God pisses me off.
Maybe I should rephrase that: People who believe in God piss me off.
Let's try this again: People who believe in God and try to push their beliefs on me, piss me off.
There is nothing more awkward than having a believer initiating a conversation in which they seem to assume that all other participants have the same beliefs. Newsflash: Not everyone agrees with your philosophy. Even bigger newsflash: Just because I sit here nodding doesn't mean I believe in your philosophy; it just means that I have learned my lesson about speaking about religion when outnumbered amongst Christians. And yes, I do mean to single out Christians. I've never had a Hindu or a Buddhist try to convert me. To be honest, however, I've mainly been surrounded by Christians.
I don't care if you believe in God. I don't care if you don't believe in God. I don't even care if you're not sure if you do or do not believe in God.
So, why do Christians feel the need to care about what I believe?
I've had a few God interventions over the years. The kind of sit-down-let's-discuss-what-you-should-believe discussions that no one should have to endure. Ever. They're uncomfortable. They're accusatory. They're not effective. If anything, I'll dig my heals in even harder and get offended.
How does that help your cause?
I'm not saying I'm not open to discussing religion. In fact, I find religion extremely interesting, and Christian ideology is based on good ideas, for the most part anyway. Love, redemption, forgiveness, how could that go awry? In fact, I used to be very strong in my Christian faith, but it seemed the more exposure I had to the world, the more my eyes opened and the more my heart closed to blind faith. Who determines which religion is truth and which is gullibility?
Let me know if you want to grab coffee and discuss theologies of the world, but please don't start quoting the Bible at me or I may retaliate with something like this.
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