See, I wish all the Christians I have met were like you. I think you are so... real. Honest. True to who you are, true to your faith, true to your God. Jesus would be proud, because you are actually spreading his message, not the message of Christians who pretend to love him. Does that make any sense?
I think you are correct in that they care too much. It makes me think about my views about organic health products, and things like that. I want my friends to see that organic products are really good for the body but I don't want to get pushy. Religion is sort of like that, times ten, if you get it from very passionate believers who insist that their way is the best or only way. See, Dawn, I like your God. I really do. I think he's awesome, even if I don't worship him or even accept him. However, I don't like the God portrayed by people like that women. (does that make sense too?) I think that each person carries with them a piece of their god or faith, that they represent that god, and the god can only be as good and wonderful and convincing as the person delivering the message. For example, say you have a Celtic pagan who worships the Morrigan. The Morrigan is a death and war goddess, very demanding and very powerful and very fierce. Depending on how the pagan explains the Morrigan to somehow, the goddess can come off as either an amazing deity who shows humans to fight for themselves, or she can come off as a horrendous warrior who demands sacrifice. If a Christian tells me that "God will strike you down for not accepting him," I will think that God is not very nice. If they say, "God loves you and wants you to love him but still keep yourself," then I might be interested in learning more. I still won't convert -- but I'll listen!
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:39 pm (UTC)I think you are correct in that they care too much. It makes me think about my views about organic health products, and things like that. I want my friends to see that organic products are really good for the body but I don't want to get pushy. Religion is sort of like that, times ten, if you get it from very passionate believers who insist that their way is the best or only way.
See, Dawn, I like your God. I really do. I think he's awesome, even if I don't worship him or even accept him. However, I don't like the God portrayed by people like that women. (does that make sense too?) I think that each person carries with them a piece of their god or faith, that they represent that god, and the god can only be as good and wonderful and convincing as the person delivering the message.
For example, say you have a Celtic pagan who worships the Morrigan. The Morrigan is a death and war goddess, very demanding and very powerful and very fierce. Depending on how the pagan explains the Morrigan to somehow, the goddess can come off as either an amazing deity who shows humans to fight for themselves, or she can come off as a horrendous warrior who demands sacrifice.
If a Christian tells me that "God will strike you down for not accepting him," I will think that God is not very nice. If they say, "God loves you and wants you to love him but still keep yourself," then I might be interested in learning more. I still won't convert -- but I'll listen!