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Originally Posted by mordwyr
You mistake my meaning. I have no problem discussing Christianity with people, but when they say something disparaging and then ask me a question in the same breath, I wonder why I should answer. You cannot expect me to have a conversation with someone insulting what I hold dear. I have plenty of atheist friends in real life, but they never say my religion is creepy (to my face), and I never say anything to insult their beliefs, or lack thereof. It's about manners. If you want to have a discussion, then don't insult.
In short, I will acknowledge other opinions. Of course I will. Even if I don't agree. But I'm not going to continue a conversation with a guy who says, [insult] [question about my religion]. Would you engage someone who insults and then immediately asks you a question about the very thing he just insulted? Seems disingenuous to me.
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I hate to say it because I think you're a good guy but you're coming off as the type of Christian that I absolutely hate. Complete disregard for other people's opinion that doesn't fit your own. Christians and anyone else who follows a belief tend to think their belief is the only way of thinking, and once it's questioned, they instead think of it as an attack instead of a question. You gotta be more open to thefact that not everybody thinks the way you do. There's also no reason to be offended if you strongly believe what you do. Not everybody is going to think the way you do, but that shouldn't stop you from believing what you believe.