Admittedly, you’ve almost hit the nail on the head with the first sentence. Congratulations. Unfortunately, you then proceeded to undo all of that good work with vapid platitudinous wordplay. Is not being tolerant of intolerance itself intolerance? Is being against bigotry not bigotry? Explain your working.

Hint: English is not the best language to explain logical constructs.

Your comment re: conversion is a matter of interpretation (ah, apologetics, how interesting thou art!) Matt 28:18-20 and Phil 2:1-5 (of the verses that I can recall/look-up) seem to indicate an express desire and expectation of your supposed anointed one to not only passively proselytise (for which there are a good deal more instructions/indications—Mark 16:15, Luke 24:47-49, John 15:26-27, and a good variet of “John”’s letters [all KJV]—just in case you’ve forgotten) but actively, and determinedly, convert.

But what the hell do I know? I read this stuff with the same intensity and literalism as I read Homer, Beowulf or the Vedas.

So, then, here’s a question: if I (for example) have tolerated the christian mythos being explained to me, to death (no pun intended) by A. Christian-Religionist, how exactly is that communicated to the rest of christendom so that I’m not bothered with having to endure it again, in its inane entirety, from some other “well-meaning” soul? What would you do having the somebody shoving the contents of the Book of the Heavenly Cow down your throat at every opportunity, and claiming it was all true, at least in a figurative—if not literal—fashion?

I believe this is kind of contradicting because it is forcing non-forcing. Anyways, Christians aren’t supposed to force conversions on anybody. They are only supposed to tell others about Jesus. Whether anyone else believes them or not is their decision.

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The conclusion?

There is definitely a God, so let’s stop worrying and enjoy our life!

Definitely.

Definitely.