I really love seeing this, because thats also my biggest problem with my religion. It's like the old expression 'God fearing' .... i've never understood why people were 'good, God fearing boys and girls' because... why should I fear him? He loves me and wants to guide me on the right paths and keep me safe and all he asks is for my love and to acknowledge that i need Him... why should we fear our Father?
And God made me! Why would he care what i do (as long as it doesnt hurt others) with myself when i'm his creation? And you're right, God loves us all and doesnt care who we love, as long as we love instead of hate each other!
But you know what? I'm glad i've learned to just not care what the others of my religion say, because when the time comes and we're before God, it'll be made clear who got it right.
This whole thought process in my head started when this lesbian comedian said that she refused to believe that God stopped loving her just because she is gay, because without God she has nothing, and people shouldn't be able to take that away from her.
Then a few months back when I had pneumonia, a friend said she would get together with her grandmother and pray a rosary for me. I told her Jesus didn't love me because I'm pansexual, and she said, "Oh please, Jesus loves gay people, it's the Church that has it wrong." She made my day, because I'd been thinking the same thing for a long time.
I don't have a religion anymore, but I do have God, and I think as long as I believe in him, he'll never stop believing in me.
Ive never been particularly religious. We've never regularly gone to church until this year, and we've stopped because the same thing always happens: the people at the church prove how hypocritical they are
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I'm really happy you posted this. I was raised in a Christian home, but (coupled with the fact that going to Church was boring...) I grew up against organized religion because of how judgemental so many church-goers are. As you said, prostitutes, drug adicts, filthy horrible people can be accepted into the church community, but if you say "I'm gay", they reject you and condemn you to hell. I was actually talking about this with someone not too long ago
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And God made me! Why would he care what i do (as long as it doesnt hurt others) with myself when i'm his creation? And you're right, God loves us all and doesnt care who we love, as long as we love instead of hate each other!
But you know what? I'm glad i've learned to just not care what the others of my religion say, because when the time comes and we're before God, it'll be made clear who got it right.
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This whole thought process in my head started when this lesbian comedian said that she refused to believe that God stopped loving her just because she is gay, because without God she has nothing, and people shouldn't be able to take that away from her.
Then a few months back when I had pneumonia, a friend said she would get together with her grandmother and pray a rosary for me. I told her Jesus didn't love me because I'm pansexual, and she said, "Oh please, Jesus loves gay people, it's the Church that has it wrong." She made my day, because I'd been thinking the same thing for a long time.
I don't have a religion anymore, but I do have God, and I think as long as I believe in him, he'll never stop believing in me.
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Yes, yes yes! I couldn't agree more.
Thanks so much for the comment.
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