March 13, 2003
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Poop
After some deliberation, I’ve decided to give this topic a rest. Since I do not have Xanga Premium, it limits my ability to debate this topic over IM with tkd. I will, however, continue the debate via xanga or e-mail if tkd is still interested. BUT, Expoernie made a good point.Perhaps I got caught up with my arguments when I really should be focusing on my personal relationship with God. What is Christianity really all about? Reconciliation between us and our Lord. It just seems a bit futile to rant on such issues, exhausting ourselves when we should focus all this energy with the good Lord.
If anything, we have our own beliefs relating to our own experiences in life. We have our different interpretations of the Bible, different religious practices and values, different relationships with our God. Who is to say that my practice, my personal beliefs of Christianity are better than tkd’s, and vice versa? We can only agree to disagree.
Break out the Full House soundtrack… Christianity really isn’t about rules and regulation, but building a relationship – an amazing friendship – with someone who loves you unconditionally despite how lame you can be. It’s about a God who sacrificed his own son so we can live eternally in a really really really ridiculously awesome place… dancing, singing, and praising forever. How amazing does that sound? And all you need to do is to believe and trust.
I do not believe that Christian homosexuality is a sin, although many people would disagree. And if it were a sin, some people may forget that it’s no worse than any other sin, say like spitting your gum in that crazy ho’s hair.
So that’s that. Comments are still welcome about the issue, and a debate about the issue is still welcomed if y’all want to. Otherwise, lets move on to lighter, Oh happy day topics like midgets, baboons, and polka music.
God bless…
Comments (4)
children are like midgets. only they’re younger.
yay =)
midgets are awesome
Great writings J. I’m raelly proud of you for sticking to this and wading through the morass of ideologies and stuff that surround this issue. I wholeheartedly agree with you on the interpretation part..don’t forget about the part where the Bible says that you can’t mix certain types of fabrics. But really, even besides that, I’ve been listening to a book on tape (yeah, I like ‘em better that way) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, of the American transcendentalist movement of the 1800′s.
This guy is off the hinges (in a good way). You know why? I LOVE what he talks about in his essay “Self-Reliance”. He was a deeply religious man, and a minister at one point, but he gave that up and held firm to his belief that humans and God should have a personal relationship, and that all this talk about what happened in other “far off, moldy nations” as he put it, is irrelevant. Quite different for his time. I’ll tell you more about him later. Take care! God Bless You!!
Devon