An online friend tonight confided in me about his ongoing conflict between his religious upbringing and his sexual orientation. It led me to do quite a bit of thinking about that concept and how the masses can be led into a certain believing certain things, and when it is repeated enough times it becomes "the truth." We are all children of God. He made white, red, black, yellow, thin, fat, short, and tall people in his image. It is man and his man-made structures -- physical and emotional -- which hold us down. God loves us all no matter as we are. It is dogma in order to corral the less intelligent that is artificial and is truly in conflict with God's word and his power.

Catholics believe God is a Catholic, Baptists believe God is a Baptist. The TRUTH is that God is God...his words is the Bible...and those who have come and preach in His name are interpreting those words.

God wants us to live our lives the best we can...and does not expect us to be perfect. The only people who are going to hell -- are the people who scream and yell threatening other people who are going to go to hell. It is THEIR judgement...and the only one who can validly make judgement on us is God Himself. God gets pissed off when someone gets in His way.