it's funny what 3am conversations can bring out, make you think about. after a free jolly rancher shot and a couple vodka sodas, amanda, aj, and i made our way over to beth's for coffee and a cinnamon roll. she tells me she's going to write a book on christian hatred, wondering where tolerance has gone.
brilliant.
i graduated this past sunday, june 14th, and there were protesters outside from westboro baptist church claiming that God hates gay people, and that we're all going to hell for being methodist. i personally am not, but let's be real here, it's not like they would take that into consideration before making these claims.
this is why people hate christians, because of these radically opinionated and terrible assholes who throw around the name, judging everyone they come into contact with while tainting christianity for everyone. this is the stigma that can't be shaken either.
i personally am not very religious. i have my beliefs, definitely, but i approach it very open-mindedly and in relation with society. there are certain things i have questioned that have changed my mindset since my sunday school days, and most of those things have lead me to simply leave it unanswered, because i just don't know how i feel about my faith, or what's left of it, if they were one way or another.
i would be absolutely horrified if i even knew someone as judgmental as the "christians" who decided to grace my graduation ceremony with their presence. who do you think you are? the thing that pisses me off the most is that that is not witnessing. some of my best friends are gay, and i LOVE them. i'm moving in with 3 gay guys, and feel absolutely no conviction about it. i don't understand why people are so scared of opening their minds and branching out to break the stigma. who are you to judge, to look down upon them as if all sin wasn't equal? i'm so, so tired of it. i shouldn't be ashamed to associate myself with the christian belief because of a stereotype that is actually more accurate than it's given credit for.
i remember growing up and hearing about early christians being persecuted and tortured for their beliefs. is this revenge or something? i hate how when people feel discriminated against and like the minority, they feel the need to rise not just to equality, but above. it's everyone: racism [except against white people- everyone's still getting back at them for some reason], feminism, sexual orientation, politics, etc. you see all these protests and everything providing nothing but discrimination against those who discriminated them first. now we have status quo. qualifications are no longer what are important, what matter, no see everything has to be proportionate- not equal, mind you, but proportionate. bullshit.
my cousin just denounced her faith in God completely. in turn, she makes fun of them, ridiculing everything that they stand for, believe in, everything. in a way, it can be understood, when they behave in such a way as those loving people from westboro baptist. but in a way isn't she just turning around and doing the same thing she's accusing christians of doing? maybe people are just bred to hate. we're brought up, especially now, with causes being shoved down our throats: going green, abortion, vaccinations, third world hunger, adoption, etc. don't get me wrong, it's not that i oppose any of them by any means, but people are just constantly pressured to be for something. standing up for what you believe is admirable, don't get me wrong, but you don't see me standing outside of adidas screaming that nike is better and i enjoy their soccer shorts more. why is that? because nobody cares. just like nobody cares if you think they're going to hell because they are wired differently.
i like to be an efficient person in pretty much everything i do. if i want change, i'll do it in an efficient manner. protesting never accomplishes anything other than a spectacle for people to roll their eyes at, a stronger distaste toward the subject, and traffic. who knows, maybe if everyone didn't have to be so strongly for these causes, the hatred would go down. open-minded and apathetic. the whole apathetic concept may raise a few hairs as far as a lack of commitment goes, but perhaps conflict would settle down. look at me, trying to accomplish world peace, one blog at a time.... revolutionary, really.
tolerance has fled, love has been limited, and christianity as it was intended to be seems rare. maybe beth's coffee and cinnamon rolls is the real answer here. see you there past 2am on any given night.
brilliant.
i graduated this past sunday, june 14th, and there were protesters outside from westboro baptist church claiming that God hates gay people, and that we're all going to hell for being methodist. i personally am not, but let's be real here, it's not like they would take that into consideration before making these claims.
this is why people hate christians, because of these radically opinionated and terrible assholes who throw around the name, judging everyone they come into contact with while tainting christianity for everyone. this is the stigma that can't be shaken either.
i personally am not very religious. i have my beliefs, definitely, but i approach it very open-mindedly and in relation with society. there are certain things i have questioned that have changed my mindset since my sunday school days, and most of those things have lead me to simply leave it unanswered, because i just don't know how i feel about my faith, or what's left of it, if they were one way or another.
i would be absolutely horrified if i even knew someone as judgmental as the "christians" who decided to grace my graduation ceremony with their presence. who do you think you are? the thing that pisses me off the most is that that is not witnessing. some of my best friends are gay, and i LOVE them. i'm moving in with 3 gay guys, and feel absolutely no conviction about it. i don't understand why people are so scared of opening their minds and branching out to break the stigma. who are you to judge, to look down upon them as if all sin wasn't equal? i'm so, so tired of it. i shouldn't be ashamed to associate myself with the christian belief because of a stereotype that is actually more accurate than it's given credit for.
i remember growing up and hearing about early christians being persecuted and tortured for their beliefs. is this revenge or something? i hate how when people feel discriminated against and like the minority, they feel the need to rise not just to equality, but above. it's everyone: racism [except against white people- everyone's still getting back at them for some reason], feminism, sexual orientation, politics, etc. you see all these protests and everything providing nothing but discrimination against those who discriminated them first. now we have status quo. qualifications are no longer what are important, what matter, no see everything has to be proportionate- not equal, mind you, but proportionate. bullshit.
my cousin just denounced her faith in God completely. in turn, she makes fun of them, ridiculing everything that they stand for, believe in, everything. in a way, it can be understood, when they behave in such a way as those loving people from westboro baptist. but in a way isn't she just turning around and doing the same thing she's accusing christians of doing? maybe people are just bred to hate. we're brought up, especially now, with causes being shoved down our throats: going green, abortion, vaccinations, third world hunger, adoption, etc. don't get me wrong, it's not that i oppose any of them by any means, but people are just constantly pressured to be for something. standing up for what you believe is admirable, don't get me wrong, but you don't see me standing outside of adidas screaming that nike is better and i enjoy their soccer shorts more. why is that? because nobody cares. just like nobody cares if you think they're going to hell because they are wired differently.
i like to be an efficient person in pretty much everything i do. if i want change, i'll do it in an efficient manner. protesting never accomplishes anything other than a spectacle for people to roll their eyes at, a stronger distaste toward the subject, and traffic. who knows, maybe if everyone didn't have to be so strongly for these causes, the hatred would go down. open-minded and apathetic. the whole apathetic concept may raise a few hairs as far as a lack of commitment goes, but perhaps conflict would settle down. look at me, trying to accomplish world peace, one blog at a time.... revolutionary, really.
tolerance has fled, love has been limited, and christianity as it was intended to be seems rare. maybe beth's coffee and cinnamon rolls is the real answer here. see you there past 2am on any given night.
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