[Kris26226]

A lot of major religions teach that their religion has specific “rules” or things you must believe, i.e. Jesus is the Son of God, etc., and believing in these things requires acceptance of these rules. As a Unitarian Universalist, I find that trying to explain that I believe in a higher power and in behaving properly, etc., but do not believe Jesus was the son of God usually provokes an argument in which people who do believe this tell me I am “wrong” rather than accepting a difference of opinion.

The difference between discussing health and salary vs. religion is this I think: To a degree, we cannot choose our salary (we can’t just get a raise anytime we want), and while we can take care of ourselves, we don’t have total control over whether we get sick. In contrast, choosing a religion is a personal choice. Questioning one’s choice usually leads to conversations like the type described above, in which people end up defending their religious choices rather than discussing them.

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Name : Kris26226, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Unitarian, Age : 31, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : Accounts Receivable Clerk, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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