Dear Readers,
First off if you have heard about the Chick Fil A controversy in the U.S. because of President Dan Cathy's stand on marriage being defined as one man and one woman.
"Dan Cathy, told an online religious newspaper that he supports "the biblical definition of the family unit" and that supporters of gay marriage were "arrogant". While I do not neccessarily agree with the arrogant part of his statement I do agree with the biblical definition of marriage. My best friend who is religously and politically the opposite of me says that he will never eat at Chick Fil A again. It is sad because he used to eat there alot. I respect his views and I will never stop being his friend because of his religious or political views. Above is a picture of me going through the drive through at Chick Fil A. Also is my reciept of food which I did not purchase for myself since I am a vegetarian. It was a gift to someone else. I sat in my car for 30 minutes to support freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of choice. I have many gay friends and I have lots of love for people of all lifestyles. I want there to be civil union laws in the United States for gay couples so that if one partner gets sick the other has rights. There is a difference in being compassionate and passionate about things and then there is bigotry. I do not hate gay people and I hate the sin that is mentioned in the Bible and not the sinner and many of my gay friends will tell you even with my upbringing I have on many occasions stood up for their rights. I am standing up for the institution of marriage and how that society is ruining itself and the children brought into the world because of the decline in the traditional family. I am not here to hate homosexuals, put down anyones love, or judge anyone because of what they do in the bedroom. Your life is your life and the end you will answer to God and that is how I believe. I am not going to judge you.
- The Church of New Jerusalem and Family Values
I am going to finish this blog today with a message to Rachel Myatt, The Myatt and Friesen Families, and The Church of the New Jerusalem because of the way I was judged. I am a man who is childless by choice because I choose to refrain from sexual activity unless in a loving relationship. I gave that to Rachel Myatt after a 5yr vow of celibacy and she neither appreciated the fact I was faithful to her and loved her and only her, nor did she appreciated the fact that I wanted to love her and her son. She had a child out of wedlock with a man who got two other girls pregnant around the same time. What does that say about morals and choices in the New Church? I was never judgmental towards her and I loved her unconditonally but yet I was told I didn't love God, that I was mentally inept and damaged through really I was in the first stage of grief. She went through the motions pretended she loved me and wanted to be with me and blew me off. I gave her a good Christian courtship for 6 months even getting her a promise ring because she was the one I was in love with. I had an incident where one of my friends wanted to sleep with me and it could of happened and not having Rachel around I was lonely and needed human contact but instead I told that person I couldnt becaue I was in love with Rachel and I text Rachel immediately after what happened and told her that I loved her and I was honest about what happened. Rachel was unjudged and loved unconditionally. I do not understand why I was treated in such a manner by people who claim to be lovers of God, Good and Truth, and Righteousness. Rachel also has some sisters who have several kids out of wedlock but did I judge the family or multiple fathers or freelove association with that. No I was ready to love them all as my brothers and sisters. You see the best gift God gives us is to love. When I had my world crashing down on me all my family and friends wanted me to go do was to love Rachel and the Myatts. I never put Rachel down for her beliefs and I studied them. Yet I was treated in an uncaring and judgmental way not only by Rachel, but her family, her Pastor, and other Clergy and members of the Church of the New Jerusalem. It makes me think if they truly believe in family values, the sanctity of relationships, the gift that God gave us in working towards marriage and the family becaue I judged them in no aspect but I got judged in every aspect. I want them to know that yes the newsletters are being spread and I am shaing these topics with many people about the Church of the New Jerusalem. People read my blog everyday and I still do want peace with Rachel. One thing I know is that we are all God's children whether Gay, Straight, Black, White, Protestant, Catholic, or Church of the New Jerusalem and instead of trying to find divide, hurt each other, and put each others down I encourage everyone to just love each other and to agree to disagree without disrespecting or treating others less than human. God Bless ALL
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