PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I'm trying to word this thread in a way that doesn't make me out to be an arrogant jerk. Conservative Christians have tried to convince me I literally have demons inside of me, told me that I'm going to hell, told me that the only way I'll understand their beliefs is if I read every verse of the Bible and understand it upon me asking them simple questions, and tend to demonstrate that upon being proven wrong they continue to bring up the same points.
I have no issue with the more liberal Christians as they tend to believe in proving things through the human sciences and often have answers to my questions that don't require me to find every last meaning myself in some way by pouring over hundreds of pages.
Anyway, it seems unfair for me to think unkindly of conservative Christians. If I want them to understand me and take the trouble, I had better work pretty hard at understanding them.
What steps should I take to not be a narrow minded jerk about the subject? And to live up to my own bar I set for myself that I won't treat others the way a few, not a whole entire group, treated me?
I have no issue with the more liberal Christians as they tend to believe in proving things through the human sciences and often have answers to my questions that don't require me to find every last meaning myself in some way by pouring over hundreds of pages.
Anyway, it seems unfair for me to think unkindly of conservative Christians. If I want them to understand me and take the trouble, I had better work pretty hard at understanding them.
What steps should I take to not be a narrow minded jerk about the subject? And to live up to my own bar I set for myself that I won't treat others the way a few, not a whole entire group, treated me?