text: i am pagan, what are christians so afraid of? or is it just ignorance that causes this animosity.?   people tend to fear that which they do not understand, or which challenges their preconcieved notions about their world. this is particularly true for those who are insecure in their avowed "beliefs," which are actually nothing more than "inherited" beliefs from their parents. the unexamined faith is actually no faith at all. it's almost axiomatic that the more insecure people are in their own faith, the more hostile they are to the faiths of others.  that's why they seem to be afraid of you, and why they seem antagonistic: you call into question beliefs about which they themselves are insecure.