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In reply to the discussion: "Liberal believers are going to be the people who ultimately bring change to their own religions." [View all]ReRe
(10,597 posts)... religious bigots. They're zealots. And they're overbearingly vociferous about it. I don't envy you, if you indeed are enmeshed in that kind of community and are unable to escape it (due to family or the area you live in.) I wish there was a way that you could learn how to let it all go in one ear and out the other. You can imagine their ire when they show up at the Pearly Gates and are refused entry some day. The important thing to concentrate on is what you believe. Don't hate them. All I can suggest is to limit your time among those people. When they start in on their spiel, let them go on for a minute and then shake their hand or smile at them and say you need to be hitting the road to do an errand. I'm a non-practicing Catholic, and I can tell you right now I ain't going to Hell. And I don't think you are either. Religion is a personal thing. Pray in your closet, or while you're on a walk, or before you go to sleep at night. Or don't. Whatever you do, remember the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."