Oh Man, The Religious Folks Got Me. Again.

Oh man. What is it about my face that inspires so many religious folks to hand me their insulting little pamphlets so often?

Is it the big eyes? The sarcasm? The over-the-top enthusiasm? Maybe the sugary sweet little girl voice?

At any rate, they seem to think I need saving. Sometimes my kids, too. At a parade Inari was given a Pamphlet about "Mr. Nice Guy" who was still going to burn in hell even though he wasn't a sinner because he had not yet accepted Jesus into his heart.

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My boy was 3-years-old at the time.

Today I got this one.

According to the criteria, I am definitely not getting in.

It starts with: First, you must accept that you are a sinner.

"For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God."

Well, yeah. I'm not a God, first of all, so let's stop trying to hold humanity up to a golden standard. Mmkay?

Back to the pamphlet.

Second, you must accept that as a sinner you owe a penalty.

To whom and what penalty?

"For the wages of sin is death."

And...

"The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

I need to ask a serious question of people. At what point in life did it become acceptable to attempt to bully and frighten people into your way of life?

Is there a reason fear is a tactic? Is there no positive way to address this, to encourage people to take up the religious mantle?

In my opinion it is to each their own. You can Catholic/Islamic/Hindu/Pastafarian whatever, I am happy you have something you are passionate about. I love you and your religious preferance doesn't matter to me.

But for the love of your god, keep your pamphlets to yourself. If one more person hands my child a picture of a man burning in Hellfire this mama might just snap.