Christian Stereotypes

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John 13:34, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, That ye also love one another”. A Christian is supposed show in actions the lessons that were taught to us by our savior. His attributes include patience, charity, humility, diligence, and more importantly, love. However, despite this, I have come across many times where people I talk to are hesitant to bring up certain subjects because of the fact that I am a Christian. It is because I am a Christian that they believe that I would be offended or judgmental about everything that is against my beliefs. Yet, they fail to realize that it is because I am a Christian that I am not supposed to be judgmental about anyone. There are many stereotypes about Christians; for example: Christians are homophobic, we are hypocrites, and most importantly we are judgmental. Now, these stereotypes are not unjustified considering there have been many events in which radical Christians have created hateful events against groups that don’t coincide with their beliefs. However, because of those stereotypes there have been …show more content…

I’ve found out that when I talked to my friends they thought I would be judgmental of them. Granted, like before it’s not my belief that those kinds of acts should be encouraged. Rather I, like many other Christians, am not perfect. A lot of people begin to forget that, that instead of judging someone else, they should recognize what they should be judgeful of in their own lives. I believe that people believe that we would be judgeful about this topic is because living a pure life in emphasized in the Christian beliefs. We are taught that to enter the kingdom of heaven, we need to be pure in thought, heart, and body. However, it is because of that we are Christians. Therefore, most Christians are not judgmental of premarital sex because no one is

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