Blah, blah, blah, (insert atheist complaining out christians not being christian enough) more blah, blah, blah.
Hm, why do I get the feeling that you are on a mission to reinforce me negative opinion of a certain type of Christian? It seems to me that you either can't stand criticism, or can't answer the points, so you just ignore it. Pity.
The point being is I just dont buy into athiest labels of christians.
I ain't selln' anything, so no need to buy.
I have ample experience, having grown up among some of the worst of the Christian crop. And that has nothing to do with labels, but in this case you personally - if it escaped you: I was describing YOUR behavior.
Why? Because a huge amount of their viewpoint is so off base, so completely wrong, as to be nonsensical.
If it is wrong, show me how. Don't whine and say blah blah. I get the feeling that you are in denial, as you can't bring anything but yadda yadda and flippant remarks.
And this is simply another case of it. You (and others) want to whine, whine, whine about how 'condescending' it is for a christian to say their sorry for someone. My 'I couldnt care less' attitude stems from you (and others) complete misdirection of the entire issue....
See, this is a classic 'gotcha' - on the one hand you claim to feel sorry, but on the other hand you refuse to even examine the issue - so why are you sorry? And why do you 'care' on the hand, but do not 'care' on the other? By you own religion's rules, you do not do too well.
which is precisely christians SHOULD be sad that those that havent heard the gospel of Jesus are going to hell. We are supposed to love the lost and try to save them and its SAD to a christian to hear that peoples hearts are so hard and calloused that they twist a GOOD thing into something bad in order to try and ease their own feeling of guilt.
Oh, so feel a little sorry for atheists because you MUST?
What's callous is your switching the care thingy on and off any way it happens to suit you. That's mean, and un-Christian. I am quite sure that I understand Jesus a lot better than you, because I read and thought about his messages with both open heart and mind. I just happen to refuse all the mythical yadda-yadda. You, on the other hand, seem to refuse all the ideas, but stick adamantly to the form. That's exactly what the Jews did, exactly what Jesus fought against.
If you want to be 'harsh but fair' then perhaps you should honestly ask yourself why does my sympathy appear condescending to you in the first place?
I do not want to be harsh - if my posts sound harsh I suggest you look through this thread for the poster who started the harsh tone (hint: he calls himself the boss of a criminal organization). I do want to be fair, but I do not seem to get much fairness back from you, only a 'holier than thou' attitude.
Perhaps I may suggest that you - just once - take a mental step back and try to see things from a different perspective? Just once read the bible - the entire bible - from the point of view that it is a collection of historic tales? No need to 'buy' that, but it might open your mind for a better understanding of what Jesus was trying so hard to tell people - and why I think and feel about these things the way I do! I done that same thing vice-versa, and it was an interesting and enlightening experience to attempt to re-feel the passion and closed-mindedness of a Young Earth Creationist (I take it you are not quite that exreme in your views, though).
