Some thoughts of the day:
1) When I was a non-believer, I have phobia about Christians e.g.
the way they preached that I am going to hell if I dun believe in
Christ; the 'weird, passionate and somewhat cultish' way they
worship; the way they speak in tongues seemed like demon possessed
rather than edifying (i was told that I was awed by the phenomenon
of tongues by a believer).
2) But - when I become a believer, I find that some Christians also
have phobia about traditions e.g. avoiding to walk near large joss
sticks/large red banners/burning of incense during buddhist/taoist
festivals. Even though some maybe 'born-again' christians who have
even went thru all this b4 and they understand why it was like
that, they seemed to have develope a phobia for it and quickly
attributing all unchristian ways as 'devillish'.
Is there a way to find a balance between christian/non-christian
ways, since we are all living in a multi-cultural society? I know
that what is acceptable to pple may not be accepted to GOD, but I
really hope to see a balance of this as I find Christian
Phobia/Tradition Phobia are unfounded and not productive for pple
of both sides.
