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So I went to bible study last Thursday. It went pretty okay. Please hold......
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Okay I'm back. My uncle Gumby called asking about the barbecue tonight.
ANYWAYS.
religion. Don't get me wrong, I don't fully understand that religion and it's not really for me. That's why I'm going to the Oasis Vineyard type church thingy right? I love going to church there. The music fucking rocks and the message that the pastor gives is usually really super good. Going to church makes me feel a lot less depressed. So as I was saying! I totally dig the new church I've been going to, but the rest of my family goes to the LDS church every Sunday. I'm cool with that. I was raised in the LDS church so I have a lot of respect for it and it's a part of who I am.There's something that bothers me about my bible study. It's the way the talk about the LDS church.
So when I'm sitting during bible study and someone says something about how 'foolish' or how 'blind' people are in the LDS religion it makes me a little bit upset. My parents are not foolish or blind. They are good people. They're good Christians and they follow Christ just like I do, only we do it a little differently. I guess sometimes people in the Mormon religion can be a little judgmental, it's true. I've witnessed it myself! But isn't it a little judgmental of other people if they sit there and talk about how much people in the Mormon religion are judgmental? Or maybe I'm just confusing myself.
So let me just get my point across.
Don't fuckin be an asshole about peoples religions!
We're all God's children so I don't see what the big deal is!
Oh and I asked my dad if he would come to my baptism on July 4th. He said he would try. :) I'm super glad my dad's okay with it because it is pretty important to me.
Anyshoe, I hope you are all doing well. :)
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Okay I'm back. My uncle Gumby called asking about the barbecue tonight.
ANYWAYS.
religion. Don't get me wrong, I don't fully understand that religion and it's not really for me. That's why I'm going to the Oasis Vineyard type church thingy right? I love going to church there. The music fucking rocks and the message that the pastor gives is usually really super good. Going to church makes me feel a lot less depressed. So as I was saying! I totally dig the new church I've been going to, but the rest of my family goes to the LDS church every Sunday. I'm cool with that. I was raised in the LDS church so I have a lot of respect for it and it's a part of who I am.There's something that bothers me about my bible study. It's the way the talk about the LDS church.
So when I'm sitting during bible study and someone says something about how 'foolish' or how 'blind' people are in the LDS religion it makes me a little bit upset. My parents are not foolish or blind. They are good people. They're good Christians and they follow Christ just like I do, only we do it a little differently. I guess sometimes people in the Mormon religion can be a little judgmental, it's true. I've witnessed it myself! But isn't it a little judgmental of other people if they sit there and talk about how much people in the Mormon religion are judgmental? Or maybe I'm just confusing myself.
So let me just get my point across.
Don't fuckin be an asshole about peoples religions!
We're all God's children so I don't see what the big deal is!
Oh and I asked my dad if he would come to my baptism on July 4th. He said he would try. :) I'm super glad my dad's okay with it because it is pretty important to me.
Anyshoe, I hope you are all doing well. :)
Even though I am no longer a Mormon I sometimes do defend Mormons, I still can get defensive so I get what you're saying. I just think church is boring.
ReplyDeleteIf Salt Lake had a good gospel choir church I'd probably visit 1-3 times a year, but it doesn't.
If you look around long enough, you'll see and hear people say the same things about Catholics,Presbyterians, Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists, Charismatics and anyone else who is different.
ReplyDeleteBut you've got it straight. And that's a good thing.
I feel the exact same way. I know 100% that I don't want to be LDS, and I don't believe some of the things they teach, but when somebody says something against Mormons I get defensive. Maybe it is because I love my family so much? I'd like to say it is just the fact that I don't think anybody should be ripping on another person or their beliefs...but I have to be honest with myself and admit that's not entirely true. If somebody says something insulting about Jehovah Witnesses, for example, I don't get nearly as offended or defensive. If I grew up in a family of Jehovah Witnesses though, I'm sure I would get pissed. I think I've come to a point where I can realize that I love my family, and having grown up with them I have witnessed that they are normal and level headed, so I know my own parents wouldn't choose to believe in something that is completely insane...eh, Right? Plus, how you grew up seems more normal to you than if you weren't raised that way. That's true for any type of culture. I mean, there are dudes in Africa who think squirrels are Gods. They think they are normal and WE are the weird ones. Sometimes other religions do things that I think are way "weird". Yet...all growing up I never once thought that waving a white handkerchief around and chanting during a temple dedication was weird. When in all reality...that is pretty darn different different and unusual from an outsiders perspective. It's because its what you are USED TO. You know what you know...ya know? No matter how long it has been since I attended an LDS church, I don't think I will ever NOT get offended. It's my family, and my family is part of ME. It just hurts my feelings =*(
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