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If you wish to believe in the Resurrection, that is your right. Don't pretend you have anything but faith to back you up.

Do you live within the borders of the United States of America?

Carolina in your name seems to imply that you do. How do you stomach living amongst a majority of people (In the Carolinas) that believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? Are they all just completely deluded psychos? How far do you have to drive to avoid a building that houses your fellow citizens who weekly are being taught and believing that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day?

There was a time in history when people believed based on tradition, but these United States of America changed all that. We can congregate with whomever we please, because there is no coercion. We are millions of rational, productive souls who contribute more to this society than any other group. Our free Christian heritage sets us apart from all other nations of the world and in history.

You must feel a foreigner. Talk with your local Christian that you find respectable. They may attempt to persuade you to change your mind on these things. Our Lord Jesus was persuasive, but never coercive; unlike other belief systems in this world, including Scientism.

" Do you live within the borders of the United States of America?"

Yes. North Carolina.

"How do you stomach living amongst a majority of people (In the Carolinas) that believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?"

Why do you think it would bother me?

"Are they all just completely deluded psychos?"

No, why would you think I thought that?

"How far do you have to drive to avoid a building that houses your fellow citizens who weekly are being taught and believing that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day?"

Why do you think I avoid churches? Is there any reason I SHOULD avoid them?

" There was a time in history when people believed based on tradition, but these United States of America changed all that."

It did? When? Your beliefs are not based on a tradition?

"You must feel a foreigner."

No, I feel like an American.

"Talk with your local Christian that you find respectable."

My whole family are Christian (Catholic to be exact); can I just call them instead? I already have a calling plan.

"Our Lord Jesus was persuasive, but never coercive; unlike other belief systems in this world, including Scientism."

You mean science, not *Scientism*. Science is just a way to examine the physical world, a methodology. I am sorry you feel so threatened by it.

How do you stomach living amongst a majority of people (In the Carolinas) that believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

It might be possible that he is more tolerant than your average Christian when it comes to accepting those with different views.

How do you stomach living amongst a majority of people (In the Carolinas) that believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? Are they all just completely deluded psychos? How far do you have to drive to avoid a building that houses your fellow citizens who weekly are being taught and believing that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day?

Why would it bother him? Most people go through life utterly ignorant of most "facts" they profess to believe in. Basic science, basic math, basic economics, basic history, basic geography, etc may be at odds with their belief but that does not stop them from having it. And most seem quite happy in their ignorance.

Given that sheer number of other ridiculous beliefs people have about everyday things, why should throwing one more ridiculous belief on that stack bother anyone? The only thing that ever bothers me about the beliefs of others is the extent to which I have to pay for the stupid ones they carry.

And make no mistake, the number of trivially falsifiable beliefs that your average person carries is truly astounding. A belief on the order of the Resurrection is relatively insignificant by comparison, even if it was false.