Monthly Archives: December 2009

Although I’m not gay (not sure why I have to say that), it is apparent to me that judgmental interpretations (of the Bible and other religious documents) about this are directly opposed to what those documents teach. What’s up with that? If the lessons are – peace, love and acceptance, then how can churches exclude based on comments like “the bible says”? A church that accepts gays, to me, is a church I want to belong to – because that means they’ll accept me, even if I’m not gay. I won’t be judged.  Of course, I’m also in the Cycle of Hypocrisy myself – judging those churches that judge. Egad, … Continue reading →

Growing up, there was something about church that didn’t feel right to me.  As I grew older, I began to judge those people as hypocrites. They were not true Christians, but they were judging others. How many times did I hear that you would “go to hell” if you sinned, or that someone was bad because they did something wrong. It was a big gossip factory. So, I quit going. Ah, but what was I doing?  I was judging; I was not accepting. I was doing just the same as they were doing. I have concluded, we’re all hypocrites until we can accept everyone for who they are and what … Continue reading →