Sitting in the church waiting for the sermon, hoping to be filled with joyful spiritual up lifting, the words come at me like a whirlwind. Talking, shouting with sounds of glee, I hear the message loud and clear. Do not judge lest ye be judged. Don't look to others' for the sin they commit, don't be Mormon, don't be Catholic, don't be Baptist, you're looking in the wrong place.
Each of these denominations are leading us astray. Yet couples that are not married, just getting divorced set side by side in relationships that the bible teaches us that are wrong. I'll say this without judgment of any kind, is being Baptist worse than committing an outward sin?
I sit listening at being told that if you're a Baptist you might be too judgmental. That seeking the presence of the Pope while he sits in his own man made king dome is a sin against God. Trying to understand that no matter what the claims of the man who says that God and Christ appeared to him, anointing him as Profit of a new and true religion, remains out of text from the teachings of the bible.
So where does that leave all of us "bible thumbing Christians"? Is being Baptist bad? A long time ago my parents raised me to attend a baptist church. It was where we went every Sunday and Wednesday of my young life.It was there that I began to understand God's love and what he was willing to give to me, his son Jesus Christ.
Christ died for me. That was the most important aspect of going to church and it remains so today, but how can I accept the value of my church when I know that adultery is being so openly displayed. If you're gay, you can't join my church, but if you are in a relationship with another person who is "working" on becoming divorced that's okay.
Still not one to preach, I do however question these very interesting situations within my small town church. As Christians we are to love one another as Christ loved us. Right? So again, I ask how can we accept that one religious point of view is better than any other. Christ loved us all no matter what we call ourselves and it feels like we are setting a bad example of that love.
I don't really want to be in charge of other peoples' religion, but if my pastor is going to set a standard that he feels we must all meet, then can we not expect that every standard coming from the bible is equal? Judge not? Well I was raised Baptist. That doesn't mean that I sit around and judge everything that someone does.
However if you put yourself in front of me and flaunt these type of behaviors, well it's a little hard to ask, hummm.... Is this right? No judgments, just asking that's all.
Oh well, these are just my thoughts and the parting question remains the same for me, "Is being Baptist Bad?"
I may never know, but I was just wondering.
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