Just My Thoughts
Do
you shed your "Christian suit" when discussing politics?
This is
such a sensitive topic but I am going there and I am doing so becaue of a situation
that I encountered one day last week. I am not a political person but I am not
ignorant either. I see what the country is going through. I talk to people all
over the world and I am actually envious of some. They seem to have more freedom
then we do. I also talk to our soldiers who have returned from war. So, needless
to say,. I am not in the dark. I like and respect Obama. That is my opinion. It
does not change how I feel about you. It does not change me as a person. If you
don't like him then I am sure you have your reasons but if I don't agree with
your reasons, please don't insult my intelligence. Don't call me names. Especially
when you are someone who preaches catholicism.
Last week, I had a "little
disagreement" with an old catholic school chum. We have not seen each other
in ages but we met up again, along with many other former classmates, on FaceBook.
He is a staunch conservative and an upright Catholic. He lives by the books, so
to speak. I don't. Is this not my choice as a citizen. I do get a bit tired of
hearing the Obama insults. I find that a bit ignorant considering his short term
in office and having so much mess and destruction to clean.
I compare this
to your job, let's say. If you step into anothers job, you have a mess, in many
cases, a huge mess to clean. Should your boss only give you two weeks? If you
don't have it together, then you get fired? Even though you have been working
your tail off? I hope not!I guess I try to put myself into anothers shoes. I think
we should all operate on this theory.
Because I like Obama, I was called a "Kool Aid drinking drone". Yes, I was. I had to ask my fellow friends on FaceBook what that meant. I am the same in adulthood as I was in childhood, when it comes to name calling. I am ignorant to their meanings. Then I was called ignorant by this same Catholic man for not knowing the term. Several times, during the course of these conversations, I tried to agree to disagree but to no avail. Oh yes, he apologized but then followed suit with an insult.
I am a spiritual Being. I will not attack you for your beliefs. They may anger me but I am not going to attack you. You are supposed to be my brother/sister made in the likeness of God.
So, I asked my ol' chum if he was a true catholic. He then made a smart remark asking if I was renouncing my catholcism. I told him that he had already done so with his first nasty remark to me. So, people like this find it acceptable to be a "catholic" or "christian" at 11 am on Sunday morning. It's like wearing a suit. You can take it off after church to play and sling mud. Hmmm.The great thing about true Christianity is spirituality and the ability to wear your suit all year round each and every day non-stop.
The
end result? He sent me an email saying that he had heard that I was "way
out there" and after the discussions that day, he feels it is true. He then
removed me as his friend.
He is entitled to his opinion but he attacked my
character because I went against his..Hmmm..Guess that doesn't make me a kool-aid
drinking drone...:)