Why I'm asking this is because for me, I'm very bad at this. And I feel like many believers are much much better at it than I am and I'm wanting to see what kind of advice I can get. Because as I said at the very top, the people in my area are surely and not so slowly becoming more cold, bitter, hateful and even violent. yes violent. Right now the mma/ ufc bad boy thug image and lifestyle is off the charts not just all around in America but specifically in my area. But of course, my area has that with a slight country "twang" to it, which makes it even more revolting in my view.
I mean, people in my area will brawl at the drop of a hat or a spit across someone's right hand. It literally takes nothing to get them mad and nothing to get them started. And if you are not brawny, brawlzy, have muscles growing out of your ears, can plow a mile field, milk a cow, slop a hog, can drink ten gallons worth of beer, make Goliath wet his pants, eat lead, beat up all the strong men in a bar, and be a arrogant moron to go along with it, you literally get no respect from anyone. And because i"m don't fit any of these categories at least right now (I would like to fit some of these categories but certainly not all of them due to my beliefs) I therefore don't have anyone's respect.
And while just mentioning religious beliefs, besides the type I just mentioned, the other ones in my area that claim to believe in God but do so in a "special" kind of way, they don't show any more respect and kindness to me or to each other either. if I reveal all of my specific beliefs that I hold to regarding Christianity ie apologetics, I will really anger them because the main difference between the kind of Christianity that I hold to and the kind that they hold to is, the kind I hold to is loving, smart, and cool. There version much like the Salem witch burning Amish viking version of Christianity which is hateful, dumb, and lame.
So again, if you all ever had to deal with such people or people that are abusive toward you, how do you keep from letting them get to you? How do you properly react to this the way Yeshua would act? Thank you all for your time and help ahead of time. GB.
