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Dec. 16th, 2013 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
promenyI talked to a friend today about my decision and she said that I should still go. I'll think it over; I'm not very comfortable there anymore.
During part of the sermon the pastor was talking about how there is this guy in California who just surfs all day, is on food stamps and uses them to buy himself lobster dinners. I can understand the lobster dinner part, but what point was he trying to make? That the person should live for others? What would he say about my life, which I have no problem with? Should I have to change my life so that others can feel more secure and happy? Hell no. I have my freedom, and if others have a problem with my decisions, then that is their problem, plain and simple.
Not to mention that Christianity condones slavery, which should be totally fucking obvious that it is a morally wrong practice. People just like to think that from one source, you can find all the answers. The reality of nature is not monistic; it is very plural. Hell, there is even evidence to suggest that there is more than one reality.
So I have a lot of reservations. I don't like it when people challenge the nature of my being; I know that sometimes I do have to change, but more often that not people will try to change you for their own benefit. I've already experienced enough of that from my family, and I'll be damned if I let people who aren't even my family do that to me.
Other than that, I don't know what else to do. I will probably start writing again; it will be an effort but I feel like doing it this time.
During part of the sermon the pastor was talking about how there is this guy in California who just surfs all day, is on food stamps and uses them to buy himself lobster dinners. I can understand the lobster dinner part, but what point was he trying to make? That the person should live for others? What would he say about my life, which I have no problem with? Should I have to change my life so that others can feel more secure and happy? Hell no. I have my freedom, and if others have a problem with my decisions, then that is their problem, plain and simple.
Not to mention that Christianity condones slavery, which should be totally fucking obvious that it is a morally wrong practice. People just like to think that from one source, you can find all the answers. The reality of nature is not monistic; it is very plural. Hell, there is even evidence to suggest that there is more than one reality.
So I have a lot of reservations. I don't like it when people challenge the nature of my being; I know that sometimes I do have to change, but more often that not people will try to change you for their own benefit. I've already experienced enough of that from my family, and I'll be damned if I let people who aren't even my family do that to me.
Other than that, I don't know what else to do. I will probably start writing again; it will be an effort but I feel like doing it this time.
