If you believe something different from most Christians, at what point does that stop being a “Christian” belief? I think any arbitrary belief could be labeled “Christian” via this logic?
Others don't call me Christian because I don't believe in the Nicene Creed.
I call myself Christian because I try to follow Jesus Christ in my everyday life.
Of course, Christ has great communication skills. I do not, as you can see from this thread. This is just one way in which I suck as a disciple of Christ.
It's just that... the US government, OSB and FBI agents, whoever is handling your application... They don't really have a sense of nuance when doing background investigations, nor should they be expected to have the resources to do so.
I don't mean to shit on your dream of flying commercially, in fact I hope you achieve it. I really just pointed out what I saw, something that might be a "code smell" type red flag that could lead to bias in the FAA's selection process, consciously or not.
I hope that my initial comment wasn't too crass, but sometimes people need to hear what they need to hear.
I added a note to that post that says this:
> Edit 2023-05-11: After confusion on Hacker News, I want to clarify the previous statement.
> I believe that the United States must die, but I believe that God alone must do it by natural disaster, as with what happened with Sodom and Gomorrha. It is not for any individual or group to do, especially not the Latter-day Saints.
> > We believe that all men are bound to sustain and uphold the respective governments in which they reside, while protected in their inherent and inalienable rights by the laws of such governments; and that sedition and rebellion are unbecoming every citizen thus protected, and should be punished accordingly;
> > – D&C 134:5 [1]
I hope that fixes the problem.
I apologize. I acted the way I did because I have people grab random posts and say that they can ignore me because I'm religious and then rail on me, forcing me to defend my faith. This felt a bit like that, but I was obviously wrong about that feeling.
[1]: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-test...