The internet is a beautiful thing. If I have a question about anything under the sun, I can find out the answer, or at least a balanced variety of theories, in relatively little time. Blogging is a cool thing, because it gives everybody a chance to voice their opinion. The problem is, that voicing those opinions seems to make them think their opinions are valid. (hahahaha it was a JOKE people)
I've been reading a lot lately on the whole America/Bush/Kerry/Election/Abortion/War in Iraq fiasco and I have to say that it never ceases to amaze me how wound up people get on the subject...... although now that I think about it, I seem to remember getting pretty wound up myself. I guess I just began to realize that it's all just piss in the wind.... oops I mean ash.
Sure, everyone's gonna have an opinion, and since no-one will ever know the complete truth behind all of these issues, I guess every point of view is game. But I get a little testy when people attack someone's christianity based on something like politics. No, I don't like Bush, but yes, I AM a Christian. Can't reconcile the two? Maybe you're taking your politics a little too seriously.
Anybody can claim to be a Christian when votes are on the line. That doesn't necessarily mean they're gonna be good at running a country. I'm a Christian, that doesn't mean I'm better at it than Paul Martin..... well actually I probably would be, but that's beside the point. The point is, there's lots of incompetent Christians out there, and there's lots of morally upright, sincere non-christians.
Someone's gotta be the president, I suppose, and now George Bush is. It is what it is. Let's pray he makes good choices now that he's around for a while.
I guess my real issue is with the mixing of spirituality and politics. I'm not sure it's always appropriate. Personally, I can't oppose abortion and support war in one breath, both in the name of God. In the name of God, I oppose both, but in the name of the greater good for my country, who do I vote for? No matter who I vote for, that person will support something I oppose. So I thank God that I had no vote in that election. Had I the option, I wouldn't have voted, and then some Christian somewhere would be telling me what a hellbound backslider I am for not voting.
How can anybody look at another person and make the call: Christian or Non-Christian? That couple in the restaurant's drinking beer..... Non Christian. That human in the front row of church.... Christian. I guess my big paradigm shift came when I noticed that the people drinking beer in the restaurant were better examples of Christ's love than the insincere human proclaiming the name of Jesus while behaving like a hypocrite. What is a "Christian" anyways? What do Christians act like? Who do they vote for? Whose job is it to decide whether I'm a Christian or not?
Some of these questions are easier to discern than others but as far as I'm concerned it just doesn't matter. Whether you're a christian or not is not my call, even if you DID vote for Kerry. Or Bush. Even if you smoke cigarettes...... It's still not for me to say.
It is up to me to love everybody as myself and pray for my leaders, and I do a substandard job of it. That has nothing to do with political elections. So everybody just chill out and leave me alone.
I'm hungry. make me some food. THEN leave me alone.
I've been reading a lot lately on the whole America/Bush/Kerry/Election/Abortion/War in Iraq fiasco and I have to say that it never ceases to amaze me how wound up people get on the subject...... although now that I think about it, I seem to remember getting pretty wound up myself. I guess I just began to realize that it's all just piss in the wind.... oops I mean ash.
Sure, everyone's gonna have an opinion, and since no-one will ever know the complete truth behind all of these issues, I guess every point of view is game. But I get a little testy when people attack someone's christianity based on something like politics. No, I don't like Bush, but yes, I AM a Christian. Can't reconcile the two? Maybe you're taking your politics a little too seriously.
Anybody can claim to be a Christian when votes are on the line. That doesn't necessarily mean they're gonna be good at running a country. I'm a Christian, that doesn't mean I'm better at it than Paul Martin..... well actually I probably would be, but that's beside the point. The point is, there's lots of incompetent Christians out there, and there's lots of morally upright, sincere non-christians.
Someone's gotta be the president, I suppose, and now George Bush is. It is what it is. Let's pray he makes good choices now that he's around for a while.
I guess my real issue is with the mixing of spirituality and politics. I'm not sure it's always appropriate. Personally, I can't oppose abortion and support war in one breath, both in the name of God. In the name of God, I oppose both, but in the name of the greater good for my country, who do I vote for? No matter who I vote for, that person will support something I oppose. So I thank God that I had no vote in that election. Had I the option, I wouldn't have voted, and then some Christian somewhere would be telling me what a hellbound backslider I am for not voting.
How can anybody look at another person and make the call: Christian or Non-Christian? That couple in the restaurant's drinking beer..... Non Christian. That human in the front row of church.... Christian. I guess my big paradigm shift came when I noticed that the people drinking beer in the restaurant were better examples of Christ's love than the insincere human proclaiming the name of Jesus while behaving like a hypocrite. What is a "Christian" anyways? What do Christians act like? Who do they vote for? Whose job is it to decide whether I'm a Christian or not?
Some of these questions are easier to discern than others but as far as I'm concerned it just doesn't matter. Whether you're a christian or not is not my call, even if you DID vote for Kerry. Or Bush. Even if you smoke cigarettes...... It's still not for me to say.
It is up to me to love everybody as myself and pray for my leaders, and I do a substandard job of it. That has nothing to do with political elections. So everybody just chill out and leave me alone.
I'm hungry. make me some food. THEN leave me alone.
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