I think what bothered me (as a not a real Christian because I am Episcopal and so steeped in blasphemous theology so take this as you will, I'm doomed anyway)

Can be expressed by this biblical quote

Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

It isn't that a person is Christian, or mentions God but the how they do so.

For me it reeked of a sense of entitlement and putting oneself above those of other faiths and was prideful that one has seen the light when others have not.

This tends to lead to statements that sound disrespectful of others and if you really are about bringing others to God as most of the people who talk a lot about how Godly they are seem to at least profess they are, personally, find that prideful arrogance and disrespect isn't really that in line with the teachings.

Sure, one can be happy and grateful that one believes that one has the "right" answer, but as one who has been disrespected at times because I'm not the right kind of Christian I find that sort of behavior not only turns me off to religion in general and often to my own Christianity. In my opinion it really doesn't do much to bring others to Christ. Well might bring those that like using self-righteousness to make themselves feel as if they are better than other people in the eyes of God, but is that really what Christianity is supposed to be about? Really? Because if that is what God wants of me, I'd rather go to hell with the Buddhists and any other people who feel that respecting all beliefs is the way to go.

I find being humble, letting people see my beliefs by my actions rather than writing them on my backpack straps and saying how I am better than others as I know the real truth, respecting other people and their beliefs and loving them the way I want them to love me, respect me and respect my beliefs just I dunno feels a heck of a lot more Christian than most of those who boast loudly about how saved they are. But I guess being raised in the wrong sect will do that to you.

I know a few people who really have brought a lot of people to Jesus and converted them from other religions (and belong to a sect I usually have issue with). What works isn't saying to others (or behaving that and if you really believe you are superior, people will see it in your behavior no matter what you say about love and humility) that I have the right way and you have the wrong way. It takes actually loving those people and caring for them as Jesus would have to the best of your ability. When they see you as having a different path than theirs and one that brings a bit of the Kingdom of God into their lives they convert and do so in a way that brings more Godliness into the lives of those around them.

But that is me, and what do I know.

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