I used to want to be someone special until I met someone special. Now I know, all I want is to be special to my someone special. I spent so much of my life only caring about myself.
Happy Valentine's Day. Never take the one you love for granted...
As a child, I was raised Christian. My denomination was never determined as Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, or Lutheran; just Christian. Religion was, obviously, taught as good and important in life. I went to a couple of churches but I remember Cornerstone church the most. I never had any bad experiences with church but I never had any good experiences either. At times, I was forced to go and that left a bad taste in my mouth. Even as a child, I was always one to question the beliefs we're spoon fed at church. So, I'm going to put my thoughts, and opinions, out and see what other experiences and thoughts I receive.
I'm skeptical of religion, church, and the Bible for several reasons. The foundation and principles of all three are good but the problem is somewhere along the way those principles get misconstrued. Good comes from religion, the Bible, and church but I see bad too. It seems to me that, a lot of religious figures are hypocrites, corrupt, in it for themselves, or all of the above. As a result, many of their followers are led the wrong way. I think religion can cause as much harm as it does good. Wars have been started over religion (the Middle East) and genocide of an entire race because of their religious beliefs (Hitler with the Jews). On the other hand, there are the Mother Theresa's of the world that devote their entire life to God, good, and helping people all because of religion. It seems religion is a double-edged sword.
You see most religious people are hypocrites. It's easy to be hypocritical when you're religious because it's hard to follow God's law to the t and because of this we're taught, at a young age, that it's in our nature to mess up. In order make that okay we call it sinning.
Now, the Bible is a great book, the best selling of all time. It contains great stories, life lessons, and is a guide to how life should be lived. Yet, I can't bring myself to believe that God spoke to the disciples and, as a result, the Bible came to fruition. In psychology, I was taught that a person that hears voices is a schizophrenic, but a couple thousand years ago a person that hears God's voice in their head is a disciple. That's hard for me to believe and extremely easy for me to question.
Look, I don't have a problem with anyone that is religious and goes to church. I think it's great that people have a good foundation to believe in, that's exactly what religion and it all was made up for. I only hope that you aren't, and don't, fall into the bad side of religion. Another thing, I don't understand judging people that don't believe what you believe or aren't your denomination. As for me, I'm going to be the best person I can. I rarely go to church but I don't think that matters as long as you're a good person.
Please share your thoughts with me.
