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In reply to the discussion: I need help figuring something out. If I am a Christian, do I want my fellow humans to have [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Any time that a Christian tries to tell me I'm going to hell because they are right, that's when I have to speak up.
It's part of the religion--converting people and telling people they are wrong.
I keep away from them because they are illogical and unreasonable. If they had facts behind their assertions, I would listen to them.
They have unprovable assertions about deities. And they put spirituality in a very tiny box and only allow their particular interpretation of spirituality, when spirituality is far broader than their narrow little box which seems to be "pray and think about Jesus all the time".
Just like if a Republican says "global warming is a hoax" and I present facts and figures about the mean annual temperatures rising, weather extremes of both hot and cold due to more heat in the atmosphere, glaciers melting, and so forth, they will put their fingers in their ears and refuse to listen.
That respect goes both ways and they refuse to recognize my right to be spiritual in my own way which is far broader and different than anything they would understand. They refuse to examine their assumptions because it would destroy their belief system if they asked real questions about it.
The county I live in has a nativity display every Christmas on the courthouse lawn. Why do they do it? Because it's a tradition. They think this is a Christian nation and I know my Constitution and history well enough to know it's not.