Religious Compatability

There was a woman the other day who came into the restaurant where I work. She was pushing a friend of her's in a wheelchair, and she was very kind as I walked them to their seat. As we were rounding a corner, I noticed the necklace that the woman had on.

At the bottom of the necklace was an upside-down jesus-fish whose tail lead into the star of david, which had a menorah sprouting out the tip of the star. Something like the picture below:



Now, when I noticed that necklace I said to the woman: "Oh what a nice necklace you have! Where did you get it?"

"In a jewelry store of all places," She chuckled a bit and said, "Are you Jewish?"

I explained to her that I was not an adherent to the Jewish faith or practice, but I let her know that I liked her necklace and I told her it was interesting because it linked a whole bunch of symbols together, from numerous faiths, and I proceeded to explain what the symbols meant to the different people who used them.

To this she replied: "Well its best that you pick a side," And she sent me an angry glance, corrected herself, regained composure, and then leaned in and whispered to me, "...Especially the way the world is going these days."

"You are absolutely right!" I said this to avoid argument. In the game of good versus evil, the only way to win is to avoid playing. I wasn't going to tell her that, because then I would assuredly get a lecture about being lukewarm or something along that line. I told myself that it was alright to forgive the woman for being so horribly judgmental toward my open and accepting attitude toward faith.

Quickly I shot a glance to the front of the store, where there were others waiting to be sat and I let her know that I wanted them to enjoy their meal, and that it was wonderful that we'd gotten a chance to meet.

The point behind the entire story is that it does not matter how accepting you can be towards others. They will always accept the people that they want to accept, and cast out those they want to cast out. And they are perfectly alright with doing that, and I am perfectly alright with letting them, because that's their choice. But after explaining this brief situation, I had a question: Is it better that I follow her advice and pick a side? Or is it best that I refrain from details and love all people equally, despite their beliefs?

I know which answer God would choose.