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that it’s rude to talk about religion. No, little Johnny, it is not “bad” that my son doesn’t believe in Jesus. Isn’t it interesting, though, that in our atheist household I teach my children that[b] all religions as well as lack of them are equally fine[/b] and that we all choose our own motivations to be good and kind, yet Johnny’s parents/pastors/whoever teach him to shame those that don’t walk their walk? Which one of us is being kind to our neighbor? Interesting how it works… Thanks for making my child cry and feel less than. Maybe it’s time for you to have a talk as a family about the freedom to believe or NOT believe anything in this country (constitutional by the way) and what it actually means to be kind. Or at least let them know it’s simply rude to talk about religion. Would be much appreciated. P.S. Religious bullying is bullying.[/quote]

The bolded is literally not true, unless you honestly believe that, say, Episcopalianism is no different from the Apostolic United Brethren, in which case...you need some serious help.[/quote]

Stop. You know what OP was saying. She was encouraging compassion and tolerance and wishing the mini-zealot had learned the same from his religious community.

And personally, I have no idea what the difference is between the two groups you mentioned. Nor am I interested in finding out. I am a cultural Catholic and know there are fundamentalist factions in every religion.[b] I prefer to generally wish everyone well in their faith of choicei[/b], or non-faith. I entirely support OP's point of view.

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Now see, to me, as a fellow believer, this reads as selfish on your part, PP. You know the Truth and yet you want to keep it to yourself and for yourself because it’s more important for you to be seen as tolerant than it is for you to have a hand in bringing hearts to Christ and sharing in His kingdom. 
I can understand why OP feels this way as a NON-believer, but I have zero understanding of how a believer can justify guy hiding their light and just “wishing everyone the best” when your faith and convictions tell you unequivocally that “the best” is not a possible outcome for a NON-believer[/quote]

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