Spiritual intolerance

[flexibeast]

One of the joys of having one's trans status as part of one's Yahoo! ID is drawing the ire of God's Defenders of the Righteousness of Heteronormativity. i was told earlier today that i'm "sick" for being both male and female. Further, and in apparent contradiction to my existence, i was told that "its wrong b/c god doesn't make people like you". A large argument then ensued, in which i argued with a number of Christians and tried to work out where they're coming from. i was told by one person that s/he was "confused by what [I] believe". i think this person was confused for a couple of reasons:

* Firstly, i noted that i believe in the existence of their God as one aspect of the Divine - i wasn't trying to deny the existence of their God, even as they tried to deny the existence of mine;

* Secondly, this individual was spending far more time telling me about how Christianity is The Truth than trying to understand my beliefs. When i noted this, the person concerned said "why would i be interested in learning something i know is false?" :-P

There was also some consternation as a result of my revealing that my personal Deity (Baphomet) is often considered to be the Devil and/or Satan by Christians. This led to a discussion about how the Devil tricks people into thinking that their relationship with him is a relationship with the Divine. Way to dismiss my spiritual experiences as invalid.

Overall, it was a very tiring experience. i wish there were more Christians whose preferred way of being a Christian involved giving material assistance to the impoverished, instead of trying to save people's souls from eternal damnation by badgering them and telling them that there is only One True Religion.

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[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

*nod* Indeed.