I just want to clear some things up.
How difficult is it for some people to admit that other cultures/beliefs exist? How hard it is to imagine that some people live by traditions and understandings that trancend time, logic or definition? Welcome to the new age, everything must have a meaning.
I want to announce something open and in the clear. I'm a non-denominational Christian. This means I adhear to my own belief concentrating around the bible and nothing else. No tradition, no higher ups. Just me, the book and God.
This means the following
Something I want to make specifically clear to each and every person who lays eyes on me. I do not hold this cross for you. I do not open this bible for you. My belief has absolutely positively nothing to do with you, and absolutely positively everything to do with God.
I'm not here to make you feel bad. I don't think you're horrible because you're not like me. I was not born a christian.
If I fail to properly represent christians as a whole, I'm not a bad christian. This is what repentence is for. If I get angry, this does not mean I'm less devout, it simply means I'm still human.
If another christian has wronged you, it is not my fault. It also does not mean I owe you an apology due to the fact I'm connected with this person. I cannot apolgize for the christian community as a whole and / or any certen individual, and I wouldn't dare take on such a responsibility. This also does not mean that I would / am going to do the same thing to you simply because I follow the same faith.
If I haven't read the bible you speak of, I'd like to know where you got the time to read so much. The KJV itself is 1700+ pages (and this is on the large page scale, not including any study reference that may exist) and is open to near eternal interpitation. I know a person who has read the KJV for nearly 35 years and still protests to the fullest extent of the earth that he doesn't know enough and still has alot more to learn. Like this man, I do not claim to know everything - but I will admit that I do know alot.
I do love God. I don't say this for your benefit. I don't say it to shove it in your face. The way you feel when I talk about sin is more than likely your fault. On the same coin, however, I'm not sorry if you get upset. Hatred, pain, fear, angst, or depression is not my intent in any way, shape, form or fassion and I am not responsible for any self formed conviction.
Your conversion is not my ticket to heaven. If you refuse to believe, that's fine. That's what free will is all about. On the same token, I'm not trying to convert you to my belief whenever I speak that three letter word that seems to be causing so much trouble.
Now, you may ask yourself - What's this all about? Why are you going to all this trouble?
I'm going through all this trouble because there are actually some people who can look through this entire 'terms & conditions' like blog, find fault and condemn me for it. The type of people who are purely insulted that I would rather stand up for my faith than hide it in a drawer when they pass by. The ones who think the cross around my neck is less of a sign of faith and more of a sign of "I'm better than you"
Yet this will come as no suprise to any of you. I'm sure i'll even get a few hate-mails for this blog alone. People with questions that have no answer, and then condemn me because I can't answer them. People with statements that pose rediculious logic circle arguments.
But above all, it will be people who say the Bible is fake because they can't prove that anything it says is true because of one of the following
Basicly people who say "I spit on your proof and insult your God, not because I have reference that says otherwise - but just because it interfears with my daily life and I'd rather believe in something else!"
To all of you... Thank you. It may be hard for you to believe, but you help me believe further. You test my faith. You force me to learn more. Read more. Seek Him more. You further my prayers, and test my love. You help me better myself and help me get closer to God with every slander you throw, and every curse you spit.
Now this doesn't mean I enjoy it. I dislike being disrespected just as much as you would. Being a christian poses very high expectations. Some of which are impossible to upkeep and can cause alot of christians to falter and fall. If you push at a wall enough, it will eventually crack. The same is true for a human in any field.
And don't take this as a 'calling' and go out and slanderize every christian you meet. Not everyone responds the way I do, and even I tend to take things to the worst point sometimes. There's just so much anyone can take, including me.
For the past three days I've had to defend God in aginst an arrogent and insulting person who has continually thrown each and every one of those things I listed above and more. He came under the angry guise of 'seeking answers' when all he was seeking was arguments.
He made me angry. He made me sad. I thought he respected me, but he thought nothing of my faith when he slandered God right in front of me, turned it into a joke and mocked me in front of a crowd because I crumbled under pressure three times in a row.
But, he taught me alot of things, and I'd do it again.
I've disabled comments on this blog for a very good reason, it'd cause nothing but trouble. If you've got something to say I'll kindly respond in a private message, but for my own sake... don't try to start an argument or a debate. I've had enough of it for a couple weeks.
I want to announce something open and in the clear. I'm a non-denominational Christian. This means I adhear to my own belief concentrating around the bible and nothing else. No tradition, no higher ups. Just me, the book and God.
This means the following
- I love God
- I follow the 10 commandments to the best of my ability
- I read the bible
- I defend the bible if a debate is formed
- I don't hide my belief because of yours
- I attend church
- I listen to christian music
- I take pride in takling about God
- I will put effort into trying to answer any question you have
- I pray
- I love you (Pure ungay man-love)
- I know everything about the bible
- I don't sin
- I speak about the bible to make you feel bad
- I speak about the bible only to convert you
- I look down on you because you don't believe what I do
- I won't be around you if you don't believe what I do
- I hate you if you're not like me
- If I don't drop everything for you, I'm a bad christian
- If I get angry, I'm a bad christian
- If I haven't read X version of the bible, I'm mis-informed/under educated
Something I want to make specifically clear to each and every person who lays eyes on me. I do not hold this cross for you. I do not open this bible for you. My belief has absolutely positively nothing to do with you, and absolutely positively everything to do with God.
I'm not here to make you feel bad. I don't think you're horrible because you're not like me. I was not born a christian.
If I fail to properly represent christians as a whole, I'm not a bad christian. This is what repentence is for. If I get angry, this does not mean I'm less devout, it simply means I'm still human.
If another christian has wronged you, it is not my fault. It also does not mean I owe you an apology due to the fact I'm connected with this person. I cannot apolgize for the christian community as a whole and / or any certen individual, and I wouldn't dare take on such a responsibility. This also does not mean that I would / am going to do the same thing to you simply because I follow the same faith.
If I haven't read the bible you speak of, I'd like to know where you got the time to read so much. The KJV itself is 1700+ pages (and this is on the large page scale, not including any study reference that may exist) and is open to near eternal interpitation. I know a person who has read the KJV for nearly 35 years and still protests to the fullest extent of the earth that he doesn't know enough and still has alot more to learn. Like this man, I do not claim to know everything - but I will admit that I do know alot.
I do love God. I don't say this for your benefit. I don't say it to shove it in your face. The way you feel when I talk about sin is more than likely your fault. On the same coin, however, I'm not sorry if you get upset. Hatred, pain, fear, angst, or depression is not my intent in any way, shape, form or fassion and I am not responsible for any self formed conviction.
Your conversion is not my ticket to heaven. If you refuse to believe, that's fine. That's what free will is all about. On the same token, I'm not trying to convert you to my belief whenever I speak that three letter word that seems to be causing so much trouble.
Now, you may ask yourself - What's this all about? Why are you going to all this trouble?
I'm going through all this trouble because there are actually some people who can look through this entire 'terms & conditions' like blog, find fault and condemn me for it. The type of people who are purely insulted that I would rather stand up for my faith than hide it in a drawer when they pass by. The ones who think the cross around my neck is less of a sign of faith and more of a sign of "I'm better than you"
Yet this will come as no suprise to any of you. I'm sure i'll even get a few hate-mails for this blog alone. People with questions that have no answer, and then condemn me because I can't answer them. People with statements that pose rediculious logic circle arguments.
But above all, it will be people who say the Bible is fake because they can't prove that anything it says is true because of one of the following
- Too old
- No author to reference
- No written date
- Hard to understand
- Too many translations
Basicly people who say "I spit on your proof and insult your God, not because I have reference that says otherwise - but just because it interfears with my daily life and I'd rather believe in something else!"
To all of you... Thank you. It may be hard for you to believe, but you help me believe further. You test my faith. You force me to learn more. Read more. Seek Him more. You further my prayers, and test my love. You help me better myself and help me get closer to God with every slander you throw, and every curse you spit.
Now this doesn't mean I enjoy it. I dislike being disrespected just as much as you would. Being a christian poses very high expectations. Some of which are impossible to upkeep and can cause alot of christians to falter and fall. If you push at a wall enough, it will eventually crack. The same is true for a human in any field.
And don't take this as a 'calling' and go out and slanderize every christian you meet. Not everyone responds the way I do, and even I tend to take things to the worst point sometimes. There's just so much anyone can take, including me.
For the past three days I've had to defend God in aginst an arrogent and insulting person who has continually thrown each and every one of those things I listed above and more. He came under the angry guise of 'seeking answers' when all he was seeking was arguments.
He made me angry. He made me sad. I thought he respected me, but he thought nothing of my faith when he slandered God right in front of me, turned it into a joke and mocked me in front of a crowd because I crumbled under pressure three times in a row.
But, he taught me alot of things, and I'd do it again.
I've disabled comments on this blog for a very good reason, it'd cause nothing but trouble. If you've got something to say I'll kindly respond in a private message, but for my own sake... don't try to start an argument or a debate. I've had enough of it for a couple weeks.
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