i sneeze, and someone says “god bless you.” i say “no thank you,” and i’m the proselytizing prick? i get that it’s usually just a formality. they’re not actually attempting to bless me, it’s just part of the script. and THAT’S precisely the point. it’s so ingrained, it’s so assumed, that one has to actively push it out. and when we do, we’re the persecutors.

lastly, the one that really gets me (it happened at cf.com a LOT), someone would be struggling, facing a cepecia dx or mac treatment, take your pick. time goes by, so-and-so gets a positive outcome, and out come the zealots decreeing “our prayers have been answered!” yes, your prayers have been answered. thank shiva you were praying for me. you should really pat yourself on the back, without you, i would never have made it through this. that culture would certainly have grown something sinister had you not prayed it away. you probably even changed the outcome. blah blah blah.

anyway, few things make me rage so much (i lie, i rage pretty easily) as christians. personal religion doesn’t bother me so much (organized religion…rage), but christians really get to me. i do have a somewhat terse history with the evangelical church, but that’s beyond the scope of this comment.