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Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts) Sat Sep 21, 2013, 03:09 AM Sep 2013

Are Christian Values something that Non-Christians lack? [View all]

I ask, because I see phrases such as whether people "act Christian" or the lauded, yet elusively defined values that Christians have that must be exclusive to them, because they are always called Christian, are they not?

Can someone PLEASE define these values for me?

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Are Christian Values something that Non-Christians lack? [View all] Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 OP

It will depend which sect answers intaglio Sep 2013 #1

I suspect you'll wait in vain skepticscott Sep 2013 #2

Values are values. cbayer Sep 2013 #3

Given the voting patterns of non-believers, trotsky Sep 2013 #4

Can you define these values, and why label them Christian? n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #6

I can't define them, but various denominations do. cbayer Sep 2013 #7

So basically the phrase is meaningless except as an attempt at being exclusive. n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #9

Not at all. I would guess that there are a set of values that you cbayer Sep 2013 #11

The issue is that Humanism is a type of ethical philosophy... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #12

Ethical philosophy or religious philosophy? Making a distinction is just cbayer Sep 2013 #14

No, I'm trying to point out majority privilege in the use of language... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #16

I'm not sure why you phrased this OP in the form of a question. cbayer Sep 2013 #18

Correction... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #19

Pretend to know the minds of non-Christians? cbayer Sep 2013 #20

You claimed that most people think its a benign reference to Jesus, you have no way to know that... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #22

You may be correct and I meant to say most christians. cbayer Sep 2013 #23

No, I meant you think Christians are the only ones who are people(that matter)... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #24

Well, I don't in any way think that christians are the only ones that matter. cbayer Sep 2013 #25

Christian majority, and thinking permeates the culture, even here on DU... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #26

Those are really good points. cbayer Sep 2013 #27

The only people I ever hear using that term PotatoChip Sep 2013 #31

Take your own advice. okasha Sep 2013 #28

I didn't say anything about the minds of non-Christians, did I? n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #29

Post 26 okasha Sep 2013 #32

Learn reading comprehension. n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #34

Every time LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #5

What's even more annoying okasha Sep 2013 #10

Agree 100% LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #13

No. pinto Sep 2013 #8

I think Jesus appealed to humans better nature as do other belief systems. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #15

I always find it is the reverse, people's better natures cherry pick... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #17

That is a good point for some. The reality is people have values not matter hrmjustin Sep 2013 #21

It's not an accident that you exclude people skepticscott Sep 2013 #30

Open up the Rorschach book and pick which values you think are Christian... backscatter712 Sep 2013 #33