I'm not even marginally ashamed of being a follower of Christ, of believing in the Trinity, of standing up for my beliefs. I am sometimes very ashamed of my fellow believers. From the Westboro Baptist Church down, our actions can be borderline inexcusable some days. May I reference the controversial Buzzfeed video "I'm Christian, but I'm not..."
When I first heard about this video, I'd thought they did something insane, like condoning the Nazi's. Nope. Just, some Christian people, talking about stereotypes. I mean, really, the outcry over it was horrid. "Christians" everywhere bashed these people for everything from their skin color to them being feminists. I'm not saying the entire video was great, but our response to it was disgusting. We just decided these people weren't Christian because.......just...just because I guess. But this video is just the start.
Every year hundreds of LGBT children commit suicide indirectly because of something we as Christians preach, and......we....don't care? I mean, I've never even participated in this, but I feel so ashamed that anyone ever took their own life because of this, but...am I the only one? It seems like it. I've scoured the internet, and well, I haven't found any Christian movements trying to convince these poor kids to not kill themselves. Why is this? Why aren't we apologizing, even it is by proxy of other Christians? Why are we NOT doing anything about kids committing suicide?
I could go on and on for eons about everything funeral protests to sexual orientation "conversion therapy." But I don't feel like doing that.
I'm NOT putting myself on any pulpit. I have a porn addiction, and the fight isn't over yet, but STILL.
It's hard. Because when I tell people I'm Christian, you can see it sometimes. If you pay attention, you can see it in their face; people are afraid of me. They are afraid of all Christians, because of something another member of my religion did.
I don't know how I could ever fix this. But if you have any idea, lets put it into motion? Because I want people to see Christians as "Christ-like," not people to be feared.
And can WE STOP HURTING EACH OTHER? That silly Buzzfeed video was just one example. No one attacks Christians more than other Christians.
That came out really jumbled, but I'm pretty emotional over it. Especially the LGBT suicide one. Because, being someone who qualifies as LGBT and suicidal, I know how much it hurts. Knowing probably 90% of my own religion would love it if I did kill myself.
When I first heard about this video, I'd thought they did something insane, like condoning the Nazi's. Nope. Just, some Christian people, talking about stereotypes. I mean, really, the outcry over it was horrid. "Christians" everywhere bashed these people for everything from their skin color to them being feminists. I'm not saying the entire video was great, but our response to it was disgusting. We just decided these people weren't Christian because.......just...just because I guess. But this video is just the start.
Every year hundreds of LGBT children commit suicide indirectly because of something we as Christians preach, and......we....don't care? I mean, I've never even participated in this, but I feel so ashamed that anyone ever took their own life because of this, but...am I the only one? It seems like it. I've scoured the internet, and well, I haven't found any Christian movements trying to convince these poor kids to not kill themselves. Why is this? Why aren't we apologizing, even it is by proxy of other Christians? Why are we NOT doing anything about kids committing suicide?
I could go on and on for eons about everything funeral protests to sexual orientation "conversion therapy." But I don't feel like doing that.
I'm NOT putting myself on any pulpit. I have a porn addiction, and the fight isn't over yet, but STILL.
It's hard. Because when I tell people I'm Christian, you can see it sometimes. If you pay attention, you can see it in their face; people are afraid of me. They are afraid of all Christians, because of something another member of my religion did.
I don't know how I could ever fix this. But if you have any idea, lets put it into motion? Because I want people to see Christians as "Christ-like," not people to be feared.
And can WE STOP HURTING EACH OTHER? That silly Buzzfeed video was just one example. No one attacks Christians more than other Christians.
That came out really jumbled, but I'm pretty emotional over it. Especially the LGBT suicide one. Because, being someone who qualifies as LGBT and suicidal, I know how much it hurts. Knowing probably 90% of my own religion would love it if I did kill myself.