Dear Eric: I have moved to a new community and many of the older residents keep asking me what church I go to. I have not attended any church for decades as the church I went to preached things that were not practiced.
One of these older residents of the community has told me that the Bible actually says that the races should not intermarry because each race has its own disease and God did this so people would not intermarry. He is extremely prejudiced. I have not confronted him on the hateful language he uses.
How do I tell these people I am not discussing religion or have no plans to attend any church?
– Still Trying to Be Polite
Dear Polite : There are so many different churches and so many different ways of practicing one’s faith. So, I hope for your sake that the one prejudiced