The Stasis of Faith... and any other thing that matters to you, for that matter

I'm always shocked when people of faith can't show simple expressions of their faith. I'm not talking about anything drastic, but hows for example, on Facebook, just simply stating your religion in your "About Me" Section?

Actions like that can't be in any way be too evoking or confrontational to a person without faith (if this is the reason for doing so).  Of course, the person may not actually claim the religion personally, which in that case, good -- then I definitely understand why he or she may choose to leave the field blank.  Does it really matter, it's just a small section in the "About Me". Yes! It does. Your religion does have an impact on your philosophical formation, whether you agree with it or disdain it. A person who grew up in a faith, or lack thereof, has a fundamental philosophy influenced by being of the faith or not.  Why do we need to know? So we can stereotype the person into a category based on the faith they claim and add biases to them that are well warranted because of generalizations given to the belief system? Uh, rude. NO. Not the case, my friend, not the case.

Let's just say it like this:
Either one censures his or her faith to flee unfair generalizations, or one politely proclaims his or her faith as an opportunity for open-minded, respectful discussion been those of different faiths, camaraderie between those of the same faith.

But speaking from a Roman Catholic view... I'm honestly proud and humbled to share my faith, politely, of course. Catholicism has greatly influenced Western Civilization (and all human civilization for that matter) for the past 2000 years.  The Church offers age-old, tried, tested, and true insight, wisdom, reflection, and guidance, especially to matters of the human heart and the human experience. The Church offers the Truth that is Christ. So yes, my About Me section on Facebook has "Catholic" in it. And everywhere I go, I consider it an honor to share my faith.  And I know every person, Catholic or not, is on their own journey in the faiths, so no one should ever oblige you to be enthusiastic of your faith, but I find it extremely difficult to just stay extremely silent on the Good News, or any news of goodness for that matter.

At the very least, in the most general sense, I think it's good stature of a person to openly state what he or she supports, likes, dislikes... etc., anyways. Social media makes it easy to do so, and any decent person is respectful towards you as a person regardless of what you think/believe/feel (and hopefully, you think/believe/feel rationally, sincerely, and respectfully). Everyone deserves respect because every person is a human person.

So I guess it concludes to this: either people are afraid of expressing their faith, again for fear of generalizations and unfair treatment, or the world just isn't respectful enough for people to be comfortable to do so.  And both realizations are sad.