nothing brings out paranoia quite like religion.
I absolutely agree with this. Spirituality and religious beliefs are personal. Few things are more irritating - even to Christians - than in-your-face folks riled up in a religious fervor, loudly proclaiming to others the right, only way to believe. It's almost like some people are so insecure with their own faith they fear that faith everywhere is faltering.
I'm stopped counting (or opening) forwarded e-mails from some of my friends because I know they'll be nothing but paranoid claims about this and that and such and so working to suck God out of our deteriorating world and if I'll just forward this to fifty of my friends then we can let all the Godless heathens know that we're not going to take this lying down.
I think God would be happier if each of us loved Him in our own way and stopped worrying about whether or not everyone else feels exactly the same way we do.
-nab