Dear Believer

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, while crying for unity and promising togetherness, ignore those, and even despise those, outside of themselves. I would say that these religions, while decrying bonds of love, have created more discord and pain than any other reason man can offer. To what end? Do you not realize that you are all standing outside the same house? Your vantage point may be different, but you’re seeing the same show. Even the apostles couldn’t quite agree on who did what or when they may have done it. Who was the first to see Jesus after he left the tomb? Mary Magdalene and Mary, his mother, as in Matthew 28, or was it Simon, as in Luke 24? Because you have all refused each other, you are all standing in darkness, you are all in the cold outside the house of god. As long as you all squabble over which truth is more correct you will be forever beyond the light of god. The truth, warmth, and light of god, is in acceptance. You are like children fighting for the same toy, not realizing until too late that you have broken it. Now no one can have it. Focus instead on your own private relationship with god, make it your own. The light of your spirit will transcend your words. If you want to be a true witness do these things:

• Take care of those less fortunate than you
• Treat all people with the same respect, regardless of race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or social class
• Focus on knowledge and understanding
• Focus less on monetary gain
• Stop arguing about religion and pointless spiritual debacles
• Focus on your own relationship with god and the sins you are committing, because hypocrites make lousy witnesses
• Build up your fellow man, not just your "fellows"
  

If you take less of your time to “witness” to others, begging them to pray to god and telling them to “turn or burn”, or saying things like “Salvation is only for those who throw themselves on the mercy of god and trust in Jesus Christ”, and instead do these things above, you will lead more people to your light than ever before. Would you rather shout about your faith and push people away, or quietly exemplify your faith and let others come to you?

And maybe none of this will mean anything to anyone, but I'm tired of being told to be a Christian, and I'm tired of being told this is a Christian nation. Because it's not, and I don't believe god exists. Pray if you'd like, that's your faith, and if your god works the way you say he does, he'll show me in his way at some point. Until then, stop harassing me.