Yet another Christian who can’t resist proselytizing in the wrong context
I don’t recall how “The Wranglerstar” YouTube videos came to my attention. I found the first two videos I watched very interesting (at least for a woodworker who thought he might become a USA forest ranger as a teenager circa 1979). And then I watched his latest video wherein he can’t resist spending the last minute proselytizing for his Christian faith. That behavior is the hallmark of a fundamentalist/evangelical xtian that is unable to separate their religious beliefs from their interactions with the secular world. “Wranglerstar” is the type of person who would make me a second class citizen or kill me if they could achieve sufficient political power. I don’t say “kill me” lightly. As a former Presbyterian I am now an apostate. Something the Christian Bible lists as a capital offense. I have also engaged in adultery, blaspheming The Lord, working on the Sabbath, and several other “crimes” the Christian Bible deems worthy of death.
I want people like “wranglerstar” to understand it is not appropriate to impose their religious beliefs on others. Frankly, evangelizing your religious beliefs in inappropriate contexts (like the YouTube video mentioned above) makes you an asshole.
Consider this scenario. You and I are at Home Depot to buy some glue. You ask me for advice. Since I know a bit about the pros and cons of various glues I answer your question. You thank me for my help. Noticing you are wearing a symbolic Roman torture device around your neck I then deliver a monologue about the stupidity of taking myths written by Bronze age goat herders literally. Not to mention that were a human to exhibit the characteristics of your God he would be committed to a psychiatric hospital or life in prison (or death if he lived in Texas). Not exactly the type of person you should worship. Would you think I was an asshole? Would you think that was the appropriate context for me to share my views on religion?