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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]

yeah but that only applies in a world where noone has heard of Jesus/allah (the only 2 truly evangelical faiths ) Your job is to live/witness god in the world and you dont need to say His name to do that. if someone is so impressed by your life they can come ask you about Jesus. Its not like they dont know and you are suddenly telling them what they dont know. Its not news anymore- if someone wants to know more they can ask you b/c TRUST- they have already heard the good news, you arent breaking it to them.

telling peopl about jesus is NOT bringing them to christ b/c they already know about Jesus- its too late in the game for that easy win. You need to actually be a living embodiment which means being kinder, more put together, more attractive, better in every way and have that special light around you that attracts people to you and through you to christ.  you are doing the easy  & useless thing, she is actually being a good person which will pique someones curiosity and bring them more than spouting the obvious. [/quote]

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