If you haven't understood from my past entries, I will say it again. I hate political correctness. I believe in the first amendment. Every man and woman should have the freedom to say what they believe and have their beliefs acknowledged.
I want to talk about sin, and definitions of sin. I was just thinking, people sure get offended if you say something is a sin and it's something they do. They call you a Christian bigot, and you haven't even personally called them out on their sin. They're mad you called it out as a sin, why? People don't get mad when you say lying is a sin, they don't get mad when you say stealing is a sin. Greed, gluttony, jealousy...these are all recognizable and non-offensive as sin. Let's throw in lust..fornication, homosexuality....you define those as sins and people come up in arms against you. Why? We all sin, we just sin different from one another. Have you ever lied? Have you ever been jealous, greedy, or cheated a little to get ahead? Are there any times you did than, got your way, and didn't really regret it. REALLY think about it....yes, there probably are. Why aren't you upset with everyone for calling that a sin.
I'm doing a poor job of saying what I want to say: if someone believes something is a sin, let them. If you don't believe in the action they take of it, acknowledge their right to their belief and take action. People whine, they cry, they take action, but they rarely acknowledge that people can believe different things than themselves.
I am a Mormon, I am a Christian. I love the Book of Mormon, I love my savior, and I will defend what I believe. I have a clear definition to myself of what sin is. I love sinners but I hate sin. I love my religion so much, it makes me so happy, I want to share it with other people because I believe it will make them happy to. Do I believe my religion is better than others? YES! That's why I chose it! Do I believe others are awful nasty people because they don't believe what I do? NO! They are not me! If you don't want what I have, I will never force you to take it, but you can't blame me for trying to share what makes me happy.
I believe in waiting until marriage to have a physically intimate relationship, and I believe intimacy should be between a man and a woman (if you want me to, I'll give my non-religious rant on that some other time, but I'm only doing that one if you ask me to. I haven't so far because I don't want my friends hurt or feeling attacked because I vehemently believe that action is wrong). If you participate in pre-marital physical intimacy I will not hate you, I will love you. If you are gay, I will love you. That is also something I learned from my religion. If someone with my belief system doesn't try to call out these sins as sins and try to get people to repent and be as happy as they are they really don't love the sinners.
Religious people don't fight sin because they hate or don't feel love. We call out sin because we believe there is something higher to strive for. We believe a life absent of these things will fulfill a true measure of joy you may have never felt before. It truly has for us.
Feel free to disagree with us, but don't try to silence us. Don't shun our love! Discuss, argue, but do it lovingly, don't be offended because we want to share with the world what we have, believe me when I say it is what makes me happy. I have had some tough experiences, and I never would have gotten through them without my savior. I feel like my sins have been pretty bad, and I'm so grateful for the love and mercy that came through repentance, can you blame me for wanting others to feel that sweet, sweet gift?
I will let you speak, please allow me to express myself, is all I'm saying. This is all my response for A&E trying to shut Phil Robertson up. That is my inspiration, he tried to share his love and beliefs, he uses his public position to try to get people to come to his savior, because like me, he has felt the love and mercy that comes from believing in Jesus Christ.
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