Ok Ok I'll update!
Yeah so its been like an entire week since I last updated. Sorry. I've just been busy. As usual. BUT today is my day off. So yay. Here I am.
Lets see what have you missed...
I've kinda decided to not be Catholic anymore. Ever since I made my confirmation, which is not good since my confirmation is supposed to seal me as catholic forever, I've been doubting my religion. There is too much I don't agree with. And as much as I love my friends at the church, they are a bunch of hypocrites. They are supposed to be forgiving and welcoming but if you screw up once they shun you. Miss a week, you're going to hell and we don't like you. It isn't right. People who come to my church say they don't feel welcomed. If I was new to my church I wouldn't feel welcomed either. I love Kathy. She's done so much for me. But she keeps pushing me. And I think I'm going in the wrong direction.
On Sunday Father Ed gave a sermon that was supposed to relate the parable of the Good Samaritan to being active against gay marriage. I love the parable of the Good Samaritan. Its about being a good person and helping others when they need it even if it means taking time out of your life and maybe even money out of your wallet. And he turned it into a recruitment for a catholic anti-gay army. It just supports what I've known for too long. Catholics are bigots. Most christians are. And how sick is that when all christians preach about is loving your neighbor and living a good life. Yet they are the ones who always seem to be forcing things on others. What would Jesus do, huh? I think out of all religions Christians are the most close-minded.
I believe in God. I believe in his son Jesus Christ. I want to live a good life and it just so happens that the ten commandments work pretty well as guidelines on how I want to live my life. Idk what happens when we die, but I want to believe that something is there more then just darkness. I need to believe there is light at the end of that tunnel. I think everyone does, otherwise death would be far too terrifying. Now, maybe if you combined beliefs we could find a truth. Maybe when we die we are reincarnated. And if we lived a good life then we are reincarnated into something better. If not then we get demoted, so to speak. And once you get promoted far enough you reach a god-like state. You reach nirvana. You reach heaven. Maybe? Would that be harder to believe then if they were all just seperate theories?
Every religion preaches a lot. Every religion has its own personal qualities that sepreate it from the others. But every respectable religion preaches one message. The golden rule. Be good to your neighbor and they will be good to you. Treat others as you want to be treated. Scary, isn't it. Maybe the answer to life and happiness is as simple as the phrase we all learned way back in preschool.
Who knows. I've never died so how could I possibly know what happens when we die. And I've never met God. I've talked to him quite a bit and I believe He talks to me. There is no real evidence for or against Him. All I have is faith. And really that is all I need.
Lets see what have you missed...
I've kinda decided to not be Catholic anymore. Ever since I made my confirmation, which is not good since my confirmation is supposed to seal me as catholic forever, I've been doubting my religion. There is too much I don't agree with. And as much as I love my friends at the church, they are a bunch of hypocrites. They are supposed to be forgiving and welcoming but if you screw up once they shun you. Miss a week, you're going to hell and we don't like you. It isn't right. People who come to my church say they don't feel welcomed. If I was new to my church I wouldn't feel welcomed either. I love Kathy. She's done so much for me. But she keeps pushing me. And I think I'm going in the wrong direction.
On Sunday Father Ed gave a sermon that was supposed to relate the parable of the Good Samaritan to being active against gay marriage. I love the parable of the Good Samaritan. Its about being a good person and helping others when they need it even if it means taking time out of your life and maybe even money out of your wallet. And he turned it into a recruitment for a catholic anti-gay army. It just supports what I've known for too long. Catholics are bigots. Most christians are. And how sick is that when all christians preach about is loving your neighbor and living a good life. Yet they are the ones who always seem to be forcing things on others. What would Jesus do, huh? I think out of all religions Christians are the most close-minded.
I believe in God. I believe in his son Jesus Christ. I want to live a good life and it just so happens that the ten commandments work pretty well as guidelines on how I want to live my life. Idk what happens when we die, but I want to believe that something is there more then just darkness. I need to believe there is light at the end of that tunnel. I think everyone does, otherwise death would be far too terrifying. Now, maybe if you combined beliefs we could find a truth. Maybe when we die we are reincarnated. And if we lived a good life then we are reincarnated into something better. If not then we get demoted, so to speak. And once you get promoted far enough you reach a god-like state. You reach nirvana. You reach heaven. Maybe? Would that be harder to believe then if they were all just seperate theories?
Every religion preaches a lot. Every religion has its own personal qualities that sepreate it from the others. But every respectable religion preaches one message. The golden rule. Be good to your neighbor and they will be good to you. Treat others as you want to be treated. Scary, isn't it. Maybe the answer to life and happiness is as simple as the phrase we all learned way back in preschool.
Who knows. I've never died so how could I possibly know what happens when we die. And I've never met God. I've talked to him quite a bit and I believe He talks to me. There is no real evidence for or against Him. All I have is faith. And really that is all I need.