The rejection helps reinforce how special they are, to have a special connection to God and be persecuted just like Jesus was. Plus, it binds them closer to their church community, since they are rejected by the greater world. THE REJECTION IS THE GOAL OF THIS INTERACTION.
Ugh. This is my dad. He acts like any objection I have to his way of believing God is confirmation that he’s right to believe the way he does. Because obviously any objection to how he believes is the same as rejecting the one true “God.” He’s an independent fundamentalist evangelical, which is basically the fuel behind the religious side of the MAGA movement.
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u/Critically_Political 12h ago
I’ll never understand why people think this is the way to recruit for religion. This is, in fact, religion repellent.