Some Fun Videos

Hello Everyone:

I decided that I wanted to do a blog involving some of the videos I have made just to share them with you and to make myself feel a little better since I've been in kind of a slump for the past few days. Enjoy!

With All My Love <3

S.L.u.G.

Being Punished for Being Yourself

Hello, Everyone:

Sit down, relax, and picture yourself sitting by a little cafe sipping on a nice cup of tea when someone walks by, points their finger at you and says "You're going to Hell for drinking that tea!" and then walks off. This may be an unlikely scenario but everyday people face scenarios similar to this because of their nature or the choices they make. The words "You're going to Hell!" or "God doesn't love you" echo in many people's ears and minds everyday, but it doesn't stop there. After hearing such things, they must then face the people who support those who say them and believe those words to be true. Most of us (if not all) have heard about the current situation involving Chick-Fil-A. It's not the situation that I want to discuss but the reactions to the situation. Messing around on Facebook, I've noticed how many of my friends support Chick-Fil-A. This made my stomach really squeeze tight because I realized how much I disagree with them. Many of them who support Chick-Fil-A brought up bible versus or God in some way. This bothered me but not because I don't like hearing about religion but because that what people say the bible says goes against what I believe though I believe in the bible. Get the problem? For a moment I was upset by the concept, but then I thought about it and decided that instead of being angry at those abusing their religion, I would change my own. I do not mean that I have decided to change my religion completely, as in I'm no longer a Christian, but in the fact that I'm going to stick to what I believe instead of what I'm told to believe. So many people seem to believe that gays, lesbians, and bis are going to Hell or that God hates them because...well, because they are being who they were meant to be. First off, I do not believe that God hates anyone. In fact, I believe that God loves everyone. I hate hearing people talk about how God hates someone. What gives them the right to say something like that? And what gives them the right to use the bible to justify what it is they are saying? I'm sorry to go on a rampage like this, but when people abuse what they have it really ticks me off. But I don't want to just talk about the supporting side, I also want to talk about the side that does not support Chick-Fil-A and the others that speak out against gays, lesbians, and bis. 

There's a church group coming to the town where I'm living in a week to protest at other churches about gays, lesbians, and bis. When my roommate discovered this, she did not respond so well. She was furious to such a thought and wanted to go to the churches and protest the protest group. I threw the idea down quickly because I believe that doing such a thing wouldn't make us better than the protest group but would actually make us the same. As someone who does not support Chick-Fil-A and other "hate" groups, I do not believe that throwing what the group is doing back into their faces will change anything, but would actually make it worse. Instead, I believe that one must hold strong to their belief and let it be known. There are many ways that this can be done and finding the right way is up to you. I believe in the bible and I believe in God, but I do not believe that gays, lesbians, bis, or anyone else that is different from me is hated by God or going to Hell, or that anything is wrong. I accept people for who they are, and I'm going to continue doing so no matter how many times I'm told to do something else instead. This is how I plan on standing up against Chick-Fil-A. No, I do not believe it will make a big difference but I believe that it will make enough of a difference in myself and in those around me and who come to understand where I'm coming from. We should discriminate towards those who are different from us. We have been doing that for many years and never has any good actually come from it, so why are we still doing it. I know that the next time I hear someone shouting out against gays, lesbians, bis, or anyone else, I'm going to hug my gay/lesbian/bi friend(s) and tell them that I love them for who they are and that I believe God does to, because that's the type of God I believe in, not the one others have made up to shower hate upon those who are different.

With All My Love <3

S.L.u.G.