Is it OK to be outspoken about your faith?

You should teach what you believe.... if it is a good thing!
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However, being open and outspoken is different than browbeating everyone around you with it. Tim Tebow never denied that he is Christian, and he has never slapped anyone in the face with it. He does not (publicly) denounce people who are not Christian - as it should always be.

Yes, freedom of speech but I also have the right to tell them to take their religion and shove it.

It's everyones right to be outsoken about anything. Certainly some things are more annoying, or offensive than others; and religion falls under that heading; but it is a right.
That said, it would be preferable if the things about which we are outspoken, were true. His comment about "one nation under God" is utterly false. That didn't come along until the middle of the 1900's.

Why not? Powerful testimony.

It's not just okay; it's necessary to adhere to your religious beliefs

time and place for everything

I classify myself as a love catholic, kinda believe in kindness and love. Silly and insipid but it's what I believe.

..Since when is it not OK?

And it's also okay for me to slam the door in your face or turn the channel whenever your face appears on the screen and think you're a giant douche bag.

sure its ok, ...but people who don't 'get' what God is think you're crazy

I find it very disrespectful to be so outspoken that you try to force religion down peoples throats. I'm a christian but i dont go around telling people what they should and should not do with their lives

Even more disrespectful than that is hating people enough not to tell them the single most important and life saving truth: Jesus Christ is the only way. If you see someone about to be run over by a buss, are you going to stand there and let it happen? How much do you have to hate someone to believe without a savior they are certainly going to hell and not open your mouth. Let them be offended. Better to offend with love than be guilty of bloodshed. I share my faith with strangers and am constantly amazed at their response. What is it? They are touched. I don't have to tell them they are sinners, they tell me. I tell them I am one too. It's like having cancer and receiving the cure and not telling anyone what the cure is. You don't have to tell someone they are a liar. Ask them if they have lied. They will tell you. How is it disrespectful to offer a lost man hope or a dead man life? Sir, if you have no wish for others to be saved you are not saved yourself, be sure of that.

I love atheists too. They are my favorite people to talk to. But if you claim that you are a Christian but that "God is not always the way for some people," you don't even believe the words that your god has spoken. If that is your take you are not a Christian. Not trying to be a dick. That's just what it is. You exalt the Jesus of your mind who saves everyone no matter what. You need to realize who your God is.

My apologies. Wasn't trying to offend you. I completely agree no one should be forced to believe anything. That's the point of sharing your faith: to give people the opportunity to know truth and receive eternal life. If Christianity is not the only way to knowing God, which is everlasting life, it is a waste of time. I just happen to believe it and would gladly die proclaiming the words written in the Bible. I am aware I come across like a douche at times. It's just my way of trying to do all I can in an effort to save all that would even possibly believe. Once again, I do apologize. There is a way to share your faith without the idea of forcing it down someones throat.

I talk about my faith. Thats not what I'm saying. Im saying that I dont go around, 24/7, talking about my faith and trying to make people understand. No, I dont read the Bible but I believe in God and heaven and that everyone will be forgiven. But I do support abortion, LGBT rights, death penalty, and many others but I've joined causes that support the world, dolphins, amazon rainforest. Yes, God is there but that doesnt mean most people will believe in him too

So what's the point of your faith? If everyone goes to heaven anyway, why believe? Why care? You are telling me that you believe the good parts of the Bible but don't care about anything else written in it. You can't take the savior and promises of the Bible and lose the rest seeing how the "bad" stuff is like half of book. That's like a cop telling you if you don't speed you won't get a ticket. Then, you speed and get a ticket and have a problem with getting pulled over, saying, "you promised not to give me a ticket." Jesus Christ didn't come to just to get you into heaven, he came to get you OUT OF hell. As for the other, didn't Jesus say "you are of more value than many sparrows"? I'd gladly slay every dolphin on the planet to save but one infants life. Burn a thousand trees to defend the helpless. Finish this statement: "It is OK to kill a baby in the mothers womb when..." What sense does this make: "save the trees and kill the children." Im fine with a woman doing what she wants with her body, but she has no right to snatch the life from the helpless body she carries that depends on her to survive.

I didnt say I didnt care. I said I havent read it. Big difference. Read MORE SLOWLY before writing me a book on how you are this great person who tries and spreads the word. I dont give a monkeys toenail about your life. I said what I said. Didnt understand it? Tough skittles

By the way, I would NEVER kill a dolphin over an infant. EVER. NEVER burn a living tree. Thats just downright horrible

If you cared you would read it. Whatever though I'm just pissing you off and you are getting me going on my life views. Look, I got no problem with you I'm just defending my faith. I don't care what people believe unless they claim to be of my faith at which point I'm accountable to my faith to say something if I hear something contrary to the word. Once again, my apologies for being a dick. Have a good one.

Great point. Thank you.

I'm seldom attacked for explaining that my faith is in reason. When ones faith in something is in denial of reality, like with a literal translation of the Bible denying evolution, it tells reasoning people something about that person. Transparency is good.

It's ok to be outspoken, it is not ok to be violently fanatical.

Oops, I meant to choose yes it's ok

It's okay, but if someone starts forcing their beliefs on others then it gets annoying.

it's stupid

As long as it's not at work, or school You do have the right to free speech, Of course MANY people absolutely hate people for believing Jesus Christ is their personaly saviour so you should expect criticism for it. But the bible said that would happen and that you are blessed for it. Many hate people just because they believe in Creationism at all, You might even be hated for believing in Alien genetic alteration from apes, but realy if your afraid to talk about what you believe, why believe anything at all.

what a silly question... is it okay to be outspoken about ANYTHING that you are proud of? I want someone to ask is it okay to be outspoken about being homosexual.... why is it ONLY religion that gets this scrutiny?
If you are NOT outspoken about some aspect of your life perhaps you should take a moment to evaluate WHY and ask yourself is it because you are ashamed or embarrased by that aspect and then ask yourself if you can live without it... you might be happier..
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At least not on here. I say I'm a Satanist... BAM! 50 replies from haters.

Than that's the risk you take. I've gotten plenty of hate messages because I'm Christian, and I know people who've been beaten up physically and emotionally for their beliefs, but by refusing to express those beliefs out of fear only gives your enemies the power to control you. Don't be afraid, maybe just be a positive influence.

You're a satanist? wth?

Here we go again... Hello hater. :D

Sorry, that's just not what I was expecting. :/ I thought 666 Maggots was just a shout out to Slipknot. (One of my favorite bands, BTW) And I have no place to judge. I've got kooky ideas about God myself (And considered becoming a Jew), and half of the bands I like are satanist. :P

Meh, I was raised by Jews... Don't follow that path...

Really? That's cool. My family is all agnostic. Kinda boring. I mean, It would be cool if my family were SOME religion. I always envied kids who had church (temple, mosque, whatever) and traditions. We just have birthdays. :/
I believe in God, but I also think that Jesus Christ was nothing more than a man. That's really the only way my beliefs fall in line with Jeudaism.

Agh it's all bipolar, sadistic crap to me... But... Yeah.. That's cool.