Rant

A bit of a rant I felt I needed to get off of my chest lately. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone.

Commence ranting.

One of the difficulties I find with Facebook, is when the people I care about post things that to me seem hateful and hurtful. As I'm sure many people feel about the stuff I've posted. I apologize if I've offended anyone, but I believe what I believe, just like you believe 

what you believe. And surprise surprise, I even believe that my beliefs do not contradict my Christian faith. While I am not one for labels, I have accepted that over the years my views have largely become aligned with what might be called liberal views. For this I make no apology, it is where my personal studies of Scripture and Theology have brought me. If you feel that this shift in my views now disqualifies me from being a child of God, or that I have damned myself, then I am sorry you feel that way. And I apologize further for thinking you are wrong in your assessment. Contrary to what some of you may or may not think, I do not believe the things I do because I hate God, hate the USA, hate the Republicans, hate rich people, or hate Scripture. Furthermore, I do not believe what I believe because I love evil, want people to be lazy, want free stuff from the government, like communism, want everyone in the World to be atheist, or because I don't want people to be awarded according to their contribution. On the contrary, I believe what I believe for almost the exact opposite of those reasons. I am not the Devil, nor am I the Anti-Christ. I am a Christian, in many ways like you are, but in other ways not like you. This is so whether or not your theology allows for people like me to be Christian. I believe that you believe what you believe out of love of God and love of neighbor, even if I sometimes have difficulty understanding how that is so. I only ask for the same courtesy in return.

Ranting concluded. Thank you. :o)