Love of Neighbour and being a pleasant person

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I see many catholics, acting in an angry and volatile way towards their neighbour. They claim that this is them loving their neighbour. The logic is that their anger can stop their neighbour from commiting various sins, which might lead them to hell. Are christians meant to be pleasant people when loving their neighbour, even when warning them about sins that could lead them to hell?
 
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I see many catholics, acting in an angry and volatile way towards their neighbour.
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How? Where?
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The logic is that their anger can stop their neighbour from commiting various sins
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How is this anger manifesting? I don’t see this at Church and I certainly don’t stomp around the neighborhood admonishing my neighbors.
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Are christians meant to be pleasant people
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Well, pleasant is pretty subjective. Today, correcting someone or taking a stand on a particular issue is seen as Hatred.
 
An example being, Michael Voris(a man who I still have a lot of respect for).
 
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An example being, Michael Voris
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Yeah, not a very good example. Michael is avoided by the majority of Catholics. He comes across as the Catholic version of Alex Jones. Very bombastic and self-righteous. I just can’t take that man seriously.
 
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An example being, Michael Voris(a man who I still have a lot of respect for).
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He falls more into the “gives Catholics a bad name” category.
I’d look more to people like Bishop Barron for someone to respect and emulate.
 
When someone speaks or acts, test it against the the definition of love, because love is of God:

If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.

And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.
 
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Before reading 1 Corinthians 13, Chapter 12 provides insight into why our perceptions might be that others do not love as they should. We all have varied gifts. The one with a deep sense of mercy and forgiveness, but with a poor sense of justice and holiness may be quick to judge on with the reverse attributes as unloving. Likewise the one with a strong since of justice and holiness might judge the first as being wishy-washy, or in the case of Voris, Church of Nice.

So while understanding we are all different, with different gifts and different weaknesses, let us add that we must also be careful to refrain from judging others at all.
 
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I see many catholics, acting in an angry and volatile way towards their neighbour. They claim that this is them loving their neighbour. The logic is that their anger can stop their neighbour from commiting various sins,
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Unless you have some specific example of a Catholic doing this, it’s impossible to address your question. I personally don’t know any angry and volatile Catholics in real life. The only place I see them is on the Internet, usually ranting about gays, but your average Catholic in the pew isn’t like that in my experience.
 
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An example being, Michael Voris(a man who I still have a lot of respect for).
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Why would you have respect for him? I personally think he’s a disturbed attention-seeking individual in need of prayers.

Voris isn’t a typical Catholic and many Catholics consider him crazy or an embarrassment to be honest. If you think Catholics in general act like him towards their neighbor, you need to get out more and meet some actual Catholics.
 
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The fact that there is only one incident should say something.
 
Jesus also spoke very harshly to people, so more than one incident.
 
I’ve always interpreted Jesus’ tone to be a mixture of tender and/or stern than harsh, like a parent correcting a child when they mess up, or comforting a child when theres remorse.
 
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Voris points out corruption in the church. You hate him for that? You really don’t wanna hear it?
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Every newspaper in USA does similar things, and in fact Voris gets a lot of material from other news sources, plus multiple blogs tend to cover the major stories, so he’s not providing anything special here.

But even if he were, people don’t dislike him because he’s pointing out corruption. They dislike him because he’s coming off as super obnoxious and foaming at the mouth.
 
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