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help! I'm prejudiced about christians! I know this is stupid. What should I do?
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Maybe give some free advice about: Spirituality?
As those before me have said... There are Christians that do their faith justice... And others that... Just don't. And that is an observation brought to you by a person that does not affiliate themself with any religious group.
I know there are those that are hypocritical... Ignorant. Sexist. Homophobic. And that will irritate you as you try to go about your business while they try to convert you. But... If you think about it... Most religious institutions have members like this, be they Christian, Muslim, or whatever. And most major religions have at least one episode of bloodshed in the name of their god. The Roman Catholic Church is definitely not alone.
But not all Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc... Are like those few that cause my eyebrow to twitch. You can't judge them all just because some of them screwed up somewhere along the way. Forgive me if I'm saying anything that you all ready know. I'm not trying to insult your intelligence.
The only thing you can do... Is take the high road. If you catch yourself giving into sterro-types... MAke a concious decision to stop. Remind yourself that there a lot of really great people that are Christians. Christians that do try to love everyone and do the right thing. Remind yourself that their beliefs deserve to be respected and are important to them, even if you don't agree. While organized religion is responsible for some of the most horrendous crimes against humanity... It also serves a valid purpose. For some people... It gives their life meaning and a sense of direction. It gives them hope, forgiveness, and patience in the face of a world that can crush the spirit. It gives them a moral compass, helps them become selfless, gives them a reason to treat others with kindess and gentleness.
And in the end... Whether you are atheist, agnostic, new age, whatever... We all, everyone of us, need those things to get through life. We just find it in different places.
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Hey, this is an interesting question and to be perfectly honest you should maybe go see a pastor and talk to your parents.
Thanks and remember to come back for more advice.
volunteergirl
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Your question doesn't offer a great deal of information, but I offer the following throughts.
Humans come in quite a variety of types. Tall and short, fat and thin, mean and nice, stupid and smart, ignorant and educated.
Since there are, at this moment, an astonishing 6,710,008,924 humans on earth, there are millions of every type of human imaginable. No doubt, there are millions of stupid, ignorant, mean, Christians. But there are also millions of smart, educated, nice Christians.
To be prejudiced against a certain type of people is to assume that they are all alike. This is not the case.
Try to remember that every human alive is confined to some patches of land on the surface of a planet that's a few thousand miles across, floating in an endless immensity. Humanity has existed a million years out of the billions of years of the universe's existence. No matter how despicable some particular Christian is, it really doesn't mean anything in the greater scheme of things. It's not worth getting upset about.
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It's not stupid. We are all entitled to our own opinions, but religion has caused many wars. People always dispute because they want everyone to convert to their religion, that they forget to respect one another's beliefs. Now, unless you want to start confrontation, just keep it to yourself. At least that's what I do.
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