What is up with
religious competition, really? Why do people feel they must
defend their God to others, to the people who don't
believe. I think it's a blatant demonstration that they lack
faith. Why else would you need to push your
beliefs on others? To try and get them to agree, so that you can
affirm that yes in fact, your God, your beliefs, they must be right, because others believe them as well. I wish religion wasn't all about
power of persuasion, about which set of beliefs seem more likely, which will
really "
set you free", "
save your soul".
I find myself questioning religions that bother to
preach what they believe to the world, especially on television. I have and always will keep my beliefs
inside, where they belong, sharing them in
my own way, rarely through
words.
The most
infinitely sad part of religious competition, is that as long as it
exists, there will always be conflict, especially of the
violent nature. The
bible is packed with examples of people literally
fighting for their beliefs, inflicting pain on others because they refuse to believe, or refuse to treat others as
equal. I'm a
firm believer that
violence is not the answer, not to anything, and it never will be.
You don't need
others to believe what you do,
you need to believe it yourself.