This is what I am about
Let me tell you a little about myself.
My name is Nicole.
I'm going to school, but haven't picked a major yet.
I'm thinking Social Sciences or Liberal Arts. I want to be a Lawyer for people that have been raped and otherwise sexually abused and exploited.
I've just found out that I might be Jewish!
Not from blood decent, just because of my beliefs. I took a religious apptitude test (if you will), and It came back with me being 100% compatible with Reform Judiasm.
I might as well try it, I have yet to find a religion that suits me.
I had been going to a protestant church (no, I'm not revealing the name, for fear of persecution from future in-laws, and fellow church goers in which I actually find tolerable) and they just really took me the wrong way.
Most of these people are hypocrites!!!!!!! I'm not kidding. You really want to find the worst of the earth, look not into the ghettos, or in alleys, look to your local protestant church!
You will find people so self involved that even their spirituality, is all about them. Ask one why they worship god, and they will answer "so I can go to heaven."
I'm sorry, but serving god shouldn't be just about yourself. I won't voice this opinion to them however, because I am not a hypocrite. They live how they choose, and when it is time, the person who is supposed to judge, will!
I met only 2 really good people going to this church.
and by good, I mean, people that I believe really have their heads, and hearts in the right place.
They might not believe what you believe, but they certainly would never tell you that you're going to hell!
Personally, I don't believe in hell. I'm sure that there is a hell, but I honestly believe that we live there already!
I believe that undue suffering, or suffering of the innocent is all part of gods plan. Mysterious as it may be, I don't think that I have the capability to question, or even try to understand god. I believe that there is a reason for everything.
To me, god made us each individuals. Embrace our qualities, and our differences.
By saying that god doesn't want homosexuals, is saying that god doesn't want different races either.
Most people of minority decent can understand what it is like to be feared , looked at in a strange way, not understood, and treated poorly; and for what? Because you're skin is a different color?
I don't believe people who are black or mexican can choose to be a different color if they want to, and I don't believe Homosexuals can choose to have a different sexual preference.
Embrace what is unique about everyone. Learn to love the differences about yourself, and you will learn to love others. Isn't that what serving god is all about?
You can't claim to love an artist and critisize his work at the same time, can you?