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Published: 2020-02-04 20:05:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 1640; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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I'm not talking about ending a friendship because the other person's beliefs are to take away your rights.
I mean ending a friendship over the title they go by. Being a christian doesn't mean everyone is homophobic and murderous over their beliefs. The same goes for other religions. There are many different interpretations and beliefs within each religion.
If you decide to end a friendship because you think every christian has to be lgbtphobic/racist/anti-other religious beliefs etc, you are closed minded and refusing to look at the facts. Not all religious people are the same, and your religion is not better than others because it goes by a different name. It doesn't give you a right to shit on other people's beliefs because you think you're religion is "better". Every religion has lgbtq+phobes in them, every religion has been used as a murder motive etc. Your religion is not better or make you a better person.
If you make assumptions on what a single person believes based on their title, and then try to treat them like shit based on YOUR assumptions, you're the bad person. You wouldn't feel the need to hide the comments that directly conflict with what you're saying if you were in the right.
Me being a witch shouldn't stop be from being friends with christians if they aren't against my existance, and it doesn't. Being educated and open-minded leds to friendship, being closed minded will ruin them in due time.
Can't wait for the callout and/or the harassment, and I also don't care. I know I'm not in the wrong here.
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This is an interesting stamp, however... it only makes sense when either person (either religious or non-religious) can resist the urge to share their zealous religious/atheist views about things like race/lgbt/sexism/ect...
Like,,, I've known so many religious people who genuinely get confused at why their non-religious friends get so annoyed whenever they try to share the word of a god/a holy book/scientific article with them...
It makes sense that they only do it because,,, well, they care about their friends deeply and "don’t want them to end up in hell"/"don't want them to be blind their whole life".... yet nearly every single time, they end up being utterly avoided/alienated because of this
It seems like the entire process is not what they think it is....
90% of the time, when a religious/atheist person is preaching, it's specifically designed to be uncomfortable for the other person, because it isn’t about exactly about converting friends/strangers to their ideology.... It's about manipulating the person who is actively preaching, so they can’t leave their ideology....
If this tactic was about converting people it would be considered a horrible failure. It recruits almost no one who isn’t already willing to join. Bake sales are more effective recruiting tools.... On the other hand, it is extremely effective at creating a deep tribal feeling among its own members.
The rejection and loss of friendships they receive is actually more important than the few people they convert. It causes them to feel a level of discomfort around the people they attempt to talk to. These become the “others”. These uncomfortable feelings go away when they come back to their congregation, the “Tribe”.
If you observe the process, it becomes fairly clear... In most cases, the religious/atheist person starts out from their own group, who is encouraging and supportive. They are then sent out into the harsh world where people repeatedly reject their friendship over views on critical subjects (like race/lgbt/sexism)... Mainly because they are quite literally trained to be so annoyingly intrusive
These brave witnesses then return from the cruel world to their congregation where they are treated like returning heroes... They are now safe. They bond as they share their experiences of reaching out to the godless/god-blinded people to bring them the truth. They share the otherness they experience.
Once again they will learn that the only place they are accepted is with the people who think as they do. It isn’t safe to leave the group. The world is your enemy, but we love you..... This is a pain reward cycle that is a common brainwashing technique. The participants become more and more reliant on the “Tribe” because they know that “others” will inevitably reject them.
Mix in some ritualized chanting, possibly a bit of monotonous repetition of instructions, add a dash of fear of judgement by an unseen, but all-powerful entity who loves you if you do as you are told and you get a pretty powerful mix....
So.... Sorry, when people deliberately ignores and avoids their preachy religious/atheist friends, it's because they have absolutely no desire to actively participate in someones brainwashing ritual...
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I’m a Christian who’s genderqueer and bi/pan who actually disagrees with the Christians people see on media or who fit those stereotypes
Yall it’s 2020 more inclusion = religions as well
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Say it louder for the people in the back.
Btw, I'm an atheist and I don't mind religious people at all, I only have a problem with the zealots.
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