Why are people so Ignorant and against the title Reverend?
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Wow!  You're really catching some crap here!  Looks like Y!Answers users really like to take out their religious frustration on a man of the cloth!  Although I wonder if any of them refuse to call a judge "Your Honor" if they ever appear in court!\n\nI have no problem with a member of the clergy being called reverend in any sense of the word as long as they are not trying to infer that they are God.  And I find it highly unlikely that anyone would REALLY make the mistake of thinking that using "reverend" somehow meant that.\n\nFor centuries people have referred to God using adjectives to that were also used to refer to people of respect in their society.  It was simply understood that, when referencing God in that way, it was because He was the ultimate perfection of that term, but it did not preclude them from using the same word to describe honored people who exemplified the same attributes to a lesser degree.  \n\nMy personal opinion is that our society as a whole is losing respect for one of the highest callings a human can have -- devoting one's life to the service of God and others, and, consequently, they do not like to see a title of respect attached to it.  Unfortunately, that means that they will bash the name, position, and people until that respect is regained.\n\nGod Bless Reverend!
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because of ignorant people
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That is a matter of your own opinion. Just because someone doesn't have the same beliefs as you that does not make that person a idiot. You are just stereotyping that individual which is not right because if you are religious I doubt your religion consist of being judgmental towards others and not to mention rude.
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Well, the reason is that people don't respect God...it's sad.  we just have to keep setting the example by capitalizing it :)
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I find you make a very good point.  I find it quite amusing to hear of people denouncing the idea of a God, yet get married or hold their loved ones funeral  in a church.  Politicians fall to the pressure of a society that want to take Christ out of Christmas yet plan elaborate weddings for their children whom they insist get married by a priest or minister.  Funny how it works isn't it!!
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Only Almighty God is ‘Reverend’, or deserving of godly fear. Only Jesus Christ deserves honorific religious titles:\n(Matthew 23:6-10 They like the most prominent place …do not YOU be called Rabbi …do not call anyone YOUR father on earth …Neither be called ‘leaders,’ for YOUR Leader is one, the Christ.\n\nClergymen are actually worse sinners than lay people, because clergymen should know better.\n(2 Tim 4:3) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings\n\nThe scriptures actually warned about this coming clergy class who love their titles; the scriptures call them a composite “man of lawlessness" and give true Christians this warning:\n(2 Thes 2:3,4) Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself\n\nEven so-called 'celibacy' is actually part of the clergy's “teachings of demons":\n(1 Timothy 4:1-3) However, the inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, marked in their conscience as with a branding iron; forbidding to marry\n\nWhich religion has absolutely no clergy-laity distinction and rejects honorific titles? Jehovah's Witnesses, who are also the only religion following Jesus' command to preach globally!\n(Matt 28:19,20) “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you"
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People are so ignorant. We should all be allowed to be who ever we are. Those who call gays names like SISSY are really failing GODS test. They will be answering to him in the end, and they won't like what's coming to them believe me....
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Church is exceedingly boring to people who don't share that Church's system of beliefs. Also, since churches tend to judge others and try to stuff their religion and beliefs down other people's throats, outsiders and "unbelievers" can feel judged and put off very quickly.
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the answer to that question can be found with the answer to this question:\n\nwhy are ppl flagrently ignorant?\n\nsame concept\n\n\nalso, when a religon is created, to garner followers the leader of this religon has to make all the other religons look bad and theres look better.\nan example of this is the protestant reformation, Luter says the catholic church is bad and his church is the only way; this cycle continues whenever a protestant offshoot would come in (baptist, fundimentalist,etc)\n\nEDIT-\n\nkimc- are you saying you dont follow the holy spirit, or God the father? Christian=follower of christ. get over yourself.
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Because they are ignorant of the facts of their own religion.
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Because people are rude! Catholics are a christian denomination also like every other denomination out there. People make fun of them alot because they know deep inside that most catholics are going to be in heaven when they are not. I am not a catholic i am non denomintial but i know a catholic who has been ridiculed
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Because many people do not exert the effort to read the Bible.  The Bible, by the way, does not even support having a clergy class (which would include "pastors") in the first place.\n\nThe early Christian congregations described in the New Testament did not have such a class.  Instead, the responsibilities were shared by all members, who were guided by the older men.\n\nThere were "overseers", but this term seems to apply only loosely within the congregation.  They seem to be mainly responsible for coordinating activty between congregations and purging the congregations of those who would corrupt it with false beliefs.\n\nThe Bible tells us the the road to salvation is small and cramped and few will find it.  Don't look to an organiztion of tens of millions to know such a road.
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Ignorant morons who want their thinking done by surrogate thinkers, because they're too mentally lazy to do it themselves. People who are actually proud of their ignorance, who believe whatever it is their pastors/priests spoonfeed them from that most immoral of books, the Bible.
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Because religion gives people a chance to still have a Santa Claus figure in adulthood without feeling too ridiculous, by renaming it 'god', and thus trying to make it sound like a more grown-up idea.  It's simply a character flaw in people who don't want to accept reality.
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The problem is that everyone IS arguing about RELIGION. Ok first of all yes I am Christian in that I follow Christ, but I don't claim a sect (e.g. Baptist, Pentacostal, etc...), and I'm not going to force my beliefs on anyone. The thing most people (especially "religious" people) don't get is that it is not about being religious, it is about haveing a relationship with the loveing God who created you. Most people choose a religion, (or choose not to) based on the structure that they like, or the rules they are willing to follow, or just because it is how they were raised, but think about it really, if you do believe in a God, whatever you may call him, then it only makes sense to ask HIM how he wants you to live, not your church. Believe me, if you ask he WILL answer you.
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Because they were brainwashed from birth. Religion is such a crock of shit. It is funny how many people preach this garbage, and try to push it onto you. I for one do not need this in my life, I have enough complications! And if it is so great, why are there so many priests etc. raping young children? How ethical. Take your bible, shove it where the sun doesn't shine, and roll your holy asses into church where you can join your fellow wack jobs!
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Your observation is correct.  Religion is such a hot issue or topic that strikes a raw nerve in many.  Perhaps, it is because people fear of what they don't know.\n\nIt depends on your perspective and also on the perspective of those who post and answer questions on this thread of Religion and Spirituality.  \n\nThis may both test us and them.  As for me, I learn from the questions and answers that others post.  There are many who really don't understand the Bible and a lot more who don't even visit any church.  They ask people they don't know at Yahoo Answer because it is a forum of ideas, where you usually can't even get in any church.  Don't mind those picking a fight.  Don't be angry, since you don't know them anyway.  Let it be a learning experience for you regarding what makes others tick, why some think so and others believe another.\n\nI do find that the others post plain questions that have been bothering them.  So I may answer a question or two based on what I've learned so far; but I don't shove it on their throat.  Just an exchange of ideas.  No "I-know-it-all" or "I'm-right-you're-wrong" attitude.\n\nJust remember to treat everyone with respect, even when a little bite is necessary.