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Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: mugs
How is it disrespectful to mention your religion? 😕
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Really depends on the connotation of her reply. From the OP it seems like she had to stress it. No big deal, but no need to make it a big deal.

Also, food offered to false idols doesn't really make the food bad. Eat it unless one of your Christian friends has a problem with it because of their ignorance. 1 Corinthians 8.

I would like to point out that Christmas is really a pagan holiday changed by the church to attract new believers. No one knows Jesus' real birthday, although there have been good conjectures, but no real evidence points to a December birth. Not a big deal though. It is a time of rememberance and family.
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You've lost me here... how did we get on the topic of food offered to false idols (wtf?!) and Christmas? 😕

Originally posted by: ahurtt
Pride is the first of the 7 deadly sins. Christians should be humble. She could have just said "I don't get in trouble" or "I don't celebrate Holloween." She obviously gets off on the fact that she's Christian and that makes her better than other people in her mind. It just sounds freakin preachy and disingenuous. . .like "My dookey don't stink because I'M a CHRISTIAN." I'm sure you've met people like this before. She has a holier than thou attitude and that in itself is very non-christian-like. She's just fishing for a :cookie:
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That she is saying it out of pride is your assumption, and it's hard to make that assessment when you don't even know her. The holier than thou attitude is not a very Christian-like attitude though, you're right.
 
Next time, if you can, record it and play it back to someone else to see if they think she has a "holier than thou" attitude or just stating that she is a Christian as a reason. If she says it with snootily(sp?), than she is either a nominal Christian or is not taking the importance of what she is saying with humility.
 
Originally posted by: Pablo
Originally posted by: loic2003
IMHO the average christian is more gullible, ignorant yet also more arrogant than the average atheist. YMMV.

intelligence > religion.
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Whatever it takes to make yourself feel good.
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Your humility is exceeded only by your ignorance😉
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
I hate it when people shove thier lifestyle down your throat.
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She's just mentioning it, how is she "shoving it down his throat?" She's not saying he has to be a Christian too or she won't associating with him. She's not even saying he SHOULD be a Christian. She's simply saying that she IS a Christian. In the second instance it fit into the conversation, in the first she was stretching it. But if a guy came into work on Monday and said he went out drinking Saturday night, would you accuse him of shoving HIS lifestyle down your throat? If a person mentioned that they're a vegan, would you accuse them of shoving their lifestyle down your throat?
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With what she said about Halloween, it just sounds like she thinks she's superior because she doesn't celebrate Halloween. If she asked an atheist what he's doing over Christmas vacation, wouldn't it be rude to say "I don't believe in God or Jesus, so it's not very important to me"? Wouldn't a simple "nothing really..." suffice?
 
Originally posted by: lightweight
So I'm walking about troubleshooting for some users and I run into a lady that I have talked to before. We are on cool terms, and this has only came out one time before that I know of. She really likes to tell everyone that she is a Christian.

The first occurrance:

I asked if she was staying out of trouble. She's like: Yes of course, I'm Christian, getting in trouble isn't something I do. I just responded something like I'm always looking for trouble because I don't go to church.

Second:

Today I'm wearing an orange dress shirt, and she has on black and white type dress style. I said, Hey we are coordinating for Halloween today. Shes like "I dont celebrate Halloween. I'M CHRISTIAN!" Ok.. so is Candy Corn better then?

Jeesh..
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people like that bug the sh#t out of me.

 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: lightweight
So I'm walking about troubleshooting for some users and I run into a lady that I have talked to before. We are on cool terms, and this has only came out one time before that I know of. She really likes to tell everyone that she is a Christian.

The first occurrance:

I asked if she was staying out of trouble. She's like: Yes of course, I'm Christian, getting in trouble isn't something I do. I just responded something like I'm always looking for trouble because I don't go to church.

Second:

Today I'm wearing an orange dress shirt, and she has on black and white type dress style. I said, Hey we are coordinating for Halloween today. Shes like "I dont celebrate Halloween. I'M CHRISTIAN!" Ok.. so is Candy Corn better then?

Jeesh..
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people like that bug the sh#t out of me.
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me too (and i consider myself christian too). being a christian is coming to grips with the fact that you are getting in trouble all the time, and are messed up all the time. if you read the new testament text, you'll notice that self-righteous people and do-gooders make jesus pissed off. he instead praises the humility of the messed up people (prostitutes, beggars, criminals, etc...).
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: mugs
How is it disrespectful to mention your religion? 😕
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Really depends on the connotation of her reply. From the OP it seems like she had to stress it. No big deal, but no need to make it a big deal.

Also, food offered to false idols doesn't really make the food bad. Eat it unless one of your Christian friends has a problem with it because of their ignorance. 1 Corinthians 8.

I would like to point out that Christmas is really a pagan holiday changed by the church to attract new believers. No one knows Jesus' real birthday, although there have been good conjectures, but no real evidence points to a December birth. Not a big deal though. It is a time of rememberance and family.
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You've lost me here... how did we get on the topic of food offered to false idols (wtf?!) and Christmas? 😕

Originally posted by: ahurtt
Pride is the first of the 7 deadly sins. Christians should be humble. She could have just said "I don't get in trouble" or "I don't celebrate Holloween." She obviously gets off on the fact that she's Christian and that makes her better than other people in her mind. It just sounds freakin preachy and disingenuous. . .like "My dookey don't stink because I'M a CHRISTIAN." I'm sure you've met people like this before. She has a holier than thou attitude and that in itself is very non-christian-like. She's just fishing for a :cookie:
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That she is saying it out of pride is your assumption, and it's hard to make that assessment when you don't even know her. The holier than thou attitude is not a very Christian-like attitude though, you're right.
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The thing about food and false idols is because she is rejecting candy because Halloween is somehow a Pagan holiday. Newsflash, so is Christmas.

Also, from what the OP posted, which is all we can go by, the lady seems to exude the holier than though attitude.
 
Originally posted by: FreshFish
With what she said about Halloween, it just sounds like she thinks she's superior because she doesn't celebrate Halloween. If she asked an atheist what he's doing over Christmas vacation, wouldn't it be rude to say "I don't believe in God or Jesus, so it's not very important to me"? Wouldn't a simple "nothing really..." suffice?
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EXACTLY
 
Originally posted by: GeneValgene
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: lightweight
So I'm walking about troubleshooting for some users and I run into a lady that I have talked to before. We are on cool terms, and this has only came out one time before that I know of. She really likes to tell everyone that she is a Christian.

The first occurrance:

I asked if she was staying out of trouble. She's like: Yes of course, I'm Christian, getting in trouble isn't something I do. I just responded something like I'm always looking for trouble because I don't go to church.

Second:

Today I'm wearing an orange dress shirt, and she has on black and white type dress style. I said, Hey we are coordinating for Halloween today. Shes like "I dont celebrate Halloween. I'M CHRISTIAN!" Ok.. so is Candy Corn better then?

Jeesh..
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people like that bug the sh#t out of me.
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me too (and i consider myself christian too). being a christian is coming to grips with the fact that you are getting in trouble all the time, and are messed up all the time. if you read the new testament text, you'll notice that self-righteous people and do-gooders make jesus pissed off. he instead praises the humility of the messed up people (prostitutes, beggars, criminals, etc...).
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:thumbsup: 🙂
 
Wow, I didn't think this thread would get so many replies. I don't know the lady all that well, it may have just been a coincidence. I didn't pay that much attention to the whole thing really because I was busy. The wind that I got from the conversation was that she is proud of her religion, and enjoys mentioning it whenever the opportunity presents itself.
 
Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it:

(1) Acquire cookies (Bake, purchase, whatever; using laxative as an ingredient is a plus)
(2) Approach said psycho Christian, wait for "My sh!t smells better than yours because I'm Christian" discussion
(3) Respond with "Wow, that's awesome. Would you like a :cookie:?"
(4) Hand her cookie (Avoid jamming down said psycho Christian's throat) and walk away (Hoping she eats it, if you put laxative in it)

Either she'll get the hint, or everytime she does that sh!t you can give her a cookie and laugh 😀
 
Originally posted by: lightweight
So I'm walking about troubleshooting for some users and I run into a lady that I have talked to before. We are on cool terms, and this has only came out one time before that I know of. She really likes to tell everyone that she is a Christian.

The first occurrance:

I asked if she was staying out of trouble. She's like: Yes of course, I'm Christian, getting in trouble isn't something I do. I just responded something like I'm always looking for trouble because I don't go to church.

Second:

Today I'm wearing an orange dress shirt, and she has on black and white type dress style. I said, Hey we are coordinating for Halloween today. Shes like "I dont celebrate Halloween. I'M CHRISTIAN!" Ok.. so is Candy Corn better then?

Jeesh..
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Funny thing though...

First of all, Christians don't "not get into trouble", the entire point of Christianity is for Christians to realise that they get into as much or more trouble as anyone else and that it's only through the personal relationship with God that their inherent tendency to get into trouble is forgiven. Not eliminated, but forgiven.

Second of all, "Halloween" is from All Hallow's Eve, which is a Christian celebration. Simply because it incorporates some pagan symbols is a bloody stupid reason to avoid it. After all, Easter and Christmas are rife with appropriated pagan symbols, does she avoid celebrating those as well? Additionally, I find it humerous how many churches are now having "harvest parties" instead of Halloween parties given that a harvest festival is actually closer to the original pagan version of Samhein than a Halloween party is.

This woman most certainly does not speak for all of us Christians. And, quite frankly, I can't claim to speak for all of us either.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
First of all, Christians don't "not get into trouble", the entire point of Christianity is for Christians to realise that they get into as much or more trouble as anyone else and that it's only through the personal relationship with God that their inherent tendency to get into trouble is forgiven. Not eliminated, but forgiven.

Second of all, "Halloween" is from All Hallow's Eve, which is a Christian celebration. Simply because it incorporates some pagan symbols is a bloody stupid reason to avoid it. After all, Easter and Christmas are rife with appropriated pagan symbols, does she avoid celebrating those as well? Additionally, I find it humerous how many churches are now having "harvest parties" instead of Halloween parties given that a harvest festival is actually closer to the original pagan version of Samhein than a Halloween party is.

This woman most certainly does not speak for all of us Christians. And, quite frankly, I can't claim to speak for all of us either.

ZV
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I agree with everything that you said here! Living in the Bible Belt and looking at the way some churches even my own operate now though, makes me realize how ignorant people are nowadays.
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
I hate it when people shove thier lifestyle down your throat.
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She's just mentioning it, how is she "shoving it down his throat?" She's not saying he has to be a Christian too or she won't associating with him. She's not even saying he SHOULD be a Christian. She's simply saying that she IS a Christian. In the second instance it fit into the conversation, in the first she was stretching it. But if a guy came into work on Monday and said he went out drinking Saturday night, would you accuse him of shoving HIS lifestyle down your throat? If a person mentioned that they're a vegan, would you accuse them of shoving their lifestyle down your throat?
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Even in the second incident, it was unneccessary. She could have just declined, or maybe said it in a more respectful way.
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Not in the least. She may have just anticipated the followup question "Why don't you celebrate Halloween?" and answered it before he asked. It's logical to think that someone would ask it when it's a commonly celebrated holiday in the US (unless OP is not in the US, of course). It doesn't make sense since Halloween, while originally a Pagan holiday, was adopted by Christianity.
 
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