My Christianity problem, ctd.

I’m beginning to think I wrote a litmus test, not a blog post in Monday’s “Wherein I Confess To My Christianity Problem.” In comments I’ve received in private conversations, here on this blog, on Facebook and on Bilerico where I cross posted, the discussion has been interesting, to say the least.

Some people seem to only see my anger at Christians and cheer me on. Others say I’m stereotyping Christians and boo me. Still others say I’m stuck in the delusion that I must be OK with everyone no matter what they do to me. One guy at Bilerico called me a loser.

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Wherein I confess to my Christianity problem

I should probably turn in my goodness card. I blew up — via email — at a well-meaning Christian who wrote to tell me that all I needed was prayer to find the Holy Spirit. This happened about a week ago. I’ve been mulling over the incident ever since and have realized that I need to make a confession: I have a Christianity problem.

To be specific, I’m rather famous among my friends for responding with an instantly arched back, flattened ears, puffed up fur, bared fangs and a loud, prolonged hiss to any mention of Jesus, Christ, The Bible or traditional churches. Like a tabby that turns a corner to unexpectedly bump into a pit bull, I find myself thrown into battle mode.

This is decidedly odd given that some of my best friends are Christians. I’m not joking. Two of them are even ministers. I vacation with them, laugh, debate and explore spirituality with them. These two aren’t mere acquaintances. They’re call-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-I’m-desperate friends.

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Women, Feminism and Fear

Erin Solaro and Nancy Jane Moore conducted an email discussion on women, feminism and fear after Nancy reviewed Erin's book Women in the Line of Fire here on In This Moment.

That discussion has now been posted in eight parts on the blog America: You Fix It, You Own It. We plan to continue the conversation over on that blog and invite In This Moment readers to join in with their comments.

Women, Feminism and Fear

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
  
• Part 4
  
• Part 5
  
• Part 6
  
• Part 7
  
• Part 8