boring post... skip it if you're not in the mood for serious debate, or if you're not the least bothered with my religion and beliefs:
"Why is it that a community that talks so much about supernatural transformation shows so little of that transformation? We will have to be men and women who embody the message that we are preaching, whose lives are faithful to the claims we are making" - Dr Ravi Zacharias (2000)
Hypocrisy in the church has stymied many from embracing the faith. it has left many former church-goers in disgust and has been the cause for the intense disdain directed at the church. The sooner that we realize that we are a fallen creation, the better. Then, we'll stop pretending that we're better than the rest, that we know it all, that we're oh-so-holy. Because we're not. No one is. And anyone who thinks he is, is pretending that he is. And that person is the building block of hypocrisy in the church.
So how do we react in this light? Simple. We stop judging. Stop judging and start accepting. Spread the love! Don't accept people on our own terms, cos those are subjective. Accept each other on theirs. Distance yourself if you're not too comfortable with anyone's belief system. But don't judge. You never know when you'll be at the receiving end. Embrace a liar, cheat, alcoholic, gambling addict, prostitute (not in that sense) or even a Republican.
We need to understand that it is unfair to impose our restrictions and expectations on people that have considerably different sets of values and experiences than ours. The unfamiliar is not necessarily sin. We must be flexible and relevant enough to think through trends and objectively decide if they are harmless or not. Misquoting and misinterpreting scripture is not the solution. Understanding and empathy are. Our preferences don’t matter here.
And if you can''t do that... you'll find that archaic world of yours slowing drifting into the realms of irrelevance and obsolescence. But that's alright. I accept you.
I challenge you to challenge me.
Moving on...
I love booze parties. Concoctions of gin, vodka, tequila and lime are heavenly. I shall strive to set up my Wii console by the end of the week. The owner of Attica is Indian.
We need to understand that it is unfair to impose our restrictions and expectations on people that have considerably different sets of values and experiences than ours. The unfamiliar is not necessarily sin. We must be flexible and relevant enough to think through trends and objectively decide if they are harmless or not. Misquoting and misinterpreting scripture is not the solution. Understanding and empathy are. Our preferences don’t matter here.
And if you can''t do that... you'll find that archaic world of yours slowing drifting into the realms of irrelevance and obsolescence. But that's alright. I accept you.
I challenge you to challenge me.
Moving on...
I love booze parties. Concoctions of gin, vodka, tequila and lime are heavenly. I shall strive to set up my Wii console by the end of the week. The owner of Attica is Indian.
