If you're looking for a point to this post there isn't one. Have a great day Alex.

     P.S. Check my latest pulse for an explanation

     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.  

      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.