[sheana]

I expect everyone to pile on so it’s okay....just do it. I was raised Pentecostal by a preacher grandfather and God fearing grandmother so spent many many hours in church every week. But so many churches/people condemning other people is the exact reason I don’t go to church! I just don’t, and I guess never will understand, why so many Christians must act holier than thou. They need lessons from Mother Theresa.
Just my opinion, take it or leave it and flame away.

[Rebelbase]

“But so many churches/people condemning other people is the exact reason I don’t go to church! I just don’t, and I guess never will understand, why so many Christians must act holier than thou. “

The common thread that keeps many people from attending any church.

[liberalh8ter]

No flaming from me....I think you're right. As conservatives, we need to embrace the precious freedom of religion we are blessed as Americans, to enjoy. Just because someone doesn't share my particular ‘brand’ of religion doesn't give me the right to demean them. So, if you're going to get flamed, we can share the ointment.

[Vigilanteman]

Pretty much confirms my theory that the church which benefits most from the "holier than thou" types is the church of stay at home and skip the whole thing.

Which is tragic, in my opinion, because organized religion can and does do a lot of good by supporting fellow believers.

I can't imagine a just God doing any of the following:

1. Telling Mother Theresa she's going to hell because transubstantiation is only figurative and symbolic and not a literal change of the sacrament to the body of Christ.
   
2. Telling a Mormon, who otherwise lived a righteous life, that they are going to hell, because their concept of Jesus Christ, as the son of God, is different from the mainstream view that he is actually God in a different form.
   
3. Telling a psychopath who murdered, maimed and committed all sorts of other unspeakable acts, that they are going to heaven because they uttered words of confession just before the trap door on the gallows was opened.
   
4. Telling the "heathen" (including my Native American ancestors) that their ancestors were condemned to eternal hell and damnation because they had no opportunity to accept Jesus Christ.

By no means a complete or exhaustive list, but you get the idea. I'll defer the final judgement to the man upstairs.

[DouglasKC]

I expect everyone to pile on so it’s okay....just do it. I was raised Pentecostal by a preacher grandfather and God fearing grandmother so spent many many hours in church every week. But so many churches/people condemning other people is the exact reason I don’t go to church! I just don’t, and I guess never will understand, why so many Christians must act holier than thou. They need lessons from Mother Theresa. Just my opinion, take it or leave it and flame away.

Unfortunately you're right. Within any church organization or belief system there is the tendency, driven by the wolves in sheep's clothing, to tear down others. The agenda is Satanic and is designed as an attempt to minimize, obscure, and otherwise demean the body of Christ.