Give em hell. My point, is that one can take being hit upon in good spirit. Christians think it is an act of love, not hate. It is their faith.
I know they think that it is an act of love. At the same time I respect it, it infuriates me to no end. I would never presume that my beliefs were so "right" that all others that did not agree were doomed to eternal damnation no matter how well they lived their life on earth.
No matter how they phrase it, their religious beliefs come off as intolerant, unaccepting, and completely condescending, I will continue to speak out as long as the Christians I mostly agree with begin to sound similar to fundamentalist Muslims. And sometimes they do.