Okay, so it all started with me seeing this link on my husband's Facebook page: http://thinklings.org/posts/so-you-want-to-date-my-daughter Of course I read it and laughed, as the author intended for readers to do, but then I decided to read the comments on it. It sparked quite a debate. Most people were upset about his comment about female pastors. I'm not going to get into that argument directly on this blog, because 1) I'm not well versed enough to debate it, and 2) I don't like arguing about theology because it never results in either party changing their mind and it makes me angry when people misuse scripture. I also don't want to misuse scripture, which goes back to my 1st reason for not arguing. Anyway!
Eventually in the comments on this blog post I came across this explanation for why people reacted so strongly to what was supposed to be a humorous post: http://legacyblog.org/2012/04/20/whats-behind-the-reaction-to-jareds-post/ I thought he did an excellent job of explaining why people were reacting the way they were and in so few words! Bravo.
Okay, now I'll get to my point, which is in response to "What's behind the reaction . . . " What is wrong with us? I mean why do people honestly think their view point or ideas are more accurate or better than what scripture teaches? For crying out loud! We are not that awesome. Why can't people read scripture and just agree that they don't believe or accept it. Aren't those truly the only options? Either you believe or you don't? There is no, "Well, my interpretation is xyz." Truth is not relative. It doesn't even make sense for truth to be relative. Think about it, idiots. Yes, I am referring to those who think truth is relative as idiots, because it's true. Of course, if you are an idiot you may not agree . . . it's a vicious cycle. We don't get to pick and choose what is and isn't TRUE. You can believe that truth is relative, but you're still wrong in your beliefs. Sorry. :( But there is good news . . . truth is absolute, so you can find it. Yay!
Read your Bible.
I just don't get it. When I was growing up I was taught that scripture had value. No, not just that, that scripture was invaluable. It's the Word of God. That is not to be taken lightly, and most definitely not to be reinterpreted for personal gain. It is. Plain and simple, and I never ever was taught that scripture was some how wrong or out of date. I was taught that scripture was a life line. It's our way of knowing who God is and what he wants us to do. It's all written out for us and it is in no way irrelevant to our day and age. Why do people think that because it doesn't match up with today's culture it must be saying something different than what it is actually saying. "When God says this . . . I think he's actually really saying this . . ." NO . . . um he said what he said for a reason, and that's that. Take it or leave it, but he's got some strong words for people who take it and twist it. Watch yourself. It's not scripture that is wrong, people! It's our culture! It's perverse! I know I'm not giving any examples, because it's not any one issue that is bothering me. People do it with anything and everything in scripture. God didn't give us scripture so we could run with it and come up with something better. How arrogant!
If you don't believe then why call yourself a Christian? It's not like it's cool to be Christian. Wouldn't you rather just say, "yeah I don't believe that" and move on? Do you think by simply calling yourself a Christian it means it's true so you don't have to worry if you're dead wrong about everything else? (Matthew 7: 21-23)There is only one God. He makes himself known. So if you find yourself saying, "Well, no god of mine would" or "My god wouldn't" . . . I'll agree with you, but I don't really care about your god. I care about the God. And He wrote scripture, not me. He laid the foundation, not me. I don't get to decide who God is and isn't. God is. He already was before I came into existence. Am I really that special that I get to shape and mold who He is today? Nope. He's the same today as He was yesterday, and the same as He'll be tomorrow.
Okay, so I know I could have thrown a lot of scripture in there to support things I was saying. Not my gift. I would have to go look up the reference for them, because well sadly my scripture memorization is sub par. If only my husband were sitting next to me, then I could be like "The part in scripture that says xyz" and he would be like "oh yeah I'm fairly certain it's found in . . . " Anyway.
I'm not literally weeping, but my heart is (for this nation especially). It's sad. It's disgusting. It's just pathetic, really. I have some not so nice things to say about our culture, but we all know it. Enough with this pride, let's fall so we can be picked up and put on the straight and narrow already! . . .
I'm done now. I'm going to go back to being cranky about still being pregnant.
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