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Thursday, 05 November 2009

Wednesday, 04 November 2009

  • Going To Hell

         People have many different beliefs about Hell. Some disregard its existence, some believe God would never send people there, and others believe that anyone who doesn't repent and follow Jesus is on their way there already. What's interesting to me is that the people who believe in Hell, and believe that people are actually going there, love to point out who's going to Hell, while sitting back and doing nothing about it.

         There are certain people that most christians have already affirmed in their minds are going to Hell or are in Hell as we speak, but I beg to differ. I would venture to say that, although I am positive that Hell exists and that people really do go there if they reject God, there is NO ONE who knows who is or has gone to Hell, with the exception of a few people who are mentioned in the Bible as definitely in Hell. If we were honest, I don't want to be misunderstood with this statement, but no one actually knows how salvation works. Yes we know what the Bible tells us, that a person must believe in God, repent of their sins, and ask Him to save them and that everyone can KNOW wether they are saved or not on a personal level, but in all honesty, when it comes to the small details and matters of the heart, regarding who is saved and who isn't, only God and the individual knows and it is only up to God anyway.

         Since it is God's decision and He's the only one who truly knows who is saved and who is on their way to Hell, than I believe it is time for us to stop pointing fingers at each other. I wouldn't even say that Adolf Hitler is definitely in Hell today. Who knows what happened to him as a child or what was going through his mind as he contemplated his own suicide? Did you know that Yasser Arafat, on his death bed, asked for one of his former right hand men who had later converted to christianity, to come in alone, and tell him how to get saved according to christianity?* Why do we insist on limiting God's abilities to save people of any walk of life?

         Who knows what kind of a reach God has and who are we to judge who is saved and who is going to Hell? All God called us to do is tell people about Him and love people as He loved us first. I believe more people are brought to Jesus through love than Hell fire and brimstone scare tactics. You can't scare people to Heaven but you can love them to Jesus.  

    *Details are taken from this book LINK

Thursday, 29 October 2009

  • News Media's Spin Zone

         I want to make one thing very clear, I hate news media. If it wasn't for the fact that it is almost the only way for us to keep in touch with the events of our world, I would discard it completely. Unfortunately it is a necessary evil that we must constantly weed through to somehow manage to find the truth in all the spins, deceptions, and flat out lies.

         It seems like everytime I present some political views of mine, someone who disagrees, loves to bring up how I should "stop watching fox news" and how "You're just saying what you hear from fox news." After I get a few of these I can't wait to drop the bomb, that jaw dropping, nothing left to say moment, that never seems to get old..."I don't watch fox news!" You heard me right, I NEVER watch fox news. The last time I watched it was maybe 5 years ago. Let me pause a moment to let all of my troll readers regain their composure.

         If there's anything I can't stand, it's slanted news, especially obviously slanted. Unfortunately this includes most news stations including cnn, fox, abc, nbc, msnbc, etc. It's nearly impossible to present news facts without putting a slant on it, but I'd like to hold out hope that it can be done. Unfortunately I end up having to take what I hear from many news stations, friends, internet, and try to piece together the facts from that.

          I guess what I'm saying is that we all need to be as "fair and balanced" Heehee as we can, in a time when news is far from fair and balanced. Sure we can give our opinions, but don't let yourself be decieved by the spins and slants that are thrown at us daily.  

Monday, 26 October 2009

Friday, 23 October 2009

  • The Christian/Homosexual Common Denominator

          I realize this is a generalization, but all to often christians are thought to hate the homosexual community and likewise the homosexual community often hates the christians for hating them. This is why I find it interesting that the two communities have a common denominator. We are both hated for a belief system, sometimes by each other.

         I was thinking the other day at how horribly annoying it is that I am hated by some people for my beliefs. I can write an article about almost any topic, even completely non-christian related, and still have my beliefs thrown in my face. I can't tell you how many times I've been "discredited" by someone saying that I'm biased and I can't think for myself, just because they know I'm a christian. The verse at the top of my site is an invitation for ridicule, no matter what topic I'm writing about. On top of all that I'm generalized by most people, who lump me in with the one idiotic, self-righteous, robotic christian that they met at their door one time, who tried to cram religion down their throat.

         After all this I got to thinking about how this is exactly what most christians do to the homosexual community. We generalize them with the small group we heard of, that attacked a church. If we find out that a person is a homosexual we automatically hate them and treat them as if they have a plague. Somehow they are no longer worthy to be spoken to by us because we found out about a belief that they hold.

         I think it is time for the human race in general, to stop hating, generalizing, ignoring, smearing, etc, people because of a belief they hold, regardless of wether you think that belief is right or wrong. We still are all humans, regardless of beliefs, and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. I'll be the first to admit that as a christian I cannot agree with the homosexual lifestyle and I'm sure some of you who are reading this would say that you cannot agree with the christians beliefs and lifestyle, but this, in no way, grants us the right to hate a person or prejudge them for a belief they hold. It's time we stop stereotyping and give each other the chance to prove who we are as an individual. I, in no way, want to be generalized into the "christian nut" stereotype, because if you've been reading my blog for any length of time you'd know that I'm far from a conventional(but then what is conventional anyway?) christian, and I'm sure that would go for anyone who's ever been stereotyped and hated for something they didn't have the chance to explain.

         In conclusion to this rant, respect people, love people, and give every individual a chance(we're not all the same after all). It's time, people started to evolve. 

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