How to be Taken Seriously Following an Alternative Religion
It is always more difficult following the less-traveled path and holding the less popular opinion. Most people are not overly familiar with alternative religions (most of which are also new religious movements, and some have outright wrong information about them. Believers might be accused of being silly, frivolous and not grounded in the real world. Among younger seekers, it's common to be accused of simply rebelling against one's parents. How do you demonstrate that you are serious about your faith?
Describe what you are, not what you are not
In the West, conversations about religion often become comparisons with Christianity, and it’s a losing argument. Christianity is not the standard. To presume other religions have to live up to it is absurd.
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