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I will not be adhering to bartender rules here. In fact, I fully intend to discuss religion, politics, and economics when I feel like it. Really, I have decided to use this space as a way to talk things out, and maybe moderately entertain a couple of you.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Dear Fundamentalist Preachers...

Please stop.

Pretty please?

I mean, it's not that I really have that deep disagreements with you. I'm rather religious myself and I think I understand your motivations and what not. But it's the methodologies that I disagree with. I mean, do you have to make asses of yourself?

Well, that's probably not the right word. But, I have to say that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. Going on campus and screaming about gays and fornication doesn't exactly get the idea across. You see, in order to get an idea across they actually have to listen and that isn't a way to get most folks to listen. Granted, you might get a couple of people to sign on, but is it really worth it to offend just about everyone else, and making the jobs of everyone else harder?

Am I religious? Yes. Am I Christian? Yes. Do I proselytize? Well, not the way that you do it. Instead I volunteer, help people where I can, and provide accurate information about Christianity where possible. I count that. Do I know if I made a difference? No, because that's between them and God. I don't save people. You don't save people. Salvation is between each individual and God.

So please, PLEASE, get off my lawn and let me do my job.

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