Friday, August 3, 2012

It's MY SIN, leave me the hell alone!

I have pondered long and hard about how to write this without offending, angering or straining relationships.  In the end I decided that frankly I just don't care if someone is offended, upset or chooses to let our relationship be affected because of what I have to say. So with that being said I am going to vent.  I was raised in a very conservative christian home (yes the Mormon faith is Christian). I am well aware of the Christian values, the bible, and the Christian mindset.  Granted I was not raised in a evangelical or born again Christian home, but I was raised in a Christian home with Christian values.  Those of you who know me know I left the church years ago.  I don't follow the teachings, I don't practice the religion, but I consider myself a good person and "Christ-like" if you will.  I was raised to love my neighbor, to not judge, love the sinner etc.   Do these sound familiar? At this moment in my life I am not religious,  I really can't even call myself Christian with the same meaning as the majority of people are familiar with (that is an entirely different post).  To speak bluntly I don't understand how so many people call them selves Christian either?  Please don't take my words out of context,  I believe there are many wonderful Christians in the world who practice the true meaning of "Christ-like", but I also believe that there are many false Christians out there that have no business calling themselves Christian and are defiling and shaming the man who inspires the term "Christ-like".  I do not need to name names,  I do not need to point fingers.  Everyone is familiar with the people I am talking about, perhaps some of those people are even reading this blog.   I am tired to death of the hate, the  ignorance, the judgement's, the self-righteous, and elitist attitudes of people in this society all in the name of Christ and religion. (I realize that these attitudes are not inclusive to our society, but for the purpose of this rant I am referring to American society only)

I consider myself to be intelligent,  usually rational, fairly even headed, imperfect but constantly learning from my many mistakes, not overly emotional (I am sure some will disagree), educated but not all knowing, and overall fairly well rounded.   But for the life of me I can not comprehend the thinking process of individuals who believe that their actions are "Christ-like".  I can understand having different values, but what right do you have to take away someone else's rights?  See, I just don't get it, there are lots of "sinners", why pick and choose which sinners deserve the same rights as you and which ones don't?  You (I am using this word generally and not referring to anyone specific,) don't believe in Gay Marriage,  OK, but since when do your beliefs outweigh the rights of someone else?  If, you do believe in the bible, then you are aware that no one but God has the right to judge?  So ultimately isn't the sin between God and that person?  Sin is personal is it not?  So what right do you have to take away the rights of another person?  I am pretty damn positive that God has not given anyone the power that he exclusively grants himself.  Which means that you/I/he/she/them do not have the right to judge another persons perceived sin. I use the word perceived because whether or not you want to admit it, your belief is a perception, just as everyone else's is.

It wasn't all that long ago that the rights of others were denied based off of religious views and even the bible.  Certain people interpreted (perceived)  specific verses in the bible to mean that the black race was inferior and cursed to be slaves.  Awful things were done to a race of people because of certain people's perceptions/interpretations of religious text. I believe that the majority of people now believe that those perceptions and interpretations were wrong, just as the interpretations and perceptions of the text in the bible justifying the current civil rights issues are wrong as well.  My question is,  Is it going to take hundreds of years for society to realize the mistakes they are making today, or can we learn from our past and the mistakes of others and correct this injustice before it goes further?  Now,  I am not blaming slavery solely on the bible, in fact I am not blaming it on the bible itself.  I am simply stating that the interpretations of these so called Christians were part of the justifications used.

I am also not saying that you/my/his/she view or belief is wrong.  I am simply stating that no one has the right to infringe upon someone else's rights based on a personal belief. Granted you may believe your belief is right and true and all that good stuff, but it is a personal belief, and therefore should not be forced upon others.  When homosexuals are given the right to marry (it will happen) you have the right to believe that it is a sin, you have the right to believe they are going to that place you call hell, you have the right to teach your children that homosexuality is a sin, but you do not have the right to keep those rights away.   Basically what I am trying to say in a nutshell is, you worry about your soul and I will worry about my soul.  If I die and find out that I am totally wrong, than its my problem not yours.  You are not responsible for my sins, and I am not responsible for your sins, because sin is PERSONAL! So, get off your high-horse, you are not responsible for the "sins" of an entire society, you have no right, not justifications, no "God-given" commandment to worry about any one's sins but your own.  And honestly,  I personally believe that hatred and intentionally harming (IE. taking another's rights away) is a pretty damn big sin, but hey that is between you and your God, not me/he/she/ and your God.  Isn't it stated in the bible that we are all given free choice to sin?  So why do you think it is your right to take that choice away from others.  If a homosexual decides to sin and get married, isn't that there God given right? Who are you to take away their God given right to choose to sin?


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