Does "In Your Face" Religion bother you?

[in_cog_ni_to]

I was working in the media center at my son's school today and a young lady, a 7th or 8th grader, walked by with this t-shirt. BIG 3" letters said, "I LOVE CHRISTIAN WAYS." I found it very distasteful. Why do people feel the need to shove their religion in my face? I hate it. Then, I leave the school and first I see a van with a decal. You know the one with the boy peeing on something? The little boy dressed as a Chicago Bear would be peeing on a Green Bay Packer or the Boy with a Chevy Emlbem on his shirt would be peeing on a Ford emblem...you know the one I mean. THIS one was the little boy kneeling and praying in front of a cross. :( Then, I see the fish symbol on 3 other cars. A bumpersticker "I Love Jesus" ALL IN ONE DAY!

I have to move. We have a Nazarene University in our village and I think they have taken over. :puke:

Does it bother you when people wear their religion on their sleeves (shirts)or rub your face in it? Why do I need to be told how they feel about their religion?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yes! My hubby is a Nazarene Pastor's Kid and won't give up

going to that church. Drives me crazy. *sigh*

[madmax]

2. Yes, it bothers me a lot.

Thru the years I've found those who love to flaunt it to be the biggest hypocrits.

[kaitykaity]

6. You said it. The biggest hypocrites.

Which is why I slam the door in their faces.

I had the Nazarene experience as well, and it sucked.
When I was 12 I told my mom to hang it I wasn't going
anymore.

I haven't been back.

[w13rd0]

3. I don't mind...

...their self-labelling saves me the waste of time it would be to try and speak to them or befriend them.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

8. Good point, lol

[Minimus]

4. Hell yes!

If someone has to tell you they are Christian (or advertise it on their shirt) then I have always felt they are probably Christian in words only.

[Bluzmann57]

5. Yes it does

I respect people's choice of religion, but please do not try and tell me what I should or should not be doing. I am nowhere near perfect, I realize it, and try to correct things that may be wrong with me. Religious people don't need to correct me. Besides, I believe that a person's faith should be a private matter.

[calico1]

7. I can't figure that one out.

To me, the way a person behaves towards others is much more indicative of their character than the number of t-shirts, signs, fish decals, etc. that they have. Personally I think most of these people are insecure.

[donco6]

I don't mind.

But I always have to look in the vehicle to see what a really small minded person looks like.

[Nevernose]

9. "Personal Relationship With God Also Public Relationship With God"

From The Onion a couple of weeks ago:

MOBILE, AL—Hugh Thompson's personal relationship with God entered the public sphere once again Monday, when the 48-year-old born-again Christian shared word of his devotion with shoppers at Dorman's Supermarket.

"You're wondering why I have such a big smile on my face today!" Thompson said, attracting the attention of several shoppers in the cereal aisle. "It's because I have allowed Jesus into my life! Wherever I go, He is deep inside my heart."

According to family sources, Thompson's relationship with God began 14 years ago, when the then-alcoholic businessman was born again into the First Evangelical Free Church of Christ. After he entered into a pact with Jesus to renounce sin and, in turn, receive salvation, Thompson's bond with God grew so intimate that he couldn't help but share it with his family, his friends, people who sat next to him on airplanes, and strangers he met on the street.

Donald Gaston, who shared an elevator with Thompson yesterday, was able to elaborate.

"Hugh's got a very personal, private relationship with God," Gaston said. "He told me all about it."

snip

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4040&n=3

[aquart]

10. I get nervous around that much insecurity.

It's like a dog growling over a bone. He's very pleased to have the bone, but he's also warning everyone that he is going to fight to the death for his bone because he knows, he knows, no matter what you say, you want his bone.

Makes me very uncomfortable.

(Yes, I know they would say they are trying to share the glory of the bone, but I still hear that growl.)

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. IMO, any one who tries to tell me

that god is something apart from myself and that I have to go through someone else to get to god, has no clue what god is.

[leftofthedial]

12. PRAISE GAWD

and pass me a viper!

[Skinner]

13. I'm locking this thread.

I would hope that we are all tolerant enough in this progressive community to understand that there is a big difference between "rubbing your face in something," and merely putting a bumper sticker on your car or a T-shirt on your back.

This is no different from those conservatives who say that gays are "rubbing their homosexuality in their face" because they dare to put a rainbow flag sticker on their cars.