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Keep Your Religion To Yourself Will You Already?

I am so tired of religious people trying to force their religion down your throats. My spiritual beliefs are my business. Those that want to spread their message have yet to stop to think if anyone wants to hear what they have to say. This goes for any religion. I hate to burst everyone’s bubble but exactly why do you think that your religion is the only right one and why do I have to think this way?

One example is Jehovah’s Witness, I can appreciate that their religion tells them to go out and spread the word. It does not tell them to come knock on my door at 7AM on a Saturday morning. Really? You want my grace and full attention but you want to drag me out of bed on the one day I can sleep late in the morning. I am not very receptive under those conditions.

Another example is at PUBLIC schools. If you live in a predominantly Christian area that is out of the immediate influence of metro areas then apparently it is okay to teach only about Christian holidays and to give out those little New Testament Bibles to students. What? Since when is that acceptable? It’s not. If you are going to teach about Christmas or Easter or anything in between then make sure you include Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. If you are going to make Bibles available to children then include the major religious readings of the other main world religions. Let them know about Buddhism, Hinduism and the Jewish faith.

Am I anti-Christian? Absolutely not. I simply believe that whatever your beliefs are they are yours alone, you don’t need to be waving your pvc banners over my house, my childrens school, my saturday morning… If someone asks you about your faith then feel free to share. If they don’t then don’t go knocking on their door or showing only one version of how faith can be.