[it] turns into me defending myself and my life choices and my own beliefs and religion and all over something that doesn't hurt someone else at all. It's ridiculous!
To be fair and honest, GM4Him... And I earnestly mean no disrespect in saying this, but you are the one that brings your religion into things here, every time it comes up. It's always you (as far as I've ever seen at lest), who brings it up and makes it an issue, and I do feel as though you've been politely requested to keep religious discussion out of matters before. We understand that your personal beliefs and your religious leanings are important to you, and (possibly, I don't want to presume) a strong element of what makes you who you are... and that's fine! But the topics we discuss in these forums are not the place for those kinds of real world discussions and potential conflicts. So if you don't bring your personal religion into the discussions here, it's a near guarantee that no-one else will either, and then you won't have to feel like you're needing to defend it. - I've never had to defend my own religious position, for example, because I've never brought it up.