Divide..

I used to be angry towards religous people... very angry.
My dad was a minister.. a very religous man. I'd say to the point of extremist.. he made religon look like a cult. When I was 12 I moved in with my dad, it was the first time in my life he had taken care of me. It was a HUGE culture shock. He put immense pressure on me to become a devoted Christian. It all blew up when I was 14 and out of control. I realized then I was Athiest... which according to my dad was the worse sin imaginable...blasphemy.

I think the issues I had with my dad and his abuse correlated with Christianity. I was very bitter towards Christians. When I was locked up.. I'd debate religous people, I've even gotten into physical fights over it. I was very disrespectful. The second somebody claimed they were a Christian.. I was on attack mode.

NOW, my attitude is different. I completely respect Christians and their faith. I actually believe faith is a beautiful thing.. it's in human nature. I'm still Athiest... but I've learned to basically suppress my beliefs for myself. Just like with being gay, you'll get people who'll discriminate against you. But it's better to go beyond that. If your discriminating against them, then your only going down on their level. I think respect is important regardless of your beliefs or religon.

Basically, keeping your beliefs to yourself in a private matter... between you and your higher power (or self) is the best thing to do since there's a huge umbrella of beliefs.