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I'm mildly irritated.
Last night, I had a conversation with a friend that went something like this:
Her: You believe in God, don't you?
Me: (surprised, since that question came right out of the blue in the middle of a discussion about relationships) Yes.
Her: Oh.
(silence)
Her: You know, I don't think we should keep talking about that; it's kind of offensive.
Me: ...what...? Okay...?
So I'm still, the next morning, rather confused. But now I'm slightly irritated. According to NSRI and ARIS data, over 76% of the population identifies itself as being some manner of Christian, and around 90% of all adults believe in a God, regardless of religious perspective. That being the case, why is it that I should worry about offending someone simply by answering in the affirmative to her question? Prior to this, she's told me her religious beliefs (which are along the line's of Nietzsche--God is dead), and I don't take offense to that. Granted, I'm disturbed because it's incredibly different than my outlook, but I'm perfectly capable of listening to someone say "Oh, I believe this" and not take offense to it. It irritates me that there's this double standard when so many in the population claim to have some belief in God. And anyhow. I answered her question. It's not like I brought it up in an attempt to convert her or anything like that.
Bah, the discrepancies are infuriating.
Last night, I had a conversation with a friend that went something like this:
Her: You believe in God, don't you?
Me: (surprised, since that question came right out of the blue in the middle of a discussion about relationships) Yes.
Her: Oh.
(silence)
Her: You know, I don't think we should keep talking about that; it's kind of offensive.
Me: ...what...? Okay...?
So I'm still, the next morning, rather confused. But now I'm slightly irritated. According to NSRI and ARIS data, over 76% of the population identifies itself as being some manner of Christian, and around 90% of all adults believe in a God, regardless of religious perspective. That being the case, why is it that I should worry about offending someone simply by answering in the affirmative to her question? Prior to this, she's told me her religious beliefs (which are along the line's of Nietzsche--God is dead), and I don't take offense to that. Granted, I'm disturbed because it's incredibly different than my outlook, but I'm perfectly capable of listening to someone say "Oh, I believe this" and not take offense to it. It irritates me that there's this double standard when so many in the population claim to have some belief in God. And anyhow. I answered her question. It's not like I brought it up in an attempt to convert her or anything like that.
Bah, the discrepancies are infuriating.