The most ANNOYING misconception about YOUR faith? (Jesus, virgin, creation)

[Seyorni]

That the myriad "Gods" of the Hindus are conceived as objectively real entities like the Celestial Beings of the Christians and Muslims.

The Hindu gods are, in fact, subjective beings dreamed up by individuals as spiritual aids.

Unfortunately, this misconception is also common among religiously naive Hindus as well....

[Shadow Wolf]

The main ones:
Baby eating
Human/animal sacrifice
Devil/Satan worship
That I am a druggie and hippie just because of my strong love for nature. Which is true to a point, I have used many drugs beforce, but it's a false correlation.
Because I associate myself with Darkness, I am a Satan worshiper, and evil.

[AllisonW70]

My biggest pet peeve is when Christians themselves perpetuate an attitude that all Christians are perfect people with perfect lives. And that we are all going around feeling as the Ren and Stimpy cartoon would say, "happy! happy! joy! joy!" When I'm around a fellow Christian who has that attitude, I feel so uneasy, which is not good! I feel as if they think that if I'm not as elated as they are (or pretend to be) about life in general at any given moment, that I must be doing something wrong! I must not be "living right" or something. I see so many Christians with that kind of attitude and it really bothers me.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by RyanD

I think the best one I have is that once we get married we have a religious obligation to make lots of babies!

You, too?

[BFD_Zayl]

[quote=Luke Wolf]The main ones:
Baby eating
[quote] ok quick joke, how do you get 20 babies into a bowl? a blender!! ...how do ya get em out? ... Tortilla Chips!!! .......sorry..couldent resist

[ayani]

::hides from the dead baby jokes::

i find a mis-conception that many of my peers have about observant Christians is that being Christian automatically makes you a neo-conservative, a creationist, and voluntarily ignorant of others' faiths. as a result there's alot of self-righteous Christian-bashing at every corner, which is both unfortunate and needlessly hostile.

fortunately the religious and inter-faith initiatives at my school are strong, and there's generally more dialogue and acceptance than otherwise. at least among the open-minded.

[GoldenDragon]

That we worship saints and the Virgin Mary as we would worship God and Jesus..

[Booko]

Originally Posted by RyanD

I think the best one I have is that once we get married we have a religious obligation to make lots of babies!

Also, the perceived fact that we hate Jews, hate Muslims, and follow the Bible to the letter or are damned to Hell.

Oh yeah, and the whole thing about Confession and Reconciliation being a wonder drug employed by the Church in order to make us feel scared into giving them more money. That bothers me. Just a bit.

I was always annoyed by the one that said Catholics were forbidden to read their Bibles.

[Booko]

For all religious folks:

We only follow a religion because we need a "crutch."

[ayani]

Originally Posted by Booko

For all religious folks:

We only follow a religion because we need a "crutch."

i hear you loud and clear, Booko.

another mis-conception / myth- that because a person believes in a diety, there's nothing to stop him or her from believing any manner of crazed, destructive things as we lack "reason" and "logic".