I have a question, why do we label ourselves? Why do we ask each other, what religion are you? Why does it matter soooo much? Conservative vs liberal (and all the other things that I can't keep straight)??? Can't a girl just go to a church where she feels welcomes, be eager to learn and ask questions and not be labeled something? I don't know how to describe what I'm going through, I can't define to you EXACTLY what I believe, I can't deny God but I can't prove him either, I have lots of questions and lots of things that excite me, especially with this "Emerging" Church...
I dis-like the stereotypes with "Christians" not being accepting of homosexuality, being hypocrites, being a cult, to be christian means : you don't drink, smoke, have sex, do drugs, cuss AND on top of that you judge those who do... Oh and don't forget, Christians are ALWAYS trying to convert others to "their" ways to SAVE people.... WTF!!!!!!!!!
I drink, I occasionally smoke (hookah, cigarette with a drink), while I may not have sex- I ain't so perfect in that area either. I don't really judge (in the fact that I think others are terrible if they aren't christian or make different decisions for themselves... who am I to judge?!) AND I DON'T CONVERT!! I love when my friends want to experience what I'm experiencing, and I love to talk about stuff BUT I'M NOT LOOKING TO MAKE YOU ME!! Does this make me non-christian due to the stereotypes? and PS we're ALL hypocrites... think about it for a sec... ya you are too... and PSS (or PPS) I accept homosexuals!!!!!!!!! I said it! I do! Why should they be denied love?! (Whole other topic).
In all honesty, I don't really want to be called Christian... Now-a-days I don't even know what that means anymore... I don't know what to tell you that "I am". I don't know what I follow?? I follow a way of living a life of loving people? I follow caring about people, sometimes more than myself? I follow trying to care about the earth????? IDK...
How do you label me? Better yet, how do you label yourself and WHY?? I have OH so much learning to do ;)
PSSS (or something) this only scratches the surface of labels and titles and "entitlement" that bothers/confuses me... Grrr
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At the conference in Albuquerque for spring break Shane Claiborne was talking about how he answered when people asked him if he was Catholic or Christian. He said that when someone ever came up to him and asked him are you Catholic or Christian he looked at them and answered, YES. He would not give an either or answer because he feels the way you do. The meaning of the word is lost.
ReplyDeleteI actually like this Kinna, I think you are headed in the right direction. I enjoyed this.