Are You A Christian?
“Are You A Christian?” I was not raised as a Christian. Why people care about my religious upbringing and beliefs is beyond me. They profess to read and believe in the Bible, yet never seem to have gotten to the part about an individual’s beliefs being between them and their G-d, and should not be flaunted to impress others. Meet me, learn who I am, choose to befriend me or not. Some go farther, or deeper as they rationalize it, and say it is their nature. They want to know about your heritage, your ancestors, your religion, your culture or lack thereof. Race is usually obvious by looking at you, your skin colour. Thomas Jefferson famously wrote, "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." That, my friends, is religious freedom. I was taught religion as a child and I guess you could say I was religious until I reached the age of reason, as George Carlin so adeptly puts it. My problem was that ...