Lacey's Monologues

Respect, Where Art Thou?

Everyone is so rude. And everyone thinks it’s OK, or “I have a right to be angry and rude,” or that this behavior is acceptable. No one has any respect for each other, and that’s unacceptable. I don’t care if you’re talking to the most racist, misogynistic, biased ass hole ever, have some respect, huh? Especially considering most of the people in the world -aren’t- those racist, misogynistic, biased ass holes. Ignorant, yes. But someone’s ignorance is not a license to scream and yell and swear at the person.

Don’t give me any of that “you have to earn my respect” crap. We’re all humans. We’re all people. We’re all brothers and sisters and we all deserve each other’s respect.

I saw a picture of a sign that said “Republicans not welcome here” or something like that. The Republicans were complaining and the Liberals were cheering. That sign is -not- acceptable. It’s not “giving them a taste of their own medicine.” It’s just trying to oppress. It’s stooping to the lowest of the lowest levels. It’s assuming all Republicans are horrible and then discriminating against them. Discrimination and prejudice are never, ever acceptable; under any circumstances. I would never even consider socially dominating men just because I’m a woman and I’ve been oppressed. Because that is unacceptable. I have respect for people. That respect denies me the desire to oppress them.

I don’t care how you’re treated. If they’re polite to you or rude. Yes, you have a right to get angry. But that doesn’t mean you should. If the person is being rude, do you really think they’re going to listen to you? Winning a fight isn’t achieving anything. The person you were fighting with is still gonna be stuck in their ways, as will everyone else who has been watching. If they’re polite, but you’re rude, then you’ve just lost an opportunity. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people trying to be polite, just to get bitched out. What does that accomplish? Nothing but a lot of hard feelings.

I tagged this in a lot of controversial topics, because I’m hoping someone will actually listen to me and think about this “debating” issue in today’s world. Being polite to and having respect for everyone in my path has done nothing but good for me. Some jerks will stay jerks, and there’s nothing I can do about that; so I let it go and save myself a lot of stress. Winning a fight (if that were possible for me) may stroke my ego, but that’s all it would accomplish. Whereas some jerks are just, in fact, ignorant and willing to listen. Showing respect as I speak to them could help to open their minds.

And why don’t you try listening to them, huh? They may bring up something interesting. You don’t know where this person could have come from. What they’ve experienced. They deserve to be heard. Everyone deserves to be heard and respected. Trying to silence them with yelling and screaming and swearing is just a form of oppression; it’s not standing up for yourself or others.

Next time some Anon goes into your askbox and says something you don’t agree with, try chilling out, first. Calm down. See what they have to say. Listen. Don’t be as closed-minded as everyone else. Present your argument respectfully. Otherwise, it’s just a waste for everyone. Otherwise, you’re no better than the jerks and ass holes. Everyone deserves everyone’s respect. We’re all humans. We’re all brothers and sisters. Learn some respect.

My Religion

Found a link to Mike AUS’ article about how studying up on evolution changed his religious views. I kinda liked where he started, then stopped liking it. But I read through it, anyway, because I realized it was going to be an important read for me to figure out my viewpoints.

I was -kinda- like how Mike was before. Ish. I didn’t really brush evolution aside or anything. I kind of consolidated the Bible and science. Evolution is what happened, but it was encouraged by God. God started everything billions (trillions?) of years ago. The Bible is a collection of stories and morals earlier humans lived by to try and make sense of life.

I kinda still see this, but the article showed my the holes in my still calling myself a Christian. First of all, I never believed in original sin, whether Adam and Eve was true or not. Sin is something you choose to do against your morals. Infants do not make choices. In the world of God and Jesus and goodness that I took from Christianity, our ancestors’ sins could not possibly track down to us. It is wrong.

All this time, I’ve avoided the issue of Jesus. Was He real? Did He die for us? Well, perhaps He really believed so. But I guess I don’t, then, considering my disagreements with the church teachings. Considering He was really killed by the Romans because He was a threat to them, and that being warped into dying for our sins is kind of sketchy. Though, at the same time, right now I feel like apologizing to God for giving up on this belief.

I suppose, with my reasoning, I should stop believing in the Holy Trinity and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Even Mary. I love Mary. I rely on her and pray to her most. But if I don’t believe in Jesus, then what makes Mary so special? Can I still think her special? I mean, if I really want to, I suppose… But it’d be wrong…

I’ve kind of slipped away from the article, now. But I guess my problems are in more than evolution. Anyways, I never actually read the Bible all the way through, though I’ve tried. Like I said, I see it as a mere story/rule book to live a decent life. And it is pretty outdated. But I saw nothing wrong with taking the things I liked and leaving those I didn’t. But then, I guess I can’t really call myself a Christian, then.

I don’t know. My religious thoughts are all confused, now. Maybe I’ll think harder about them when I have time. But in the meantime, at least I still have my morals. At least I still have my beliefs on what is right and wrong. How to treat people.

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I Just Want to Shut Them All Up

YES I believe in God. NO I cannot see him. YES a lot of terrible things happen in the world. NO they’re not God’s fault.

God is our Father. How much do you like it when your father (or some other form of parent) comes into your life and controls everything so that nothing bad ever happens to you? Not much fun, is it? We hate it because of our Free Will, which we were born with, because God doesn’t want to control everything we do. He wants us to be grown-ups and learn to take care of ourselves.

People debate about sickness. Have you ever seen the shit that happens to animals in the wild? Life is about life and death and sickness. We’re supposed to learn from all of it. Shit happens, and He’s not going to baby us about it. And there are too many things out of His control because of others using their Free Will to hurt others.

God has done a lot for me in my life. Even if not in the way I would like or notice. He’s subtle about anything He does, because, as mentioned above, who wants their dad controlling everything? But I have noticed a few things and learned from everything He’s done to my life. And I don’t resent Him for it because I know He’s doing it because He loves me and wants to help me grow to be a better person.

I’m not saying you should believe in God. I could very well be wrong. I do not blame people for not believing in God because shit happens. But I’m SICK of people getting all high-and-mighty and starting these stupid-ass arguments! I’m SICK of people insulting Him and everyone that believes in him. There are things that you cannot touch, see, smell, hear, taste that are still real. That you just have to believe in. Like love and friendship. How can you prove them? You can’t see them, touch them. The person could very well be lying every moment you’re with them. Could very well do things to “prove” love or friendship; but you never know if it’s for a hidden agenda. You just have to have faith. And I have faith in my beliefs. I have faith that God will be with me whenever I need Him. And that’s what matters.

So. STOP HATING ON CHRISTIANITY AND HAVE SOME RESPECT! GROW UP AND FIND SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE!

Your Daily Dose of Religious Rage

I saw a pic on my personal blog that really pissed me off. It kinda hurt, too, because it came from a friend’s blog; a friend whom I really like and admire. But it’s not like she could have known that.

ANYWAY

It was something about the Pope saying something stupid and the text said “coming from a guy that talks to imaginary cloud people.”

“Imaginary cloud people”? Really? What other religion gets mocked like that? And then many other reasonable people think it’s justified? Well, I’m gonna tell you something. Hold on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna blow your mind.

It is NOT justified.

Christianity is not perfect. But guess what? A lot of people still believe in it! And no spiritual belief is perfect, anyway. Isn’t that incredible? Even feminists and Democrats and plenty other people that you probably interact with and have a good time with believe in this imperfect religion. And I and many others actually believe in these “imaginary cloud people.” We have a lot of love and respect for them.

I do -not- see any other beliefs being so strongly ridiculed by people that I have a lot of respect for. This society is starting a huge-ass fucking WAR on Christianity and I do -not- think it is acceptable. When you insult Christianity, you insult me. Why don’t you try having some fucking respect?

If you wanna attack something, attack the current Republican candidates and point out the holes in their interpretations and speeches. Do NOT broaden your arguments to the whole of Christianity, because that is just as bad as racism, sexism, and all other forms of prejudice and discrimination.

I am -not- going to stand for Christian-hate anymore. The next time someone insults my religion, I’m going to flip. And it won’t be pretty.