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Oh, I fully understand. It also doesn't help that especially as of late, the loudest and most vocal contingent of American Christianity has become the face of t
by decafninja 3y ago
Oh, I fully understand. It also doesn't help that especially as of late, the loudest and most vocal contingent of American Christianity has become the face of the religion on media.
I say this as a Christian myself.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI'm one of those who grew up Christian (Methodist) but would not consider that of myself today. The part of it which people often call "spirituality" is where I do my "backs away slowly" thing. I can be kind to those around me for many of the reasons which a Christian will think is Good but it doesn't mean I'll choose to believe in any sort of physical manifestation of God and The Heavens. (Admittedly, I don't think every Christian believes in these physical manifestations but I've had conversations with some who do, which makes me believe it's common.) I almost think it's accurate to call myself Christian in light of that but it muddies the understanding that other (actual) Christians have. Really, I would only call myself that to mess with the nice people with the ties and the name tags who knock on my door and don't listen the first time when I say, "No, thank you." I know some in the "ex-Mormon" crowd and they... have stronger opinions of religion. I can imagine some rather extreme implementations of "wariness" (read: "outright disdain") from an American in their late 20s to early 30s when it comes to Christianity.
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