First....we generally discourage our members talking about religion, or politics. The reason is simple. People tend to be extremely closed minded. They only want to hear other people's thoughts when they neatly mesh with their own. So when an individual with an opposing idea chimes in....chaos results....feeling are hurt....enemies are made. So, we try to avoid these subjects.
What has happened even without those subjects? People are so closed minded that they ended up with their panties wadded up over someone dissing their preferred brand of garden tool.
The moral of this story? People are incredibly silly.....and will find a way to get their feelings hurt regardless of what the subject matter is.
So.....
I'll share from my personal experience.....just what I've seen in my 55 years.
I've had the pleasure of getting screwed over by a car salesman who had Jesus pamphlets all over his office, and gospel music playing on his speakers. Two "Christian" contractors beat me out of large sums of money. Every time you turn on the news these days some feller that was just telling everyone else how to live is getting caught doing some dastardly deed. That's just a few examples......I've seen a great many more.
Does this mean all Christians are bad? Of course not. But hypocrisy weighs heavily on my mind.
So many bad actors are using religion as a cover that it makes the entire group look bad.
Just my experience.
