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I have been told that I was suffering from Crohn's Disease because I wasn't praying hard enough.
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I've gotten that one too. I usually respond with "God's work isn't done by God -- it's done by people."
I'm Jewish and we don't evangelize. In fact, if people want to convert TO Judaism, they are traditionally sent away 3 times. They must show that they really want it.
One girl on my floor last year had NO idea I was Jewish, even though I wore a star of david, went to services each week, and have a very "Jewish" last name. She might not have suggested prayer so much to me if she knew, though. She's floormates with some of my sisters now and is VERY disapproving of them. They, in turn, have started messing with her and pretend to have done very immoral things. (They did this after the floormate INSISTED they had not been "saved" even though the two of them are really religious.)
Personally, I don't like anyone telling me I'm going to hell. It's hard for me to deal with some of my deeply Christian friends because I know that's what they think is going to happen to me. I don't know why they think they KNOW what will happen. We don't even believe in hell!