Choices and Beliefs

With the presidential election looming you can see who swings to which side. Facebook has become a forum for arguement and bashing of candidates and people. Does it matter which way you vote? One of my good friends goes in the complete opposite direction i do on almost every issue but we don't let it tarnish our friendship. Everyone needs to understand this and move forward because it is so easy to criticize others but to actually be sympathetic to their cause is something not everyone can do.

I am a religous person and firmly believe in eternal life after death. I believe there is a heaven and a hell, but with that being said i will never let that influence how i vote. I understand not everyone feels the way i do and that this country was founded on the freedom of religion so how can we chastize people who don't share our same beliefs. I believe in equality for all, whether you like men or women, or if your black, white, brown, purple, green, or yellow it doesn't matter everyone has a right to exist in whatever way they see fit. How is two men getting married going to change the way i live my life? It won't, everyone is so quick to turn to the bible and say God wanted us to be with opposite sex. It is their choice to sin and be with the same sex. First of all the bible was written by man and should be taken with a grain of salt. There was only one person who has been flawless and he died for our sins. Secondly the issue of the bible the majority of the world uses is the King James edition, this king decided what was put in it and what wasn't. How can we be 100% sure there isn't more that's left out. Third not everyone believes in the bible or chooses to follow it what makes your choice in believing the bible better than everyone elses? If you want to keep them out of the church i can't argue that there is the seperation of church and state, but we must remember this bible is the same thing that said black people and white people should not be allowed to marry. How can we put so much faith in a book that can be manipulated so many different ways. I am not sitting here trying to trash religion because i will never do that, what you believe is your right just like it is the right for others to marry who they see fit. Who are we to throw judgement toward them. And last but certainly not least God has promised two things one is eternal life that i firmly believe in. Am i going to spend eternity in heaven? I certainly hope so. Maybe everything about the bible was right, maybe millions have spilled blood and lost their lives all for the name of God. Maybe the radical Christian KKK have it right and lynching is okay. Maybe gay people are inferior and are an abomination on the world, but if that's the case then i do not accept that eternal life. I choose to let everyone be treated as equals i choose to judge people not by their sexual orientation but by the content of their character. I choose live and let live. I choose to love unconditionally without expecting something in return. This is the world i want to live in. And last but certainly not least God gave us a choice. A choice to love who we want too, he gave us a choice on how to live our lives, and if I choose to love another man then it is my right as a human-being to do so. If choose to practice Catholicism then it is my right to do so. I don't belive God wants everyone to judge each other or take away choices he wants us to live life with compassion, love, friendship, religion, integrity. So incase you haven't noticed about my long run on paragraph I am voting President Barrack Obama because he understands there isn't a certain class that is more superior or inferior he believes in equality for all.

 

Thank you and maybe the 2 people who will actually read this might look at things with an open mind.