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pan6467 · 02-12-2006, 11:09 PM

JustJess,

You can read everything, listen to everyone and study every issue, but in the end, it's all up to you and what you are passionate about. Plain and simple.

Don't get me wrong, educating yourself on the issues is extremely important, but in the end, you'll only believe what you choose to and you'll only be as passionate on an issue and belief as you want.

Take guns, I've listened to both sides and the only passion I have is I believe in registration, if a community votes to ban them, they should be allowed and their wishes respected and not being allowed to carry them in places like amusement parks, libraries, bars, hospitals, churches and schools. I also believe that the owner has the right to determine if he wants them brought into his establishment.

So for the gun control people, I'm not caring enough, for the pro-gun crowd, I'm too controlling, but to me I believe what I feel is right.

Same with abortion. I feel it is the lady's choice and it is her body BUT the man should have some say and communities should have the right to ban it. For the Pro-choicers I don't understand what women have to go through and the man should never have any say. For the pro-lifers, I'm still advocating abortion.

Then I have the Righties AND Lefties telling me I can't believe the way I do because I'm being wishy-washy and not passionate. Which I ignore because I believe what is best for me, as they are free to believe what is best for them. I don't dictate my views, they have no right to dictate theirs.

Like I said, YOU and only YOU need to decide what is best for you to believe and as long as you are comfortable about it, who the "F" cares what anyone else thinks you should believe.

02-12-2006, 11:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	JustJess, You can read everything, listen to everyone and study every issue, but in the end, it's all up to you and what you are passionate about. Plain and simple. Don't get me wrong, educating yourself on the issues is extremely important, but in the end, you'll only believe what you choose to and you'll only be as passionate on an issue and belief as you want. Take guns, I've listened to both sides and the only passion I have is I believe in registration, if a community votes to ban them, they should be allowed and their wishes respected and not being allowed to carry them in places like amusement parks, libraries, bars, hospitals, churches and schools. I also believe that the owner has the right to determine if he wants them brought into his establishment. So for the gun control people, I'm not caring enough, for the pro-gun crowd, I'm too controlling, but to me I believe what I feel is right. Same with abortion. I feel it is the lady's choice and it is her body BUT the man should have some say and communities should have the right to ban it. For the Pro-choicers I don't understand what women have to go through and the man should never have any say. For the pro-lifers, I'm still advocating abortion. Then I have the Righties AND Lefties telling me I can't believe the way I do because I'm being wishy-washy and not passionate. Which I ignore because I believe what is best for me, as they are free to believe what is best for them. I don't dictate my views, they have no right to dictate theirs. Like I said, YOU and only YOU need to decide what is best for you to believe and as long as you are comfortable about it, who the "F" cares what anyone else thinks you should believe. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"