As a Christian who doesn’t follow much of the super religious “rules”, I think it’s kind of a red flag but sometimes it’s not. Red flag because my girlfriend’s ex-friend was super devout and put it all over her bio and was very ableist and homophobic. My friend, for example, is agnostic, so he’s not sure if spirituality exists. He has a friend who’s super devout and constantly talks about Christianity. She has a Discord server about Christianity and most of her friends are Christian who just talk about Jesus and God all the time. She puts the crosses and bible verses in her bio too. She’s very nice and tries to be accepting but seems kinda judgmental or like “Oh, your non-traditional ways are… nice I guess.”

She constantly asks my friend how his relationship with God is and if he reads the Bible and what his favorite verses are, even when he says he’s not super religious.

My mom as of recent has become super religious, and while she is pretty left-leaning, thinks the only way to believe is to be Christian and you HAVE to believe in Jesus or you’ll die instead of live forever in Heaven.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    21·
    2 days ago

    I would personally be annoyed by such a person and not want to associate with them. I have no issue with religious people, or even talking to them about religion, but if they’re just constantly preaching or trying to convert me, that would get on my nerves very quickly.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      22·
      2 days ago

      I work next to a former pastor. He’s the most based religious person that I’ve met, and he’s imo what Christianity should be about. His big thing is your relationship with God is between you and him. This guy isn’t here to judge, and knows that it’s not his place. He mostly believes that if you’re a good person you’ll get to heaven.

      I don’t agree with his religious views, but we can comfortably discuss philosophically about religion. More Christians should be like him and not like the fanatics and hypocrites.

      • dustycups@aussie.zone
        7·
        2 days ago

        This is my favorite answer ITT.
        Whether religious, agnostic or atheist its the zealotry & hubris that gets annoying. Why does everyone have to be right all the time?
        I’m tired, boss.

        Edit: sorry for the downer reply. It is good talking to smart people about philosophy/religion. I suspect the signal to noise ratio on the internet doesn’t help.

        • Feyd@programming.dev
          22·
          2 days ago

          The fun thing about agnostics and atheists that exhibit “zealotry and hubris” is they’re almost always victims of extreme religious environments that got out and want to help others, only to have people like you group them with their previous oppressors.

          • dustycups@aussie.zone
            2·
            2 days ago

            Is it not a reasonable grouping?

            People who say the world is like this vs people who want to explore/discuss the way it is.
            or
            People who say the world is like this vs people who say the world is like that

            In my opinion they are both valid groupings. The first one is much broader & less detailed.

            • Feyd@programming.dev
              12·
              2 days ago

              No, you’re an asshole because you’re grouping people with their oppressors. Cloaking yourself in a faux civility and saying all opinions are equal is not cool.

              • KRAW@linux.communityEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                OK, but being a victim doesn’t make you immune to this categorization. A victim of sexual abuse who rapes someone is still a rapist. Someone who was persecuted for their race who then persecutes others for their race is still a racist. Victims don’t get a “Get Out of Jail” card.