Are you surprised someone can be cruel while believing in God too?

[Danielle93]

Scenario:
The very same person that's stealing or scamming others (using people) is the one that just told you ''God bless you'' and is always praising God. They even have a bible and preach the good things. Yet they're a cruel person doing bad things to others.

Are your surprised?

Yes

No

[stark04]

What makes you think believing in God has anything to do with being a good person? People believe in God and still be eating meat, isn't that cruelty too? I love cheeseburgers, hamburgers, lobsters, chicken wings. Bad people doing bad things to others is crime against God and we eating animals isn't the same thing? God is not biased to only good people or innocent animals, anyone can believe in him. You can kill bunch of people and still believe in God, praying to him. he will not be the one who punish you, it'll be the law and order.

[Flower7]

The Bible doesn’t say anything against eating meat. The only thing mentioned about that is that some meats are preferred over others.

[Flower7]

Eating “unclean” animals was said to be a problem, but other meats are fine.

[stark04]

How convenient! God discriminate between his children, he loves his "precious humans" and hate other animals so he allowed humans to eat them.

[stark04]

Humans killing humans is crime just because cannibalism isn't happening but humans killing other animals for food is not a crime, almighty God has allowed that.

[Craftsman]

People can be cruel, unfeeling, and evil, all with the best of intentions, sometimes. The Spanish Inquisition is a prime example of cruelty in religion. Many other examples can be found, in history as well as in the Holy Writings of several religions. "In the Name of God" is, I think, very much misused to justify many sorts of cruelty.

[Flower7]

My first thought is that the person isn’t being honest about their following of God. Anyone can talk about God, but that doesn’t mean there’s truth behind it.

[Guy13]

Firstly, they likely said to you, “Bless your heart”. That’s more of a scammer jab 🥊.
-No 1. asTotal Depravity Is, 2. Being Religious doesn’t mean you are saved or a “good person.”
-Sorry you were screwed over.

Putin is Russian 🇷🇺 Orthodox, okay ⁉️

[Kaneki05]

The bible tells of stories of where God asks someone to do a unspeakable act like murder. Therefore someone who follows the bible and turns out to be cruel is just following God's example. Unless someone wants to aruge it's not cruel to tell someone to murder someone and if they don't do it they are going against the Ultimate power over them which would surly lead not to lead a party hat I can tell you that.

So no. Don't shock me at all.

[Dargil]

A.5. Some people, including a multiple adulterous ex-wife rationalize living a double life. "Slain in the spirit" and quoting scripture verbatim on Sunday and acting like pigs the rest of the week. I baby sat my newborn son while she fukked an ex on Saturday mornings, telling me she was doing a bible study with a friend.

[AndrésC64]

Pffffft... not at all. The god of the Bible has got to be the most cruel creature ever conceived of.

Richard Dawkins

https://www.youtube.com/embed/fvnj8e_bdu0

[jshm2]

One has nothing to do with the other.

I know hitmen and killers who were charitable, good to their family and loved their kids.

What people believe does not always run alongside their actions and deeds in life.

[NamerOfStars]

Not at all- a lot of people use religion as an excuse to act horribly. It's an outgrowth of the same mentality that makes them use it as an excuse to stop thinking and questioning reality.

[Adam1978]

No more horrible things has been done in the name of religion than has ever been done by none believers. Simply because none believers has less reason to do horrible things in grand scale.

[genericname85]

Not at all. Believing in god doesn't make anyone a saint. Statistically speaking, those who believe in god actually commit more crimes than those who don't...

[Dchrls78104]

No, I am not; not these days. The Bible foretold such hypocrisy: "The last days will be critical... People will have the outward show of devotion to God but deny its power"(2 Timothy 3:1,5).

[convo_king89]

Yes, but it’s common. Just go to the south in the u. s. a lot are religious people that are consertative republicans that believes in traditional values. But blacks who cares about them

[VikingWarLord]

[Anonymous]

NO

FOR THINK NOT THAT I COME TO BRING PEACE
BUT I CAME TO BRING THE SWORD

I CAME TO DIVIDE THE PEOPLE
FOR IF YOU LOVE THEM MORE THEN YOU LOVE ME
YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF ME

GOD COMES FIRST EVERYONE ELSE SECOND

[EnglishEuropean]

Not at all. The Old Testament makes it clear that God is a bit of a cunt.

[eagle1951]

not really, just because someone believes in God does not mean they don't have a short temper , we are only human

[strateguy632]

televangelists fake for money

[call_me_scar]

No just look at slave owners