I am not sure what a 'jealousy" God would be or do, but not being a believer does not make you some sort of alien or something. I am a strong and conservative Christian, but I cannot recall ever insisting that unbelievers join me in praising Him-in fact, I prefer that you not, since it is more of a mockery than true praise. Not sure who you have in your circle of acquaintances, but the Christian faith does not condone asserting nor pretending anything. I believe there is a God, and I also believe that there are people who, for wh**ever reason, do not believe it. They will discover soon enough if they are correct or not.

Meanwhile, please do not pretend to believe something you do not believe, nor be reverential-for whose sake? The people you are dealing with? Why? Yoicks! No one should make you feel uncomfortable to the point that you feel you must hypocritically say you believe something you don't. In the interest of full disclosure, I will tell you that you will be in my prayers-nothing demanded of you-I will simply be talking to my Lord about you-and He knows all about it anyway, so not telling any tales here. And if, as you suggest, He does not exist, no harm, no foul, right? I wish you well, and please get a better more tolerant class of people as friends,

I am not sure what a 'jealousy" God would be or do, but not being a believer does not make you some sort of alien or something. I am a strong and conservative Christian, but I cannot recall ever insisting that unbelievers join me in praising Him-in fact, I prefer that you not, since it is more of a mockery than true praise. Not sure who you have in your circle of acquaintances, but the Christian faith does not condone asserting nor pretending anything. I believe there is a God, and I also believe that there are people who, for wh**ever reason, do not believe it. They will discover soon enough if they are correct or not.

Meanwhile, please do not pretend to believe something you do not believe, nor be reverential-for whose sake? The people you are dealing with? Why? Yoicks! No one should make you feel uncomfortable to the point that you feel you must hypocritically say you believe something you don't. In the interest of full disclosure, I will tell you that you will be in my prayers-nothing demanded of you-I will simply be talking to my Lord about you-and He knows all about it anyway, so not telling any tales here. And if, as you suggest, He does not exist, no harm, no foul, right? I wish you well, and please get a better more tolerant class of people as friends,

You, sir, would seem to be a true Christian. Born perhaps about 1700 years too late, but a true Christian. I salute you.

There was a Puritan minister from Hartford, Nathan Perkins, who left a diary of his travels through the Republic of Vermont in the Spring and early summer of 1789, during which he was welcomed and given shelter and sustenance wherever he went, though the previous year had been a bad one for crops and folks were desparately short of food. On arriving in Burlington, he wrote "Burlington and Colchester, all Deists and proper heathens. Hunt and fish on ye Sabbath." and "Looked wiy pious horror upon the grave of Ethan Allen, ye wickedest man yt ever trod ys guilty globe." He did mention that "Ye women seem happy and love yeir husbands. I wonder if Yey are ye same species as ye women of Connecticut?" On leaving (or escaping?) from Vermont in late June, he wrote, "All of ye learned men and most of the people are Deists."

Stay safe and healthy. (Or is it healy?)

Thank you for the kind words, but I am a ma'am. You had no way of knowing that, of course, and this is not the first time I have been called "sir" on here. I have also been called a lot worse things-you have a great day, enjoy the blessing of being alive. I have lived long enough and needed at various times in my life, help-some has been forthcoming from unbelievers and wrong believers when "Christians" crossed over to the other side, kind of like the Levites and priests in the Good Samaritan parable, and some where Christians stepped right up, so I know that while believing is important for our eternity, I also know that you can be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good. I have found it best to take all that to the Lord, dump it on Him-He is up all night anyway-and leave it in His hands to deal with. But I do pray often and earnestly for those who do not know the Grace of our Lord. I want to share Heaven with them.