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inthessa··on My journey as a Christian software developer
But this fails to address the question and just reasserts that what I asked is true while seemingly sounding like you’re attacking me for bringing it up…?

> we would do well to look at ourselves rather than heckle people we don't understand.

When a question asked in good faith about faith is answered by accusing the asker of being a heckler is usually a sign that that bit of faith is threatened by critical thinking.

> it's standing on a branch and being sure it won't break.

When your branch has the political will to harm others you can believe I’ll be asking questions why you think that branch will hold.

I just hope you have the conviction of belief to answer honestly.

> accepting that humans do this and leaving them alone, respecting their autonomy, not picking on people

I like a simplified version of your suggested world

inthessa··on My journey as a Christian software developer
How does a software developer retain a religious faith?

In software development when there is a bug in your code you go back and rework or rewrite it until the code executes successfully without any internal logical failures.

How can someone who understands this process look at an ancient holy book filled with contradictions, inconsistencies, stretched truths, thinly veiled metaphor, lies, and sporadic facts and support both its proponents’ refusal to change it and its proponents’ insistence that it be used as a guide to living life in contemporary society?

Why recognize and revere the faith in rigor when concerning one’s self with something as inconsequential as a to do list app, but throw that all away when concerning one’s self with topics as important as identity, morality, and humanism?