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[grinninfoole]

Here's a story about Christians destroying National Public Radio.

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/nation/4078125.htm

It's because of people like Donald Wildmon that I feel a knee-jerk hatred of any serious Christian. It is, like all prejudices, unfair, but I really can't help it. I see these assholes trying to cram the rest of the world into tiny little mental boxes out of a sense of 'doing the right thing' and knowing what's best for others and I despise them as fascists and hypocrites. The worst of it is, sometimes I laugh at them, and I know that the devil laughs with me.

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Does that mean

[macropixi.livejournal.com]

that you don't consider me a "serious christian"? How do you define "serious christian"

By the way, personally, and I am sure there are many "serious" and "real" christians out there that share my view, I don't consider these people "serious" christians.

Re: Does that mean

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

No. It just means that when I meet someone and the first thing I hear about is how important their faith is, or how they have found jesus, or have I found jesus, I feel a rush of dislike for them, because I associate such statements and attitudes with mean-spirited, small-minded evil. I know many people who are Christians and who are serious about it, and some are dear friends. It's not a logical response, not an overwhelming response, not a considered response. It's an initial response, a prejudice, that usually doesn't come up or become a problem. But it's still there. And even though I have actual reasons for it, it's still a prejudice. So I struggle with it.

btw, I liked your post about thankfulness of the other day, but some reason I simply could not post any comments about it, despite trying literally ten times to click the link over the past few days. Just remember: you love your friends because who they let you become, and they love you for who you let them become. Thus, you deserve them just as much as they deserve you.

:)