I'm a very, very devout Catholic, and it sincerely saddens me when people are horrible to me, or fellow Catholics based solely on faith. I couldn't imagining seeing someone and knowing their religion and making a decision rather I like them or not based on that information alone. I have friends who are atheists, baptist, pagan, almost any and every religion up under the sun. I own a business and I have to work closely with a lot of people, and I find it helps a ton if I actually get to like them. I think some of the other religions are flat out... strange, but I don't judge that person for better or worse for it. I obviously have come to the conclusion that the only possible real religion is Catholicism. I believe in Christ, and if you believe in Christ you have the option of following a religion that A) He himself started and has not changed in the 2012 years since he walked the earth or B) some spin off started by a frustrated lonely man. I came to choice A, which was Catholic.
Working in business and being a devout Catholic has had some disadvantages. There was one time I was working on a financially huge deal (for the both of us) and we were going to discuss it over lunch and I said grace before I ate. It made him very uncomfortable and afterwords he canceled. We both lost a lot of money, but I didn't care since my life isn't all about money, he came back a month later sore but I said I wouldn't work with someone who disliked me based on my beleifs.
Personally some people get WAY to worked up about it. They say some very mean, uncalled for and sick things to people of faith. It's saddening, that they can call us "fu*king retards" and all sorts of names simply because we came to the choice to believe in God. This is not one sided, there are too many Christains who are quick to say "Your going to hell you sinner!" to atheists, which is horrible as well to judge them on their own beliefs.
I live in Denver, and while I don't like sports (and I hate colorado, for that matter), Tim Tebow has gained much popularity. Not so much on his playing, but because he is a Christain. People tell him to stop praying and "leave it out of the game" and others cheer him and the team on solely on the fact that he does pray.
The point I am laboring (and not doing well) to make is that people go crazy over it on both ends. It's sad that you would judge someone positiveness or negatively over something as personal and deep as religion. It would be like ridiculing someone on their sleeping habits (If you sleep on your back, I SWEAR i'll pull out of this business deal!!!) . My earlier example, Tim Tebow, why the hell does it matter? He prays. So what? And? Why should he be more popular, more loved or more hated for it? It's something he does. Just like my example of sleeping. We don't ask each-other our sleeping habits, and it doesn't effect our opinion of eachother. We could care less and it's something we forget about. In school my descriptor became "Catholic k
How do you feel about people dissing your religion?
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I'm a very, very devout Catholic, and it sincerely saddens me when people are horrible to me, or fellow Catholics based solely on faith. I couldn't imagining seeing someone and knowing their religion and making a decision rather I like them or not based on that information alone. I have friends who are atheists, baptist, pagan, almost any and every religion up under the sun. I own a business and I have to work closely with a lot of people, and I find it helps a ton if I actually get to like them. I think some of the other religions are flat out... strange, but I don't judge that person for better or worse for it. I obviously have come to the conclusion that the only possible real religion is Catholicism. I believe in Christ, and if you believe in Christ you have the option of following a religion that A) He himself started and has not changed in the 2012 years since he walked the earth or B) some spin off started by a frustrated lonely man. I came to choice A, which was Catholic.
Working in business and being a devout Catholic has had some disadvantages. There was one time I was working on a financially huge deal (for the both of us) and we were going to discuss it over lunch and I said grace before I ate. It made him very uncomfortable and afterwords he canceled. We both lost a lot of money, but I didn't care since my life isn't all about money, he came back a month later sore but I said I wouldn't work with someone who disliked me based on my beleifs.
Personally some people get WAY to worked up about it. They say some very mean, uncalled for and sick things to people of faith. It's saddening, that they can call us "fu*king retards" and all sorts of names simply because we came to the choice to believe in God. This is not one sided, there are too many Christains who are quick to say "Your going to hell you sinner!" to atheists, which is horrible as well to judge them on their own beliefs.
I live in Denver, and while I don't like sports (and I hate colorado, for that matter), Tim Tebow has gained much popularity. Not so much on his playing, but because he is a Christain. People tell him to stop praying and "leave it out of the game" and others cheer him and the team on solely on the fact that he does pray.
The point I am laboring (and not doing well) to make is that people go crazy over it on both ends. It's sad that you would judge someone positiveness or negatively over something as personal and deep as religion. It would be like ridiculing someone on their sleeping habits (If you sleep on your back, I SWEAR i'll pull out of this business deal!!!) . My earlier example, Tim Tebow, why the hell does it matter? He prays. So what? And? Why should he be more popular, more loved or more hated for it? It's something he does. Just like my example of sleeping. We don't ask each-other our sleeping habits, and it doesn't effect our opinion of eachother. We could care less and it's something we forget about. In school my descriptor became "Catholic k