I don't curse, does that make me a bad Christian?

I am what people might call a moderate. What does that mean? Not sure, but I think it is the political equivalent to being apathetic. Which makes sense to me because that is my spiritual gift from God (I have the test to prove it!). Basically it means I really have very few strong opinions on anything that matters. I am not big fan of people with extreme views in either direction. Right, Left, up, down, donkey, elephant, tree huggers, gays, straights, they are all the same to me. They think too much about stuff that is better left alone.

This brings me to my point.

I think it is funny that all these people on both ends of the spectrum can't see how similar they are to each other. For example the gay people are so close to being Christian that it isn't even funny. Think about it. They both don't want to hide under a bushel, they are both paranoid of being hated, and they both think that the other is stupid. Oh, and they both are right!

When it comes to most things I would rather make fun of it then try and develop an opinion on it. Take my Christianity for example. I am very serious about it for the most part; however there are things that aren't that important to me that people think is odd, like cussing, drinking, smoking, whether or not there is a hell or not. Things like that. Things that do not matter in the long run. Why worry or fight about them. If they don't affect the way I live my life for God I try and not worry about them.

I hang out with people that lean both toward the conservative and liberal ways of thinking. They both think I am strange, and they are probably right.

On the conservative side they just try and convince me that the bible is perfect. Don't get me wrong I believe the bible is incoherent, I mean inerrant... Huh?... Ok, let's not go down that road... Let's just say I think it is a good book. That is what my Grandma calls it after all, "the good book". OK' let's do go down that road. Why do we call it the Good book? Sure it is a worldwide bestseller and all but it lacks punch. Sure it tells a lot of stuff about God, but have you tried to read straight through it. Trust me once it gets to the parts about sacrificing cows and goats, that stuff you will start skipping around.

OK, moving on!

Now, on the one side they believe in following the rules. So I bug them because I am not into a lot of the added commandments. You know like though shall not make fun of Christians and that kind of thing. On the other end there is the "Grace is sufficient" crowd. They think it is weird that I do follow the rules so much. I actually had a guy tell me I was an elitist because I didn't curse. That cracked me up. First, the fact that he would call me that makes him one and two what the freak does that mean.

His thought was that I thought I was to good for it. My thought is that he is a retard and shoot shot himself in the head. Maybe the lead will make his brain start working!

Ok, here is my final thought on this. I think it is funny that we can't except grace without going off the deep end. Pushing the boundaries and testing God, or maybe just testing to test. Why is it that all the people that start to lean toward more liberal thinking start to act that way? You never see more liberal people with out the actions that make them disliked by the conservatives. The smoking, the drinking, all that stuff makes them feel different then they were when they were conservative. So it makes them fill free of the conservative bondage.

The conservatives are the same way. Their actions make them feel better about their beliefs. They are different from the world. They are set a part.

The liberals are trying to be in the world as much they can without making God angry enough to smite them. Come on, we all know this is true. How many times can I get away with it before God takes notice. Ok, maybe some of them are just trying to annoy other Christians (which I am all for).

So, as I said, they are all the same. Strong opinions and actions all in order to make them feel different from who they were before. It is just funny to me. It is kind of like Gay people thinking they have to be flamboyant. Like they can't really be gay without talking with a lisp. Like they can't just be normal people that happen to be homosexual.


Now here is my problem in all this mess. Should I change my theology to fit with the conservatives or change my actions to fit in with the liberals? Maybe I should just be me and not care what they think... Huh... and people wonder why I am apathetic.