It's true that America is a melting pot for all types of people, with all different beliefs and religions! Who cares?! To each their own. I begin to have a problem though when your beliefs are so dogmatic and judgmental that you begin to impress them on others even after its been quite routinely expressed. We should all be respected no matter your religion or belief.
To me, it's personal! A personal decision! Just like who you decide to bed-down! I don't need to wear a shirt that says, "I'm sleeping with him!" Just like there doesn't have to be a parade where I march around chanting how free I should be to have sex with Tom, Dick, and Harry! That's what we call PRIVATE! I'll just never understand that -_-
Moving on though
As free as people should be to practice their religions is as free as people should be to NOT partake in other certain religions...I get that. Don't participate! But don't send a generic letter legitimizing your beliefs AND then further attempting to brow-beat or explain why the practice of another religion is wrong and why you think they're all going to hell. It's not your place! Have a seat!
The most grounded and learned scholars will tell you everything must, not only be done in decency and in order, but gently! Didn't your parents ever teach you: You catch more flies with honey than vinegar!
Decency and in order means: You're not going to write to your child's teacher to let them know- especially after the first generic note- why you're not celebrating holidays and how wretched holidays are!
You're not going to write the banks and grocery stores formal "generic" letters about how offensive their decorations are to you when you're shopping for eggs or cashing a check!
You especially shouldn't write a letter where multiple recipients read it and KNOW it's generic because you didn't take the time to proofread to know you have wrong names in the damn letter!! I mean really?! You already know what I'm going to say...Get YOUR LIFE!
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