looking for answers. they are looking for joy and purpose. jesus is all of those things and why are we the church, doing everything but showing them that.
i just wanna punch something. you have gone and made me mad angelo. way to go.
LOL--- LOL--- My answer to the Christian's answer dumbchristiansabound.com... The accounts are free... And they can continue to answer the world... TO THEMSELVES>... brghh...
*coughs*RB*coughs* This really pisses me off too jello
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