Angry Chrisitans and Angry Atheists

It struck me this evening just how obnoxious they both can be.  Why do they bother reading each other?  I suppose it's an attempt to be more open-minded or consider other people's points of view, but they so often fail miserably by, upon reading one another's views, going right back to their own and declaring how rude, mean, petty, incorrect and close-minded the other is.

Neither stop to think about why the other feels the way they do.  Neither stop to think about the experiences, or lack thereof, that lead the other to their conclusions.  Both stubbornly validate their own views and invalidate others without taking their shared humanity into consideration.

It just, gets old.  And yeah, I've been on both sides (if you substitute "agnostic" for "atheist".  And yeah, some people do things that piss me off because of their beliefs (I have to admit I've rarely had anyone piss me off with actions due to their lack of beliefs, aside from disrespecting other people because they believe in things.) 

It just, gets obnoxious to see, read, or hear people do nothing more than air out their grievances over the fact that someone disagrees with them, when half the time they're behaving in the same goddamned way (but bitching about the way each other behave.)  There are plenty of people willing to intentionally and knowingly say and do offensive things to you.  Don't jump up out of your seat every time someone has something disagreeable to say about your beliefs and philosophies.

Give me a break. So not everybody in the world agrees with you and thinks that your point of view, mentor, or guru are fantastic.  Cope.  Welcome to the kaleidoscope that is humanity. 

Live with it or buy an island.

Love,
Crystal

So I went blog-stalking this evening

Dunno why, but I went out blog stalking a few old friends that I don't really talk to much anymore.  That's the nice thing about blogs... even if you don't have anything directly to say, you can still check in on people (I have a hunch that they check in on me from time to time too.)  So I checked in on a few old friends that aren't "old friends" because they were assholes.  You ever have someone that you love deeply, and suddenly one day realize that you have absolutely nothing in common and you're basically polar opposites?  I hate that, because someone always feels like they did something wrong or like there's something wrong WITH them, when the only reason you don't call is that you don't really have anything to talk about (or you know that you're too sensitive to talk about most of the things you used to.  =P )

And hell, sometimes I'm the one that feels like I did something wrong or that there's something wrong with me.

Anyway, it did seem that an old friend of mine that I still very much care about is doing fairly well, or at least (emotionally) seems to be feeling better than they seemed to be the last time I checked in, which is good.  Maybe keeping my mouth shut was the thing to do... as opposed to sticking my foot into it with self-righteous advice. ;)

At any rate.  It was good to see.  Cheers.

Love,
Crystal