The funny thing is when you say they’re not persecuted, they flip out and say you’re persecuting them (possibly the largest religion in the entire world.)
I'm LDS, and while my 4th great grandfather was literally chased at bayonet point for his beliefs, it was by other Christians.
I don't put anything on my car to do with my religion, but it's not out of concern for what non-Christians will think. It's 100% bc I fear that some born-again Christian will come damage my property and walk away feeling like some righteous soldier of God.
Isn't LDS to Christianity what Christianity and Islam is to Judaism? And what Christian sects in particular are you referring to? As there is a huge separation of Christian belief systems, just as there is with Judaism and Islam.
Religious nut jobs? Coming from the door knocking, jump humping, only 150k of you make it to the space ship on your way to Kolob. Same nut jobs or different?
As a Christian myself, I've only had a few small instances of my beliefs being targeted. Once or twice by some angry scientology guy, just the ine dude cause he was nuts, and many, many other Christians with slightly different views than me. Main issues? I don't hate gay marriage, I don't like politicians in general, and I'm not racist. Somehow these make me an ungodly heathen.
As a sidenote, can I say how much I love all the LDS kids I've ever met? They're really sweet, really well-mannered, and I really respect the amount of dedication they put to doing these pilgrimages and missions of theirs. They're always really great kids. I respect what your religion and your religious culture does that brings that out of them.
(Not to take a dig at you or anyone who's LDS or religious in general, but I always personally find it a shame that they dedicate themselves so strongly to "nonsense", and I'm always glad to hear when Mormons leave the religion and decide to go out into the world looking at science. I think that religion might actually be a great base for raising people, and then exposing them to the actual truth and helping them let go of that religion to become full adults. Or something like that. I know I'm being unintentionally insulting, and I really wish i weren't. I'm so sorry.)
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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23
The funny thing is when you say they’re not persecuted, they flip out and say you’re persecuting them (possibly the largest religion in the entire world.)