Vice-president Pence claims jeheezusss talks to him.

We have to be militant. we need to assure the US does not become the the "christian" equivalent of any of the islamic countries.

I live in the UK. We have a state religion. Its ok now but when I grew up Sundays were the pits. TV went off in the afternoon (I mean off air) and did not come on till religious shows at 5 pm. Everywhere was shut, cinemas, pubs, shops you name it,anywhere you could have fun was not open. This was because it was the lords day.
You say live and let live but be warned. If you let those god botherers take over then thats what you will get

Sure , you can say no if you're asked. But what I think irks many here, is that there seems to be this general assumption made by quite a few religious folks, that EVERYone else believes as they do .

Most of us go about our days just fine . However I know for me, there are times when it all gets frightfully OLD. The "bless yous". the "have a blessed days", the prayers before public non-religious events, the "I'll pray for yous", the signs on lawns, the damn fish on cars, the "Jesus loves you" BS, blah-blah-blah miracles, the tales of going to hell unless ... , those wanting to save the souls of others that are NOT interested !, hearing their god thanked for something that resulted from very human efforts.
Years of this. Sometimes it's just too fukkin much !

I'm capable of fending for myself and I'm secure enough in my values to deal with opposing views like an adult. I'm more opposed to childhood indoctrination (especially fear-based methods that I consider to be psychological abuse, because I know first hand the trauma of being taught hellfire and eternal torture from a very young age) and teaching non-science in science class because a religious lobby got "equal time" for their views. Otherwise, I really don't care what people say for or against religion. I'm not very outspoken, but I'll have a conversation if someone religious is interested in civil discourse. When it comes to politics, I really would like to turn off the noise. I find the ongoing bickering and fruitless debate to be exhausting.

i am not averse to people expressing their beliefs/agendas. when they LEGISLATE them that's another story. also, sometimes "no" doesn't work; it does not work every time. some people really ARE pushy! i did manage to deter a couple of (nonjapanese) mormons who approached me in a kinko's in japan, though. one of them asked me if i knew the story of joseph smith. i responded, yes, i do! do you know the one about the rabbi who defied god? and i proceeded to tell him that story. i made sure it was a long a story as i could make it, with lots of embellishments, and i spoke as quickly as i could in order for him not to be able to back out. i was never approached there again. i DID have two mormons knock on my door (on the ninth floor of a condo building, yet!) and refuse to answer the door. instead of taking "no" for an answer, they started calling me names, using obscenities and all. i called their church and reported them.

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