If someone was to make hateful comments in regards to your religon what would you do?

Question

*Ignore?
*Make hateful comments back to them?
*Respond in a positive manner?

* religion (correction)

* religion (correction)

Dee- what do you mean just dont do what muslims do?

Answer 1

Third choice.
I would immediately feel sorry for this person.
And I would show him love and respect.
I´ve done this lots of time.
The answers varied.
But it paid up. Many have become friends.

Answer 2

Well, it happens to me many times on here. Sometimes, if the question is so far out, I just ignore it, because I know that no answer I give will sink into the person's head! They are so against my religion, that nothing will change their mind. Other times, I do answer, but not necessarily to try to convince the asker, but to inform others who may be reading that question.

Sometimes I'm tempted to make hateful comments back. That's probably human nature. But that's really a bad idea! It gets us nowhere. So I try to refrain from that. Sometimes, I might give what I consider "constructive criticism" though.

The best thing is to respond in a positive manner. First of all, we don't always know all the factors that go into someone feeling hatred of our religion. They may have had a really bad experience and carry emotional scars related to that religion or something. So be patient and just clearly and persistently inform the person of the truth about your religion, in a positive and respectful manner. I think that is the best way. And sometimes, you figure out that the person didn't mean to be as mean-spirited as they at first came across. If you treat them with respect, they sometimes will reveal to you that they are truly seeking, and they may not have meant it how it sounded. And they are sincere sometimes.

So, positive response - that's the best!

Answer 3

I would laugh in there face because i have no religion so therefore comments made about me due to a religion just pass over my head. If though i were to believe in a god i would act in the same way. How if you believe in something as strongly as some of you do do you let narrow minded comments affect you and upset you. Surely if its what you believe then no matter what anyone says what should you care. Its this that makes people do horrible things like terrorism, self harm or the harm of others not the people who are saying the comments. Its the same for racism, you should be proud of who you are and the colour of your skin and no matter who trys to bring you down you should aim to be better than that.

Answer 4

Wow! That happens all the time. If I could generate power from the amount of ignorance spread about Unitarian Universalism by people who don't know what they are talking about, energy independence for the US would not be an issue.

I usually try to take the high road and clear up the misinformation, but often there is little point. The people seem more intent on staying with their ignorance than learning.

Answer 5

Ignore or respond positively. never make hateful negative comments. But the most important thing is how it affects you personally whatever is your response. So you want to get closer to your religion more & stabilise yourself everyday with whatever prayers & rituals you do so that negative comments wont really affect you that much cos you know what you have is real. And people will know they can't bring their negative ignorance to you. After a while when you practice well your religion & feel stronger just a smile or other small gesture to whoever will melt their hearts & they may want to know want makes you tick. Peace.

Answer 6

Respond back in a positive manner. It's hard to do sometimes, but if you respond back hatefully you only give your religion a bad name. When someone says something stupid about my religion (or the stereotypes associated with it) I politely and calmly show them they're wrong, tell them why, and tell them how it really is. It's the best way to correct things like that. After that if they're STILL making comments, ignore them. They being hateful for no reason and are not worth your time. Most importantly, don't let them upset you. If they see you are getting upset, they will pile it on and be even worse.

Answer 7

People make hateful comments to my beliefs anyway. I am spiritual - I believe in reincarnation and many of the pagan traditions and I am always being told I am going to hell because I dont accept christ as my saviour by christians. i am told my views are not correct and that I am being tormented by demons if I have experiences that keep me safe - such as intutition and warnings. Thats pretty hateful - I am further told that it does not matter what I do such as being supportive and caring to people and animals and trying to live a decent life I am still going to hell because I dont take christ into my heart. And what do I say - nothing. I have had some conversations with people but nothing too dramatic. At the end of the day I am I and you are you and I dont let other people's views bother me.

Answer 8

Ignore

Answer 9

I let people chatter on. I have no problems with people's attitudes about anything I wear, do, my religion or otherwise, but it's a patience that came from meditating on the fact that everybody's different, nothing about people doesn't come about without causes and conditions and everything can change and MY ego isn't so big anymore that I can't laugh at myself, so I don't take myself too seriously anymore. My ego is also not affected that I'm always wounded because not everybody likes me, doesn't always agree with me and so forth.

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Answer 10

It's tough when this happens but people only do that so as you will retaliate. If you give them no retaliation to their insults then, they'll probably give up and go away. By making comments back, you will only make it worse I'm afraid. It's not nice when someone is contradicting your beliefs and there is no excuse, other than ignorance, why someone would do this to you, however... you must disregard these insults and get on with life.

Answer 11

Totally ignore it is best, sometimes no response is the best response, religions are subjective meaning its down to individual opinion,if your chosen religion makes you happy and keeps you positive and you don't harm anyone and don't go throwing it down other peoples throats then you've nothing to be ashamed of, walk away or log off Internet,or hang up phone.