There are over 7 billion people on planet earth. And each and every one of them is HUMAN. And Humans sin. Every single day of their lives, in one way or another, we make mistakes. Nobody is perfect, and anybody who claims any different is lying through their teeth.
That being said, every person on earth also has their own beliefs. Yeah, some follow the same belief system, so they can kinda be grouped together. And everyone is perfectly entitled to said beliefs. But when they start going around forceing them down anothers throat, that's when I think they've gone too far.
If there are 7 billion people on planet earth. And there are MILLIONS of religions on earth. Some believe in Jesus as their god. Others Jehovah. Others Budda. Some believe that marriage should only be a man and a woman, while others believe that it should be a man and MANY women, while yet more believe that it's ok for a man to marry a man and a woman to marry a woman. With SO MANY DIFFERENT BELIEFS, how can we know, FOR SURE, what's right and what's wrong? Yeah, you're heart may tell you that your beliefs are the right ones. But can you know FOR CERTAIN? Yeah, faith and all that crap. But the only being who knows FOR SURE what's right or wrong is the HIGHER POWER. And, last time I checked, none of us are that higher power. We are all still human.
So basically, what i want to say, and what I want people to hear is this:
You can have your belief. You can have your faith. But stop fueling the debate about it and causing hate. Don't you even realize that doing that is the EVIL you fight so hard against? Hate is evil. It is causing one person to think evil thoughts about another. If someone doesn't believe the same way you do, let them go. Kill them with kindness if you can (because sometimes that's the best thing to do) or if you can't, walk away. Let them make their own choices. And if that means, by your beliefs, that they are going to Hell, or that they won't make it into everlasting paradise, or they will be reincarnated as a cockroach, then so be it. But it's not YOUR place to judge them. It's your place to be the best person you can be every second of every day. Be a force for GOOD, and a force for the POSITIVE things in the world. Take all that energy you're focusing on what one man or one group says about something, and turn it around. Make it a point to find something GOOD to say. Seriously. I'm so sick of these debates over something so stupid and insignificant. Such a waste of time and energy - causing nothing but drama and negativity and hate and pain to everyone around you. Breaks my heart.
I may not be a religious person in the same regards as some people are. But I am a SPIRITUAL person. And I will be praying for you - to help you realize how horrible that HATE is. And how much damage one person can do by spreading it. Because it's just like a rotten apple in a barrel full of good ones. It won't be long before that hate spreads to everyone around you. And that just makes for a horrible time for all involved.
=<(:)>=<(:)>=<(:)>=<(:)>=<(:)>=<(:)>=
Seriously, I post something about keeping the peace over on Facebook, and someone else has to reply with something hateful and bitchy. You know, I have no problem with people standing up for what they believe in. But when that person forces others who may not believe the same way to suffer through listening to it all the time, that's when I get upset. I understand where you're coming from, believe me. More than I can say, since I have secrets myself. But I'm not going to go knock down doors to make sure everyone hears me. If someone doesn't want to hear about it, why force them to? And the person doing the hateful bs is someone who grew up in the same religion as me - and knows how annoyed people get when they have to hear about something they really could care less about. They are "defending their beliefs" because someone else said something they didn't believe in. What it seems like to me is just one big debate over something that, in hindsight, is going to look pretty damn stupid. You're fighting the wrong people if you're getting all up in arms because one man who just happens to own a big name fast food resturant said something about what he believed, and it just happened to make headline news. You're not going to get people to accept same sex marriage by boycotting Chic-fil-a. I'm sorry, but that's pretty damn stupid. They are still making billions of dollars a year. You not going there isn't going to affect them AT ALL. And standing outside with pretty rainbow signs? Really? All that's doing is making you look like an idiot in this heat. Just saying. If you don't agree with his beliefs, don't eat there. Fine. But don't make it a national news event that you're sitting out front with your "support same sex" signs while there's a line out the door of people who actually support them. I mean, come on. Really? You think that's actually accomplishing a step in the right direction towards getting people to accept same sex marriage? You are barking up the wrong tree, and you look like an idiot doing it too.
UGH! Sometimes I just don't understand what's running through peoples heads. If you REALLY want to make a difference, and make a DENT in the topic, write letters to your senater or congressman. Send letters to those who actually make the laws. Don't sit out in front of a resturant with a rainbow sign and expect that to actually get a bill passed for same sex marriage. Politics frustrate me. Religion frustrates me. Ignorant people REALLY frustrate me. And the fact they go out of their way to debate THAT fact is annoying too. They actually think having a debate on facebook is going to change anything? Or sitting in the deadly heat in front of a resturant who's owner believes differently then them is going to change anything? Grow the fuck up and be the bigger person. Show them that, while you don't believe the same way they do, you aren't going to force your beliefs on them either.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
An eye for an eye just leaves both sides blind.
If you're screaming that "this is right and you're wrong" it doesn't matter what you're screaming. Someone is going to disagree, and a huge debate is going to come out of it. And all that's gonna happen is both sides are gonna lose their voices, be red in the face, and nothing is actually going to get accomplished. I just wish more people could actually understand that.
I am very passionate about what I believe in. I always have been. But I'm not going to force you to sit and listen to what I'm saying if you don't believe the same. I'm not going to hate you if you say "well, i understand what you're saying, but i don't agree". That's your right. I'm not, however, going to go into a big debate over it online. If you have something to say to me, call me. If I have something to say to you, i'll call you. Or I will show up at your door or meet you for coffee, etc. I want to say it to you face to face, or at the very least in my own voice - so you can hear the inflection in my voice and actually maybe understand what i MEAN by what I'm saying. This online debate BULLSHIT is a waste of time and energy.
Now, i've said my piece. If you don't agree with me, it's your right to delete me off your friends list, etc. If you do it, it won't break my heart. If anything it will show me who my true friends are. I don't judge you for what you believe in, and i won't force my beliefs down your throat. I'd appreciate the same courtesy.
LYZ
No comments:
Post a Comment