If I ran for political office, I'd probably be asked questions about my religion ...

We hear someone say, "He listens to the news religiously."  The nature of the statement involves the ritual aspect, the repetitiveness of it ...a simple habit of doing it, or being drawn to it to a degree slightly more than to other things.

So, in a sense: Watching the news, drinking tea, watching sports or a favorite TV show, or going on Facebook ...all can be considered done religiously.  Smoking, drinking, even cursing can be done religiously.

Institutions which began as Christian programs, now are being utilized by a different sort of establishment ...using it as a platform for promoting non-Christian values, anti-American values, and even anti-government values (which I don't understand, because if you ask what it means to promote anti-government, they will begin to list their principles ...by which they obviously think we should be governed by).

I've been privileged to work with some wonderful people.  If someone knew I was a Christian, it probably became first evident by the choices I made, and by the way I acted. From day one of my government employment it was made known that I was not to use that institution which I was employed by ...as a platform of my beliefs.  One time someone else brought up a conversation that I didn't feign away from ...and I was overheard by a supervisor who said that my beliefs were not to be part of the workplace.  I politely told him that until that day, he had not known I was a Christian, but I'd known for a long time that he was an atheist.  For a long time he'd been talking against things that I believe in. 

No one can take away who we are ...only we ourselves can do that, and we can cave-in to peer pressure, compromise to get a promotion on the job or promote our standing with friends ...or we can continue to be ourselves, wherever that leads us.

I got along with most of my co-workers, and I showed them the respect they should have as worthwhile individuals.  But our camaraderie did not include my participation in their cursing or lewd talking.

Recently, Kirk Cameron was on the Piers Morgan show to promote his new movie to be released later this month, entitled, Monumental.  Piers Morgan chose to ask Kirk not only his views on gay marriage, but what he would share with his children regarding it. Piers Morgan later said Kirk was brave to discuss his views ...I believe he's brave too, but I'm considering what choice did he have, after being boldly asked?