Overcoming Division Without Giving Up What You Believe

Overcoming division doesn't mean you need to tell people you've changed what you think to think as they do.

If someone refuses to work and coexist with you because of your beliefs as a Christian, you are not causing division either. 

Christians,

Overcoming division doesn’t mean you need to give up what you believe in.  Looking at division as people not willing to work together and otherwise coexist who think differently, you can both avoid the choice of division and retain your beliefs.  This is because you can respectfully work and coexist with people who think differently from you at places like work and school without changing what you believe.

If someone refuses to work and coexist with you because of your beliefs as a Christian, you are not causing division either.  Christians in the US, people may also refuse to work with you because they know you are patriotic.  However, when you believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and you believe in a country that supports equality and freedom, don’t think that people are rightfully at odds with you for what you believe and that you should change what you think.

If people won’t work and coexist with you unless you give up your belief in the love of Jesus Christ and America, then it is actually better to be divided (note for US audiences: This doesn't mean the US should be divided into two nations. It shouldn't be).  It is better to be divided than for everyone to agree that no one should be Christian and that people shouldn’t support a nation like the US.  Otherwise, you yield to a form of kaino-oppressive thinking*, which makes you feel like you are going against the open-minded idea of bringing different people together when you are really being deceived into accepting a system where everyone has to think the same way. 

*This term was originally coined on this blog.