I don’t know if it’s actually that rare. As an adult I have not had anyone try to impose any religion on me. But as a kid growing up in small-town Texas, I got plenty of it. My parents were not churchgoers, and in grade school I got a constant litany of little kids telling me gleefully that I was surely going to Hell because my family never went to church. It took me YEARS to get past that and not generically dislike all so-called “Christians.” (I say “so-called” because surely, real Christians wouldn’t act like that, would they?) In any case, I think people of any religion can become annoying if they don’t pause to reflect on how their actions come across to non-believers.
Not all Christians use such approaches, in fact one of the things that drew me to the church I go to is the Pastors insistence that the very best way to reach out was not telling people that they are going to hell, but asking them if they would like to learn how they can go to heaven.
I live across the street from a Mother/Daughter team that praise God and thank Jesus every time they see me.
This kind of religious fervor is hypocritical and dripping with fakeness. (The Mother lets a "Gangsta" shack up in her home with her 17 yr old daughter)
I don't like to be lectured or pressured by anyone but my dear, sweet Husband(only because he knows me best). I don't care if I agree with you. Leave it for someone else.
“how their actions come across to non believers” Really?
Christians are supposed to welcome others to the Good News and set an example by living the Word. There is nowhere in the Bible where it says to tiptoe around the sensitivities of nonbelievers. In fact many prophets of the Bible came right out and said “You are going to hell”. Your parents did you no favor by refusing to acknowledge God. You may be going down the road to perdition. Have you looked at your life?