Letters to the Editor
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Religion, In General
My problem with most religions is their inability to simply STFU when it comes to others who may not share their "vision" of the world. To them, your religion, or lack thereof, is less important than their religion! That is the height of arrogance and the absolute nadir of understanding.
As a practicing...and, very happy member of the Anglican Communion/Episcopal Church...I've been visited at my home by over-eager Mormon missionaries, Jehovah's Witnesses plus various and sundry members of frothing-at-the-mouth Evangelical Christian congregations; to them, I am not sufficiently Christian/saved/churched/whatever.
Simply saying "no thank you" or "I'm happy with my religion" is greeted with the usual refutation of my core beliefs and dismissal of same. To them, only they and their particular religion have the true path, the right way and the sole venue to "Eternal Salvation".
Those who choose a religion should be allowed to practice that religion as long as it harms no one else. Those who choose not to practice a religion have that right, as well. And, those of us who DO practice a religion should be free of being pestered by others.
I always wondered what would happen if there was a country that contained only Evangelical Christians or Mormons or whatever who were all members of that faith. Would there then be "defenders of the faith" who would ride herd on everyone else to enforce dogma?
Oh, yeah. They have that: they're called the Taliban.