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allright. ive graduated. im done. no more high school. im lookin at how my group of friends has evolved since i joined up, and im confused. i have no idea who half of them are anymore. but in all honesty, if they feel that their list of friends doesnt include me, im not gonna go cry and beg for change. ive had enough of the bullshit flying around,
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"you insult my religious beliefs, take the fuckin tree outa your eye before you try to get the crap outa mine. im well aware of my failure as a christian."
First off, I would like to kindly remind you of the existence of this post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/knit_kninja/2601.html). If you go back and read that, it will validate all the points I'm about to make. Secondly, I did NOT insult your religious beliefs. I pointed out inconsistencies in your logic and areas in which you fail to live up the expectations that you claim to believe in, but not once did I say anything that degraded your faith. I believe in the same God you do; to insult your religion is to insult my own. Thirdly, I will guess that with the tree thing you meant that I should take a look at myself before I judge you. I don't know the Bible passage, but there's that part where Jesus says, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." I admit that I may have said some things out of anger, but my arguments were carefully planned and not spontaneous. I cited evidence, I provided clear rationale for my statements, and the best part is, YOU AGREED WITH ME. I have an obligation to try and help others who have strayed from the path. I was attempting to do that. Fourth, you said in your post that you are, "...well aware of my failure as a christian." I did not bring up the point originally, and nor do I bring it up now, to make a mockery of you. I brought it up because you made no visible effort to CHANGE. You claim to know full well what the problem is, but I have not seen even the smallest hint of an effort to remedy the situation. After I brought it up that first time, you didn't change a bit, and I rapidly lost respect for you. I am a Christian, Wes: I will forgive you for whatever you've done in the past, but I want what you do now and in the future to be better than anything I would have to forgive you for. I know that you have done great things, and will continue to do them, but a just few scattered good deeds don't redeem a man in my eyes. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? I can forgive you, but I can't respect you unless you make an effort to improve yourself.
"sometimes youre so openminded, your brain falls out."
I see nothing wrong with being open-minded. I don't know if you had an example in mind when you made this statement. If you did, I'd like to hear it.
"marc im not gonna ask you to change, im not gonna tell you what to do differently, this is all i can say: compatability is a choice. and its your choice. you make it, and ill respect it, either way."
Once again, I have only a vague idea as to what you mean here. Compatibility is a choice? Compatibility is not a choice! Tolerance is a choice. Acceptance is a choice. Compatibility is not; you either are compatible with something, or you aren't. If you are, there are few if any problems. If you aren't, then one part of the equation must compensate for the other, or else both parts will cease to function with one another. But I do not see how compatibility can be a choice. I will assume, then, that by saying "compatability is a choice", you meant something along the lines of "acceptance of me and my beliefs is a choice". And I have accepted you Wes. Do I treat you badly? Do I insult you? Do I put you down or ignore you? No. I am friendly towards you and I have always tried to be. Just because we have different interests and different values does not mean we cannot get along. I've known this for a while. It seems like perhaps that's a lesson you still need to learn.
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Unless you're being sarcastic...?
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