religion: something you should keep to yourself?

There is so much religious stuff on here and being pagan myself, I was raised to not cram it down peoples throats. I dont know if its a Christian thing to constantly bombard people with it and act like its the only religion out there and look down on others who dont conform to it but I think religion would be much more tolerated if people kept it to themselves like people used to do and really should start doing again with politics.
You never really used to know what someones political opinions were, but now people seem to just shout it to anyone dumb enough to listen.

Just some things you should keep somewhat to yourself or people you are close with

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AkioTsukino · M

I think that you could argue for or against with equal merit. My own personal opinion is that education is the key to understanding and understanding the key to tolerance. I don't think that politics need be so divisive. Ideological fixation seems to be increasingly transparent. A great deal of the political conflict we see today comes from a relatively small number of people making a great deal of noise. The elite seek control by divide and conquer so the legacy media magnifies and tries to manipulate the masses with what amounts to a mountain out of a molehill.

Carazaa · F

@AkioTsukino Yes education is important, but education about what? We have to be careful, so we are not deceived.

AkioTsukino · M

@Carazaa Well, I suppose it is important to guard against being deceived, but I don't subscribe to the notion that educating oneself on the belief or disbelief of others would result in our being deceived. In fact it would prevent it. Satan, as the Bible says, comes as an angel of light. He can deceive us into thinking we are worshiping God in truth when we are clinging to myth and legend. The apostle Paul, for example, foretold the apostasy of the Christian Church. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)