A Request for Christians

[MikeRox]

Salnax said:

P.S. Technically this can apply to more than just Christians, but in every situation I've been in, it's been Christians telling me how horrible I was.

I was on holiday in California and went to Santa Monica when I was acosted by 2 girls who initially tried to catch my attention with optical illusions. Having had an education, I was able to tell the that both shapes were in fact the same size and it was their shape that made them appear to be different :p

They then moved onto my religion and I told them I had none. I wouldn't say I'm athiest, as I just plain don't know, so agnostic fits me better. But yeah, when they asked how I know whether I'm a good person, I said I use my moral compass, to which I was told, in the eyes of the lord, I had promoted myself to be my own god and I was going to spend all eternity burning in the pits of hell. (this was actually the language used)

They then proceeded to say it's not too late to repent and hop on their bandwagon and I can redeem myself.

Being English, I've never really had religion suggested to me beyond the odd Jehovas Witness calling at my door to share their word (completely harmless and can be a fun chat).

So yeah I've witnessed the extreme "you are the devil" stuff myself and it was really really surprising, I thought it was actually a negative stereotype of particularly Southern states, but it does seem there is still some really extremist religious views in place even in countries considered liberal.