Feel free to tune me out.
You're just proving my point more and more that when confronted with logic, reasoning, and all the negative garbage that comes along with believing in tooth fairies and wizards, you do nothing but ignore it and tell me to focus only on the positive. That's a tired, manufactured excuse. You guys say, "Yeah we think gays, non-believers, other religions, and a million other groups are evil and filthy, and more people are murdered, shunned, and oppressed every year in the name of imaginary wizards than any other reason, but don't worry, it's cool because we built some houses in Haiti and do food drives!"
I don't need a ghost story breathing down my neck to show "forgiveness, mercy, kindness, self-control, respect, humbleness, being a Good Samaritan, avoiding burning down homes and businesses of others, and gentleness," and neither do you.
Essentially what you're saying would be equated to, "Yeah, Chris Doyle, BF, KF, and Seth Wallace might have made certain kids' lives total hell, but they also were good to some of em so it erases the bad." Doesn't work that way.
Now...let's hear the total absence of logical reply...and bash me in return about being a meany, all while totally ignoring what I brought up about the absurdity of myths in 3...2...1...
Stand up for yourself and answer the "why's." If you tell me you believe in fairies because your ancestors for the last 500 years did and that's what got passed down to you and beat into you from a young age I can respect that. At least there's an excuse. I'd be scared of hell, and intimidation, and threats too if I was a little kid. Otherwise it's just deranged fantasy and you're too scared to question yourself. This stuff is the central foundation to your life. Tell me why instead of saying "You're just mean!!" and avoiding it.
Or tune me out. It's fine. We'll both sleep just fine tonight.