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Religion is implicitly about arrogance (making it much more interesting that most religions list 'humility' as a tenet, but that's another story) - it's all about faith, belief in the face of adversity, surety in your own religion's correctness, the roll-eyes smily and thinking inside the box.
In the end, this is the root of much religious conflict, and why I abhor 'street-corner' evangelists. Be evangelical in the manner it was intended: in your church, in front of your congregation and God. For you, by you - don't pretend your way is somehow magically more 'correct' than any other by shouting me down on the street corner. I'm doing fine, thanks.
Also - for you Catholics, here's an interesting statistic (and remember that I'm protestant) for the next time that you're confronted by some ridiculous zealot who can't let 1470 go:
According to CNN at the height of the "Catholic Priest Scandals", a fairly impressive majority of church-related molestations reported in the last decade have occured in Protestant churches.
Now, the reality is that this is most likely because of the overwhelmingly large number of Protestant churches comparatively, but the fact remains fact. So toss that back if you get the silly "child rapist" cracks, and smile when you do it.
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