dear america...
well this post was going to be a reply to another post, but then it got way long. it's full of things i promised i wouldn't say or pontificate on at length. but i have to openly vent; i can't scream at the wall in the shower any more. you don't have to feel obligated to even reply, although i'm up for debate. i'm not going to write about politics anymore, don't worry, but i don't expect to feel back to my funny as hell self for a long while, at least. therefore, i probably won't be writing much.
thanks erin, i'm glad that, as a democrat, not everything i stand for is bad. i'm glad you want to pray for this president. god's will is *not* always done. people often mistakenly think it is. if it were, i would not do half the things i do. neither would anyone. perhaps god needs bush in office to do good or bad for our country; we never know the end, because there is no end. but i think a lot of people need to remind themselves about separation of church and state - we can't legislate based on the bible; it's not a legal document. that's why our country works.
i totally agree with you on the negative view of christians from the "outside." i think, although i'm christian, i usually feel on the outside. concordia made me hate christianity for its pettiness, gossip-ridden supremest attitude, fallacy, and utter fakeness. i've followed my dad through a number of church jobs. maybe that's yet another reason i hate - hate - concordia still. every church body is corrupt. they all have those qualities. i love my faith. but i hate the way i see it demonstrated by fellow "christians," who act like, because i am pro-choice, or because i am pro-gay marriage, that i am a hell-bound, antichristian heathen.
i'm not a hell-bound, antichristian heathen.
i'm just not scared of diversity. i am not a supremest. i believe in equality. i believe people should be who god made them to be. i believe we should not condemn people for what some ignorantly believe is a sexual "choice." there is no choice. when did you decide to be attracted to that last man or woman you were attracted to? i believe this country cannot legislate from whom "life" comes because that is an issue of faith, between god and myself, not a politician. i have never asked a girl to have an abortion, though i've avoided unprotected sex. if i slip up, i will not want the girl to have an abortion, but it's not my right to deny that of another couple. pro-choice is not necessarily pro-abortion.
i'm relieved the election is over. i am so sad for john kerry, and i'm still in shock. kerry is a class-act. bush is an ex-crack user, alcoholic, c-student, and currently our president. that's not slander, it's public record. so pray for him. he has made few wise decisions as president. it remains true, the worst attack *ever* on this country happened *under his watch.* regardless of all else, it happened with *him* as our leader. and instead of reacting to that, he went after a completely non-related "threat". so pray for him. pray for current friends and future children, that they won't be subjected to a draft. pray for legislators, that they will move past conservative fundamentalism, and stand up for what our country is about - non-religion-based equality for all. all. that includes blacks. homosexuals. bisexuals. transexuals. hispanics. homeless. illiterates. students. christians. jews. atheists. hindus. native americans. everyone. everyone. everyone, regardless of political reasoning.
and, yes, thanks erin, do pray for john kerry and the 50% of the country that continue to support him, that his family and friends and supporters will heal and that our country as a whole will heal and move past this split down the middle. i'm in no position to embrace bush as my leader. i still dislike most everything about him. but i embrace our country as the best place on earth, and hope earnestly that we might move forward together throughout the next 4 years, and that when bush's administration leaves in january of 2009, we will be more unified and can elect a president who will support public schools, social services, the arts, equality, the lower and middle classes, small businesses, and respect the american people's intelligence a bit more, respect the opinion of the world at large, will stand up for minorities, not deny them rights, and will understand there is no longer such a thing as a winnable war.
this was a little long. a little rantish. but you know, it's our diversity of opinions that makes life beautiful. what would this place be if we were all the same? i love you, thanks for letting me vent a little.
good night.
thanks erin, i'm glad that, as a democrat, not everything i stand for is bad. i'm glad you want to pray for this president. god's will is *not* always done. people often mistakenly think it is. if it were, i would not do half the things i do. neither would anyone. perhaps god needs bush in office to do good or bad for our country; we never know the end, because there is no end. but i think a lot of people need to remind themselves about separation of church and state - we can't legislate based on the bible; it's not a legal document. that's why our country works.
i totally agree with you on the negative view of christians from the "outside." i think, although i'm christian, i usually feel on the outside. concordia made me hate christianity for its pettiness, gossip-ridden supremest attitude, fallacy, and utter fakeness. i've followed my dad through a number of church jobs. maybe that's yet another reason i hate - hate - concordia still. every church body is corrupt. they all have those qualities. i love my faith. but i hate the way i see it demonstrated by fellow "christians," who act like, because i am pro-choice, or because i am pro-gay marriage, that i am a hell-bound, antichristian heathen.
i'm not a hell-bound, antichristian heathen.
i'm just not scared of diversity. i am not a supremest. i believe in equality. i believe people should be who god made them to be. i believe we should not condemn people for what some ignorantly believe is a sexual "choice." there is no choice. when did you decide to be attracted to that last man or woman you were attracted to? i believe this country cannot legislate from whom "life" comes because that is an issue of faith, between god and myself, not a politician. i have never asked a girl to have an abortion, though i've avoided unprotected sex. if i slip up, i will not want the girl to have an abortion, but it's not my right to deny that of another couple. pro-choice is not necessarily pro-abortion.
i'm relieved the election is over. i am so sad for john kerry, and i'm still in shock. kerry is a class-act. bush is an ex-crack user, alcoholic, c-student, and currently our president. that's not slander, it's public record. so pray for him. he has made few wise decisions as president. it remains true, the worst attack *ever* on this country happened *under his watch.* regardless of all else, it happened with *him* as our leader. and instead of reacting to that, he went after a completely non-related "threat". so pray for him. pray for current friends and future children, that they won't be subjected to a draft. pray for legislators, that they will move past conservative fundamentalism, and stand up for what our country is about - non-religion-based equality for all. all. that includes blacks. homosexuals. bisexuals. transexuals. hispanics. homeless. illiterates. students. christians. jews. atheists. hindus. native americans. everyone. everyone. everyone, regardless of political reasoning.
and, yes, thanks erin, do pray for john kerry and the 50% of the country that continue to support him, that his family and friends and supporters will heal and that our country as a whole will heal and move past this split down the middle. i'm in no position to embrace bush as my leader. i still dislike most everything about him. but i embrace our country as the best place on earth, and hope earnestly that we might move forward together throughout the next 4 years, and that when bush's administration leaves in january of 2009, we will be more unified and can elect a president who will support public schools, social services, the arts, equality, the lower and middle classes, small businesses, and respect the american people's intelligence a bit more, respect the opinion of the world at large, will stand up for minorities, not deny them rights, and will understand there is no longer such a thing as a winnable war.
this was a little long. a little rantish. but you know, it's our diversity of opinions that makes life beautiful. what would this place be if we were all the same? i love you, thanks for letting me vent a little.
good night.