An acquaintance of mine tells me that she finds Christians strange. Well, I don’t know why she thinks the occult exists and then Christianity is mumbo jumbo. They all have to do with the general theme of spirituality, and if she believes in the occult’s spiritual manifestations, then why doesn’t God exist? Goodness, I’m not implying that they’re no different, because there’s a HUGE difference. I’m just wondering why she closes her mind when she’s open to other supernatural stuffs.

I don’t think I’m strange, thank you very much! I’d like to believe that I have my head on my shoulders, I invest wisely and save my monies prudently, I take up insurance policies, I still look left and right before crossing the roads, and I don’t think I frighten people by evangelising at every opportunity. Yes, I’d been shocked by a couple of them myself, when I was caught off-guard. And if I’m considered “uncool” because of my spiritual beliefs, I really don’t take offence, because she’s entitled to her opinions. I just wish she can stop harping on it, as though she’s trying to “make up” for it by desperately justifying how uncool I am, when I have already made it clear to her that I accept that I’m uncool.

I don’t like to use the Age Card very much, but in this case, from my perspective, I am merely sitting down sipping my tea calmly, whilst she flusters and blusters about why she thinks Christianity is “this and that”. I’m not going to make a big ruckus of what she thinks, it’s really beyond my comprehension why she strives to justify everything. I am not going to renounce my faith because of her, I do hope she knows of that. After gently coaxing her that I get her point, she says abruptly, “Well, yeah, so I think Christianity is mumbo jumbo!”

Seriously. It’s like the millions of flamers out there who rant, and rant, and rant… and no productive conclusions. Childish? Perhaps not, at their ages and mindsets. I’ll try to be fair. But it’s a different matter if you are selling your argument to me directly, because I’ll likely want to hear something substantial, and I’ll be really annoyed if it’s not even up to scratch. I’m not asking for intellectual debates of the centuries, I’m just looking for a sincere, open debate with good questions and arguments.

And I don’t get along with people who have their own opinions BUT stamp on others’. Go have your own voice, flaunt it for all I care, but once you turn around to tread on others’ opinions (not jokingly), then just as I told her at the end, “You have no idea how you sound to me right now, and I actually feel sorry for you. I really do.” I will still talk to her, I can still laugh with her, and if the opportunity from God comes for me to evangelise, I will do all that. I guess that’s life, at times you need to talk to people who just can’t tolerate others. And I didn’t even start the offensive. I was pounced on, just because she knew I was a Christian. Who was being extreme here? Well, she didn’t like the fact that I was so nonchalent, taking it easy, not feeling offended at all. Was she looking for a fight? I still have no idea, I suppose I don’t feel the need to defend myself. God, to me, is omnipotent. He is way beyond anyone’s comprehension. God and I have a relationship, I don’t care if people criticise me. Don’t people ignore everyone’s claims when they’re in love? The best part is, I’m strolling along myself and I find her trying to throw rocks at me, trying desperately to tell me why she’s doing that. And then, she concludes she’s justified to throw rocks at me.

Yeah, she’s annoyed that I’m walking away whistling, whilst nonchalently dodging all the little rocks and waving my hands around. I’m cool with my beliefs, I’m not sorry she’s not cool with mine.

Gosh, big deal. Why do they bother with little things like these? No wonder teenagers are angsty. Move on already. In fact, maybe I need to reconsider my social circles!