31 March 2008
Hatred
Posted by todd under: Ramblings .
(I had originally planned to write this on my other blog, but I thought it would be appropriate to post here.)
I am a Christian. A morally conservative, politically liberal (usually) Christian. I read blogs that are written by Christians. I read blogs that are written by people of other faiths. I read blogs that are written by atheists. I read blogs written by people that I have no idea what their spiritual beliefs are, if any. Some of these blogs are about spiritual topics. Some are about environmental, or political, or economic topics. Some are personal blogs.
A lot of times I find myself “caught in the middle” between my moral and religious/spiritual beliefs and the way I believe that the government and economy should work.
But you know what really bothers me? It seems that most of the morally conservative people hate the people who are opposed to war, or to corporations taking advantage of our economy or to the rape of the Creation God gave to us. And it seems that those who are against all of those things hate those who believe it is wrong to abort a baby, or to sleep around, or for homosexuals to marry.
I understand that people disagree with each other. I believe that abortion is wrong, but I also believe that the environmental practices of many corporations amount to murder in the end. I disagree with the motives for the war in Iraq (although I support each and every single soldier who is serving there), but I also believe that basic human rights must be protected, and sometimes you have to fight for it.
But I don’t hate anyone.
I don’t write long, nasty posts or articles about “those other people”, talking about how they’re “backward” or “superstitious”, “hippies” or “pansies” or “fags”.
I think its time for folks on both sides of the issues to grow up, stop behaving like little children having a shouting match on the playground about whose turn it is to go down the slide and start exploring the how and why of their differences.
I think they’d find they have lot more in common than they thought.
And hatred never accomplishes anything; it just destroys.
Love builds.
