Hypocrisy

I was in Government, supposed to be writing an essay on how family, religion, gender, and education effect people’s political views when, while brainstorming, I realized something: Christians are some of the most hypocritical people in the world. I was raised without a religion and extremely liberal. Over the years, on my own, I’ve gone to Church and at one point I accepted God into my life.
I went to a Church for about two years before they drove me nuts and I stopped. Why did they drive me nuts? Because they preached conservatism but act differently. Most of these kids were raised Christian. Their parents go there and during church when their mommy and daddy are around they preach Godliness and act like “good” Christians “should”. When they’re not around their parents, they could pass for very liberal. More on that later.
The first time I went to this Church, I made “enemies”. Adults who didn’t like me because I was liberal and my mom went to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tuscaloosa (which I currently attend with her). These parents immediately thought me “poisonous” and quoted scripture and such things to try and “save” me. Their children agreed.
That very Wednesday, those “good” Christian kids that had taken a stand against me were doing “un-Christian” things such as girls leaping into a guys arms and wrapping their legs around the guy’s waist (yes, I got in trouble for that once), guys pretending to be dating, couples being all over each other(I’m talking extreme PDA), etc. At the time I thought it was funny and I went along with everything. I closed my eyes to their hypocrisy because I didn’t see anything wrong with what we were doing.
Later that month I was talking to one of the guys who had been acting gay. I told him I had absolutely no problem with gays, I love my gay friends dearly and I believe that God does too. For I see nothing wrong with loving someone, no matter what their gender is. This guy I was talking to was shocked and gave me a long speech about how being gay is wrong, the Bible says so—he couldn’t back this up and has yet too. I was appalled. This boy was telling me my friends were going to Hell because they were gay, but he was going to Heaven with a heart filled with lies, hate, and prejudice. Acting gay is ok after all. Oh and if I didn’t ask for forgiveness I would go to Hell too. I almost punched him. I was beyond pissed.
When he then went on to tell me that abortion, in all shapes and forms is wrong and you will go to Hell then too I was even more pissed. According to him, an emotionally unstable girl who was raped should have the child. Even if the pregnancy and birth would most likely lead to the girl’s suicide. Its murder to kill a fetus that has no soul yet since it’s still a freaking cell mass. And murder is not ok. Even if it kills you, you must have the child or you are going against God. Yes, I agree that abortion should not be used as birth control, that is sick and wrong, but if it’s unhealthy for the girl, emotionally or physically, the girl is just going to get extremely messed up. But we can’t go against God.
Oh wait, we don’t have PROOF that God is against any of this. We have the Bible right? Ok, that was written by men, and translated by men, and can be taken and manipulated to say what you want, kind of like the “Necessary and Proper Clause” in the U.S. Constitution. Funny how that works isn’t it?
The final thing though was when I realized just how hypocritical these people are. I stubbed my toe and said “shit” in Church and got a lecture about not cussing in Church by a kid I’m pretty sure smokes pot. I’m pretty sure God is going to be more offended by someone preaching scripture and then smoking pot and lying about it than me saying “Shit” by accident after I stub my toe.
So before you come and tell me that I’m going to Hell for writing this and start quoting scripture to me, think about it. I wrote this because I want people to stop being so close minded and stop hating everything before they think it through. This world needs more love for crying out loud. I believe I’m going to Heaven if there is such a place, because I try and love, I try as hard as I can to let go of the hate, prejudice and lies. No I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be. I’m human after all. But don’t come to me with hate and prejudice. Please. That’s just going wrong after all.

Thank you for reading this.