Should race be a hinderance towards Godly friendships
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Race is a HUGE hinderance towards building fellowship and Godly friendships, if it is consciously pursued while people communicate with others on these forums & chat sites. I have myself experienced this sort of a discrimination by subtle means, by some of the so called popular folks on the CC chat room, who clearly ignore Indians & Asians, while we extend a hand of friendship or introduce ourselves out on the main chat. What stuns me more is the strong sentiments of patriotism & groupism associated with people of their own Country or a Country of a similar Stature and the absolute fixated attitude of not moving out of that mental shell to give others a chance or get to know brothers & sisters in Christ from the under developed or developing nations. I wish someone shows them verses from the Bible, which clearly talks that every & I mean every human being created by the Lord is good & beautiful and every person that is born again, irrespective of whichever d.a.r.n part of this world is to be an equally loved & cherished member of the family, of the body of Christ! Nobody is inferior or superior.
But sadly, the word "hypocrites" and reference to hypocracy has been mentioned by Jesus quite strongly in his preachings in the new testament, thus I do not blame completely these people who call themselves to be Christians & yet contradict what one of the principle rule of Christianity teaches i.e to Love one another as yourselves.
Those were sadly, conscious ignorance, groupism & mind games being played. Whether or not, I forgive that is not something I'm gonna voice on a public platform. My practices of good given values will be my own & between God & me, in prayer. But I for sure know, that God is indeed the judge for such kinda people.
But sadly, the word "hypocrites" and reference to hypocracy has been mentioned by Jesus quite strongly in his preachings in the new testament, thus I do not blame completely these people who call themselves to be Christians & yet contradict what one of the principle rule of Christianity teaches i.e to Love one another as yourselves.
Those were sadly, conscious ignorance, groupism & mind games being played. Whether or not, I forgive that is not something I'm gonna voice on a public platform. My practices of good given values will be my own & between God & me, in prayer. But I for sure know, that God is indeed the judge for such kinda people.
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By the way, I will not fail to mention that a few of them, have been very nice though. The above was a mention about most of the popular CC folks out there (who keep yapping on the mics for hours about their kittens, dogs, Walmart, pies, various types of salts at home & who is blinging them on Skype atm, except for in the Bible study or Prayer room). Also the otherwise projected and apparent behavior towards people of other races, for the most part. I don't quite care at this point, if this offends anyone, because a lot here seem, quite equipped with superior skills of defensiveness, anyway.
Hey mystic04, I am sorry that you had to face such a discrimination. I am a newcomer myself, and I do face some difficulty in making friends here. As they say, there are always good apples and bad apples. You will have to pick out the good ones and associate yourselves with them. There are many wonderful people in the forums and in the chat rooms. Like the Bible says, you have to prove them by their works. CC is intended to be a very friendly place.
All I request you to do is not to give up hope or move out of this place. There are some wonderful people I have met, but to name them would be unfair to the others I don't know yet. I suggest that you hang out often in the Singles/Prayer Requests forums. If you drop in to the Chat during 8pm (Indian Standard Time), do hangout at the Lounge or the Bible study room. There are some folks in the Lounge room who are very friendly, including the moderator BADDOG.
All I request you to do is not to give up hope or move out of this place. There are some wonderful people I have met, but to name them would be unfair to the others I don't know yet. I suggest that you hang out often in the Singles/Prayer Requests forums. If you drop in to the Chat during 8pm (Indian Standard Time), do hangout at the Lounge or the Bible study room. There are some folks in the Lounge room who are very friendly, including the moderator BADDOG.
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@^ I don't think it's racism so much so than they don't know you yet. When they get to know you they befriend you. Look at me for example, I stumbled into the prayer room on my first day and nobody spoke to me. Two weeks later, I made friends now, a few months later some of my best friends on CC are from the prayer room. Same as the forums, I stumbled around all of the forums for a few weeks then I came across the streams thread and said hello even though I was lost and unsure what it was even about and for some reason they accepted me into their group and mainly the people in that group are who i turn to when I am in trouble. It's all about finding who you feel comfortable with. For example, I will stroll into 'streams' and pour my heart out- two minutes later on another forum someone asks how am I? I say fantastic. Give it time you will get there.
I for one would Totally Agree with mystic here. And I dont think this fact is hidden from people who are regular in Lounge rooms. Ofcourse, everyone says, "Race should not be a hindrance towards Godly fellowship" , but there is a huge difference between what thats said, and what is actually being put into the practice.
I have observed the discrimination and even people being ignored constantly. I saw someone (an asian) constantly trying to have a conversation with anyone in room, but no one responding to it. And suddenly when some "more known" hopped in, and everyone appeared on screen and room was on full flow. Now that was surprising. And even then, that individual kept trying to have a general conversation, no one threw a glance. That didnt stop there. Another instance, another individual (again an asian), was asking for a prayer for her mom in room. While there were lots of people yapping in room, but not even one came forward for the prayer. Not even a word of sympathy, they were busy talking about Kittens and Walmarts, and I had to catch up in PM with the individual lest he be left hopeless.
Someone mentioned that "there are bad apples and good apples" , well, I wouldnt be concerned, if it was a heathen Chat room, but we are talking about a Christian chat room. And there is no "bad Christian" or "good Christian". Either one is Christian or one is not. And you know a Tree by its Fruits.
I did try to confront people in Chatroom, as I was devastated by their response to someone asking for prayer, they however defended themselves pretty well, one of them even saying "Just because we dont want to talk with someone doesnt make us bad" and another one "I dont think we need to show how Christian we are all the time.". Never heard that you can take breaks from "being Christian". Ofcourse they voiced me down, because they had a group.
The Carnality is quite astonishing, and worse part is those who have, it dont see it because they have people just like them, who claim to be "Christian" and back each other's act.
I am ofcourse not generalizing it over everyone in the Chatroom, or every non-asian, because I have amazing friends from round the globe, in this chat room and out of it. I am just voicing out what I have observed. And If it would have been a small group of people, I wouldnt have given it much thought, but its a big chunk of groups, preferring to talk vanity in Chatrooms and ignoring completely, anyone who doesnt fall in their Group, Country or mannerism. Sorry to pop the bubble, but This kinda act is not Christian at all.
A hint would be to just sneak in at any given time, in the Lounge room, and see how many asians are actually being involved in a conversation.
Ofcourse, Race should not be a hindrance for fellowship, thats like obvious thing. How about we start acting like it ?
I have observed the discrimination and even people being ignored constantly. I saw someone (an asian) constantly trying to have a conversation with anyone in room, but no one responding to it. And suddenly when some "more known" hopped in, and everyone appeared on screen and room was on full flow. Now that was surprising. And even then, that individual kept trying to have a general conversation, no one threw a glance. That didnt stop there. Another instance, another individual (again an asian), was asking for a prayer for her mom in room. While there were lots of people yapping in room, but not even one came forward for the prayer. Not even a word of sympathy, they were busy talking about Kittens and Walmarts, and I had to catch up in PM with the individual lest he be left hopeless.
Someone mentioned that "there are bad apples and good apples" , well, I wouldnt be concerned, if it was a heathen Chat room, but we are talking about a Christian chat room. And there is no "bad Christian" or "good Christian". Either one is Christian or one is not. And you know a Tree by its Fruits.
I did try to confront people in Chatroom, as I was devastated by their response to someone asking for prayer, they however defended themselves pretty well, one of them even saying "Just because we dont want to talk with someone doesnt make us bad" and another one "I dont think we need to show how Christian we are all the time.". Never heard that you can take breaks from "being Christian". Ofcourse they voiced me down, because they had a group.
The Carnality is quite astonishing, and worse part is those who have, it dont see it because they have people just like them, who claim to be "Christian" and back each other's act.
I am ofcourse not generalizing it over everyone in the Chatroom, or every non-asian, because I have amazing friends from round the globe, in this chat room and out of it. I am just voicing out what I have observed. And If it would have been a small group of people, I wouldnt have given it much thought, but its a big chunk of groups, preferring to talk vanity in Chatrooms and ignoring completely, anyone who doesnt fall in their Group, Country or mannerism. Sorry to pop the bubble, but This kinda act is not Christian at all.
A hint would be to just sneak in at any given time, in the Lounge room, and see how many asians are actually being involved in a conversation.
Ofcourse, Race should not be a hindrance for fellowship, thats like obvious thing. How about we start acting like it ?
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Its all experiences. You didnt go through it, am glad, but it still happens. Doesnt happen all the time.. isnt done by all the people, but still happens most of the time and done by most of the people.
<< Seen people experiencing it, seen people talking about it. My experience. Take from this what you may.
<< Seen people experiencing it, seen people talking about it. My experience. Take from this what you may.