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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I was born and raised non-religious, and I don't believe in deities, but from what I know about core Christian teachings based on Jesus, and about the historical Jesus, I truly wish more people would live accordingly—the world would be a better place. The world would be a better place if more Christians were...more Christian.
I sometimes I wish I were Christian so I could defend my faith against these idiots. I do think Christianity has values worth defending.
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It's flippin' hard to do, and it's hard because I feel that I'm getting squeezed from both sides, and I expect many liberal Christians feel the same way. Can't get any respect from the conservatives who take the Bible literally, and I can't get any respect from atheists, either, for having beliefs tempered with reason. Also, a lot of people just presume that Christians must be the fundamentalist nutcases they see on the news--just like they presume all Muslims must be fundamentalists, etc.