(February 12, 2015 at 10:10 am)Brian37 Wrote:(February 11, 2015 at 11:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Ignore them. People are allowed to express their religious beliefs. Why does it bother you? Can you say "I'm not religious" in a courteous, professional way (at work, i.e.) and dry up some of the occasions?
Let it go, brother (or sister). I live in TN, and nearly everywhere you turn people are talking about their Jesus. If I'm always around these people they know that I won't reciprocate, and it dries up. If I'll never see them again or not often, I just let it go.
Um no, we do not have to "let it go". It isn't a matter of making it an issue in every single case. But minorities, worldwide, no matter the label, have a much tougher time being open in any context, than the majorities they live under.
Religion affects every aspect of life to the believer, including the workplace and school and politics. Those people vote and those majorities far too often make assumptions about minorities and assume that your place as a minority is to know your place and sit at the back of the bus.
It depends on context and case by case and only the individual minority can decide when to open up and when to step back.
Reread my post. Clearly I am not advocating being a speed bump. I am just suggesting that if you live in the south, you are going to see and hear about Jesus nearly constantly. It is a fact of life. If someone is harassing you, by all means assert yourself. But the majority of conversations are innocuous at best, and if you're never going to see these people again, say "I am not religious" and let it go.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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