Saturday, May 16, 2009

Notre Dame

Growing up I wanted nothing more than to walk the hallowed halls of The University of Notre Dame. I would love to walk those halls today, but my perception of the halls has changed because of the reactions of Catholics more than students and University Professors. The change in my view has come about due to this "Controversy" over The President speaking at the University. For one the word "Controversy" is extremely overused if it is being used in place of "Disagreement" or "differences in a point of view". For another, I believe in Christ and his teachings, as should all good Catholics, Christians, Methodists, Protestants, Mormons, ect, and one of the greatest things Jesus teaches is to ward against intolerence.

We all have heard "God before Country", but these protester's are not even following their own Gods values as set forth in the Bible. "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned, forgive, and ye shall be forgiven." ~Luke 6:37~
Have people become so obsessed by one factor of life that they forget the teachings that make them Christians, Catholics, Methodists, Protestants, and just good humans beings trying to find the love of life and humanity that Jesus showed us was possible?

I believe people have become obsessed with this "Abortion Issue" to fault. I hear these people scream with such conviction and intolerance against what they see as the murder of a child, and I have to wonder why they do not scream with the same passion to end war, which is the exact same in its murderous intent to end a child of God's life. Both are done in cold blood but at least those unborn, thanks to the mercy of God, are never born of sin, have never sinned themselves and are free from any taint of sin and are birthed back into heaven- as the bible tells us that those free of sin go to heaven.

I believe this type of attitude and intolerance is the reason why most nations where religion rules seem to always be at war. The rulers of these supposed "Godly" nations believe they speak with the authority of God himself based on the teachings in books at least one thousand years old, if not older. Look at Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran and how they seem to constantly be at war with one another while dragging the rest of the world into their "Disagreements". To me it all boils down to Intolerance towards other people who have a different point of view. At one point in time humanity thought the world was flat and the Universe revolved around the earth. If Intolerance were allowed, we (humanity) would be blind to so many truths that can only be discovered by questioning and thinking; This is why I believe Jesus felt the religion of his people to be incomplete and began teaching the Truth about Love and God to the people and part of that teaching was to ward against Intolerance, turn the other check, and love your fellow human, even if you perceive faults in them because who of us is without faults of our own. If someone feels they are without fault and as perfect as Jesus, then please by all means, throw a stone at me.

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