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Re: UNBOWED Is Goth as FUCK!
by callei (plyn@plynlymon.com)
on Jul 27, 2001 - 05:33 PM
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The Cogent Christian!
I understand Night's deal with christians. I have be beaten up, fired, spit at, hated, given detention, denied access, etc by people that call themselves christian. That sort of thing teaches you to hate christians. When it happens from all sorts of people, texans, jocks, light skined people and well tanned, rich, poor, etc and the one thing that they all have in common is that they claim to be christian, you learn to really hate christians.
Then along comes a Christian. A person with a sense of humour, and the light of belief in thier eyes, and you try to put aside the hate that you have.
You try to ignore the lesson that life has taught you about people that have this belief structure. You try to keep anopen mind and take them as they are. And for awhile you succeed.
But they get hurt that you have this hate, that you are trying to put it aside. they don't really understand. And you find yourself on opposite sides, even when there are no sides to take.
It makes me sad a bit.
I am starting to think that it is inevitable, that christians HAVE to talk about it, and that wouldt be bad. It wouldnt, except for the language that they use. the way that they express themselves tends to annoy, the demeaning words, the whiny words, the violent words, the dispairing words.
I dont think that the words mean the same thing to Christians that they do to other people, I dont think that the concepts behind the words hold the same connotation.
I think that is where the friction starts.
Schizo stick to your guns, believe what you believe. Just understand that many of us dont. That we dont talk about out faiths BECAUSE they are personal. For many of us, faith or belief, or religion isnt something that you talk about, its something that you have and hold close to your heart.
*rant concludes*
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