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In one of my lessons today, I was working in class with my partner. She knows I have religious beliefs, and went of topic because she wanted to talk about it. I was feeling a bit intimidated as she was kind of in my personal space and i wasn't sure how to answer some of her questions.
Here were some of them:
"Are you protestant or catholic? What do you think about Gay people? What do you think about Asian people? Are your parents religious? What do you think about Black people? If your religion is sexist would you leave it?
It felt like an interrogation, like she was going to use anything i said against me and I tried to give short answers and get back on topic.
I walked straight out of that classroom, and now feel really stressed and nervous around her
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Hi dear, first of all, you are not alone. I am religious too and I got such questions too, stay strong and keep yourself protected from anyone trying to make you feel insecure or intimated.
sending you fly hugs and love.
Imane
ReplyShe was trying to trigger you for whatever reason. I’m also religious and grew up in a household where you couldn’t question faith, so I was always faced with this same problem around my friends. I would say the best thing to do is to be calm about it and say “you know, I haven’t thought of that, but thanks for bringing it up, I’ll think about it” and just move on. It’s okay to say you don’t know the answer or that you’ve never had to confront a topic. Start with your faith, and then slowly begin to think of topics you’d like to know the answer to.
ReplyI think this is wonderful advice :)
ReplyThere are those with malicious intent and those with curiosity. It's hard to differentiate between the two, but approach it with no assumptions. No matter the instance of someone trying to maliciously try to hurt you, or someone who is curious, it is best in both cases not to question yourself and answer earnestly.
It is understandable why you would be nervous and stressed around her, and that takes time and effort to amend on both ends, not just yours. One thing you have to understand, however, is that people probably associate you with your religion and those who do want to ask questions. Similar to how someone would be curious about Native Americans, especially those who turned to believe in god, there would be many questions you may want to ask, but that person may be afraid to offend them by asking those questions.
either way, it's best to answer earnestly and approach those topics without assumption. Answer what you can, and what you can't or feel uncomfortable with, let them know.
Thanks for sharing this fellow person
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