You are absoultely right: America is NOT a Christian nation. I guess what's really pissing me off about this is that the careful line that was drawn centuries ago between Church and State is being breached by the current leaders. And that is a TERRIBLE idea. Terrible. There's a good reason why the separation between religious and secular was made initially, and it seems no one in power right now is willing to go back and take a look at that. Either that or they are actively trying to get back to a Church-ruled State, and that idea just makes me so squirmy in so many different ways. It caused a lot of problems in Europe way back when, and there is no reason to think that it won't do so again. I am so very thankful that it takes forever to alter the Constitution, because if it could be done in a heartbeat, there would be no checks and balances anymore, and that's just scary.
I believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion. I get very ngry, however, when well-meaning people try to "good-intention" their beliefs on me. If people can argue their side without resorting to attempts at conversion, then more power to them, and have at it, I say. But I just hate being told I'm going to hell because I don't embrace a certain set of beliefs, and it is NOT just Christians who do this. Let it be known (if it isn't already) that religious prejudice is in every religion, regardless of how righteous or forward-thinking that religion is. I'm not saying everyone practices religious prejudice. Just that I suspect there is no religion I know of that does not contain fanatics.
So, yes, my Christian friends can put forth an argument. But it is a scenario where they stop listening to MY argument that makes me upset. If God loves everyone, then God loves everyone. Saying that a group doesn't receive that love is like that whole "more equal than others" mentality. How can an equal be more equal than others? The statement itself contains its own hypocrisy.
Faith is such a tricky thing to argue, and that's why it is the basis for so many of the conflicts in our history and our present. The bad thing is that faith is supposed to unite people, to give peace. And it's being used as an excuse to destroy people. That makes me so sad.
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Date: 2006-12-03 08:27 am (UTC)From:I believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion. I get very ngry, however, when well-meaning people try to "good-intention" their beliefs on me. If people can argue their side without resorting to attempts at conversion, then more power to them, and have at it, I say. But I just hate being told I'm going to hell because I don't embrace a certain set of beliefs, and it is NOT just Christians who do this. Let it be known (if it isn't already) that religious prejudice is in every religion, regardless of how righteous or forward-thinking that religion is. I'm not saying everyone practices religious prejudice. Just that I suspect there is no religion I know of that does not contain fanatics.
So, yes, my Christian friends can put forth an argument. But it is a scenario where they stop listening to MY argument that makes me upset. If God loves everyone, then God loves everyone. Saying that a group doesn't receive that love is like that whole "more equal than others" mentality. How can an equal be more equal than others? The statement itself contains its own hypocrisy.
Faith is such a tricky thing to argue, and that's why it is the basis for so many of the conflicts in our history and our present. The bad thing is that faith is supposed to unite people, to give peace. And it's being used as an excuse to destroy people. That makes me so sad.