I know I do.I feel embarrassed because in my mind I am thinking, "Oh no.Please stop!".But I can't very well say 'shut up' to someone who speaks with such certainty in their voice and so I am left feeling embarrassed at how I have been put on the spot and made to feel uncomfortable listening to what sounds like delusional dribble.Am I the only one who feels this way?
2007-08-17 15:09:49 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its like having to hear the slow kid at school stand up and read....i guess i feel embarrassed for them....they believe in a god into blood offerings...christ blood to make it all okay...not very bright!!
2007-08-17 15:23:53 · update #1
I generally feel rather amused, as I know more about it than they! Just the other day I corrected a Catholic woman, parochial school raised, about who wrote the book of Ephesians.
2007-08-17 15:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Its difficult to be the one who peeked out of Plato's cave. No one believes you.
The one eyed man in a village of the blind has to careful what he says or he will be killed.
Humans seem to have stopped evolving due to technology. The stupid and crazy are reproducing, and they are the majority.
I deal with it based on Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism in which the causes the individual makes determine the environment.
For decades now, research in neurology, psychology and linguistics has been confirming that viewpoint.
The application is that I have great dialogs with religionists and neither resent or regret being in a world full of crazy people, because this is where I can do some good.
Nichiren was born in Japan during the Kamakura period and was almost killed many times. He regarded the persecution as proof of the correctness of his premises. When you attempt to help someone change hiser karma, the environment will resist you. If you persevere, great happiness will flow toward you.
I have gone from an emotionless robot to a person regarded as trustable and a good friend by many. My material fortunes have also increased greatly.
So do not give up.
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2007-08-17 15:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any Christian people that may be in my circle of friends knows my attitude on this - that it is inappropriate and unsociable behaviour. If I ever did find myself in this situation though, I would not tolerate it and I would let them know that it makes me really uncomfortable because I am finding it really hard to be polite when they are showing no regard for the effect their prosthelytising is having on me - well, that is what I would like to do but just like you I'd probably be cringing on the inside while politely listening to them. Us atheists tend to have better social skills than Christians and don't go out of our way to make others uncomfortable. The upside is you get a great story to laugh about later.
2007-08-17 15:30:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only get embarrassed by the questions that obviously could have been found with slight research ie the person who asked a weird question relating to squirrels and bird feeders under the R/S category. Otherwise if it is a serious question I have no problem giving a fair answer.
2007-08-17 15:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by Timothy B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think embarrassed is the right word. If I like the person otherwise, I just let them talk, and smile and nod, but don't encourage further conversation along those lines, and they usually get the message and change the subject! If I don't like the person, I just politely make my excuses, and get away as quickly as I can! sm*
2007-08-17 15:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by LadyZania 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I appreciate your maturity to us Christians, although I don't agree with you, I have respect for you because you are willing to listen instead of insult. I have Atheist friends and they too get uncomfortable when I talk about God, so they ask me not to and I stop. The best thing you can do is listen and if you get real uncomfortable ask them to stop. If they don't, they aren't real Christians. Which is sad, since no one these days has any respect for anyone else. It's gonna go back to the old days, only it's not going to be race and ethnicity, it's going to be religion and beliefs. Kinda sad don't you think?
2007-08-17 15:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew H 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I just get a bit frustrated that somebody is going to bring me the 'Good News' for merely the 1,204,543rd time as if I hadn't heard it before. However, if the zealot is really persistent, then I feel I have the right to brow-beat him which can be fun...
2007-08-17 15:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by crypto_the_unknown 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, you're not. It's even worse when the person gets a glazed look in their eyes. It's almost painful. I don't mind someone simply speaking about their beliefs, but when they get all "I'm filled with the holy spirit and the love of Jesus!" then I start to feel like I want out of there.
2007-08-17 15:13:17 · answer #8 · answered by Jess H 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't say that I feel embarrassed. I let them have their say. But of course, since I don't believe it, I am sort of internally rolling my eyes and thinking "yeah right". I would never say anything to anyone or make them feel uncomfortable, but I am relieved when the subject changes.
atheist
2007-08-17 15:15:44 · answer #9 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
How can one feel embarrassed by someone that sounds like delusional dribble?
Is it your conscience? Is a battle going on in your mind?
Uncomfortable? Put on the spot? Demonic spirits possess people unknowingly to them. You have a spirit of deception.
2007-08-17 15:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by God is love. 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋