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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1834892" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Precisely. Ironically, the Puritanical, Victorian, Bible-thumping zealots like someone we all know, are the ones turning people <strong>away </strong>from Christianity. Most of the time. they are Biblically educated, but not formally educated. Their narrow, screeching interpretation of the Bible and their intolerance for the beliefs of others are maddening.</p><p></p><p>I have one in my own family, a sister-in-law who has been "seized by Jesus." Everything revolves around church and God, to the exclusion of almost everything else. She has a lesbian sister, whom she has shunned because of her lifestyle, and has lost almost of her friends except those that are just as heavily into church as she is.</p><p></p><p>The real irony is that she has a gay son, who is smart enough not to come-out to his mother, who would undoubtedly shun him as well. On the gay scale of Rock Hudson being a "1" and Richard Simmons a "10", this kid is an "8". He has already come-out to selected members of the family, but when he goes home to visit he has to bring a "girlfriend" (beard), who is usually one of his lesbian friends.</p><p></p><p>Before she was Born Again, this woman was great, and kept her Christianity to herself. Now that she is unleashed, she is killing her relationships one-by-one, except, of course, for her relationship with God.</p><p></p><p>I also have a co-worker who claims to have a Masters in Theology. Very nice guy, but every conversation eventually turns to God somehow, and most of his answers are literally scriptural. When the crane collapsed on the mosque on 9-11, killing 109, he was almost gleeful, because this most definitely was divine retribution for the 9-11 attacks. I found it both revolting and painfully ignorant.</p><p></p><p>So sad, and so needless. There are plenty more where they come from. Practice your faith, but don't allow it to consume your life, or make you hate others who are different from you and/or believe differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1834892, member: 12508"] Precisely. Ironically, the Puritanical, Victorian, Bible-thumping zealots like someone we all know, are the ones turning people [B]away [/B]from Christianity. Most of the time. they are Biblically educated, but not formally educated. Their narrow, screeching interpretation of the Bible and their intolerance for the beliefs of others are maddening. I have one in my own family, a sister-in-law who has been "seized by Jesus." Everything revolves around church and God, to the exclusion of almost everything else. She has a lesbian sister, whom she has shunned because of her lifestyle, and has lost almost of her friends except those that are just as heavily into church as she is. The real irony is that she has a gay son, who is smart enough not to come-out to his mother, who would undoubtedly shun him as well. On the gay scale of Rock Hudson being a "1" and Richard Simmons a "10", this kid is an "8". He has already come-out to selected members of the family, but when he goes home to visit he has to bring a "girlfriend" (beard), who is usually one of his lesbian friends. Before she was Born Again, this woman was great, and kept her Christianity to herself. Now that she is unleashed, she is killing her relationships one-by-one, except, of course, for her relationship with God. I also have a co-worker who claims to have a Masters in Theology. Very nice guy, but every conversation eventually turns to God somehow, and most of his answers are literally scriptural. When the crane collapsed on the mosque on 9-11, killing 109, he was almost gleeful, because this most definitely was divine retribution for the 9-11 attacks. I found it both revolting and painfully ignorant. So sad, and so needless. There are plenty more where they come from. Practice your faith, but don't allow it to consume your life, or make you hate others who are different from you and/or believe differently. [/QUOTE]
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