One thing that I do not get is the bickering and hate between Christians at other Christians and for that matter hate between people of all faiths.
Does any faith not teach love of our fellow man (and woman) and tolerance? I may be ignorant of the minute detail of other faiths and belief systems but from what I've learned through study and school in other faiths I believe that most do.
So for example how can you say that you are Christian when you are out protesting other peoples faiths?
One thing that boils my blood and brings out the hypocritical hate in me is seeing people downtown on LDS conference weekend yelling slurs and having signs of hate filled propaganda bothering the people that are attending this meeting in person.
Even when I ad my few years of falling out with the church when I cursed it in my heart this act of open hate made me furious. I wanted to jump out of my car and go at them with a bat cracking skulls are yelling hate at them. I just could not stand to see them spit their venom at people doing nothing but coming together in their chosen faith to worship and spread messages of love and help.
Most of these signs spread messages of Mormons being un-Christian well what does their act say about them and their church when they do these hate filled acts?
This is hate eating all of the people involved with this kind of crap from the inside out. What a shame that the only person walking within their heart on those days is not the Lord or Jesus but someone much darker and more tricky.
We all have hate and misunderstanding that we need to overcome but there is no way to do that or to promote brotherly love when this is the path you choose to do it by.
All faiths have truth in them and love and that is what we need to build on no matter what we believe. Not focus on the differences and hate that can linger in the voids between us.
What sparked this in my mind today was a leaflet for a band preforming in the park. I looked them up and saw that they are a Christian band which is cool by me. Though I thought formed in my head. What do other Mormons think of other Christian music and bands? Do they listen to them or avoid them for fear of the messages they send. I'd dare to bet that many do no know that several of the mainstream bands that they listen to started out as Christian music bands and first made it big on the Christian music circuit before they broke into the big time and more mainstream circles.
Groups like Switchfoot, Collective Soul, Creed, The Fray, Evanescence, MxPx. Two groups that I rather like but might not be as well known as the above are Relient K and FM Static.
On the other hand I know that there are several non-Mormon people that love and enjoy listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Anyway you have some idea on my opinion but, what do you think?
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