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Okay, so let me get some things straight.

I am a Jehovah's witness, a lot of you know that.
That means that I have many different views about a lot of things than you do.

I WILL NOT TOLERATE people coming down on me because I don't believe the same things you do. We are different. We think of God differently. I won't change my beliefs for you. What kind of weak person would I be if I gave up on my beliefs so easily?

No, my eyes aren't closed to situations. I just see things differently from you.
I do see that there's a lot of hurt in the world, but you know what? I don't blame God like you do.
It just means that I have hope and you don't. Hope that God will do something about it.
You don't believe it, that's fine. I won't try to change your mind. I never did in the first place, I just want you to know what I believe. DO NOT try to change my mind about it, I won't change for you, because I love God and I believe he provides what we need.

Don't argue with me about this right now, because I don't want to hear it. I'm too hurt, I'm too upset. So you're just going to have to deal with the fact that I love God and you don't. Don't bring this up with me. Not right now anyway.

I might send this as an e-mail. Just to warn some people and to prevent it from happening again from a couple of others.

Don't disrespect my religion in front of my face. Because it's disrespecting me.
And if you had any respect for me then you'd respect the fact that I strongly believe in this. I'm not asking you to convert, I'm not asking you to believe the things I do, although it WOULD be nice, I'm not forcing it down your throat. I just want you to know what I believe, and please TRY NOT TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM IT. It's the only thing that kept me going through tough times and now you want to take it away from me? I won't allow it.

So this is a warning. Don't bring this up with me because I'm extremely irritated. You don't believe the same things I believe, that's totally your choice, so go for it. But don't you dare say crap about it in front of my face.
Because I was completely hurt.