Are we going to say good is a fan of that? I don’t think so. It’s so typical to me to try to place blame on the Christian god for the simple fact that people ignorant to the religion don’t understand how to live by faith. If you don’t; have faith you won’t get where I’m coming from, I might even sound crazy but I’m not, I’m just a strong believer and support my religion abundantly. It’s sort of annoying to hear that it’s even a question as to if the CHRISTIAN god is in support of the U.S. war. I feel like it’s a game of hot tamale, people don’t know who to blame so they blame who’s respected the most. Just to take heat off Muslims around the world people question the Christian god. You can’t persuade me to believe what society wants me to think.
For example god can’t stop a killer from killing, if it’s written in the book, it’s going to happen and he knows this. The war isn’t the work of god, but the work of the devil. I do believe there is a heaven and a hell, which means there is good and bad in the world. There are temptations that people are faced with daily, that might not be acceptable in the Christian community, but they still exist. It’s an ignorant statement to say god agrees with the U.S. war simply because the people involved are Christian. God isn’t going to stop you from doing something because as a growing Christian you have to determine which choices are the most appropriate. There are some circumstances where people are in a position where they feel like they have no choice but to live a certain lifestyle in order to survive, that god might not agree with. For example a single mom, who had to drop out of high school in order to support her two, kids because she has no other form of income and hasn’t received a job, so she strips. Of course god doesn’t want her to exploit her body, so he doesn’t support that, but in her eyes that’s the best things for her at the moment.
I don’t think the Christian god supports the U.S. war. I believe god knows everyone’s moves and decisions but as the father he has to let his children rome be he expects them to still obey his commands. Also he already knows the outcome of what you’re going to do, it’d different trials we all through. There’s both good and bad in the world so as a Christian it’s expected of you to not be manipulated by society and its peer pressures, but it’s also expected for Christians to black slide. As I stated god, the Christian belief believes that god already knows what’s going to happen. What I like adore about my religious belief is that you can always ask god for forgiveness, no matter what sin you may have committed. No sin is greater than the next sin in god’s eyes. All sins are equal, and can be forgiven if you sincerely ask god to forgive you and truly mean it. So to the Christian guy supports the U.S. war is inaccurate in my opinion. Although god holds all power, he still can’t stop what’s going to happen from happening.
I may have silenced myself somewhat within their household, when it came to talking to them, but I always called my mom and was able to express all my emotions. My anger and sadness, plus the close bond that my mother and I share made me so determined to speak on what was going on. As I said, I don’t think I was a victim in that particular situation, but I have some idea of what it is to be silenced and what would give me the urge to speak on my issues.
For example, when I was younger I had a older cousin who I felt like bullied me. My cousin would be mean to me, not want to share with me when I went over her house, and make me seem like a bad guy when I reacted or if I showed her the same treatment she showed me. What made it worst was her parents seemed to never believe me, but always side with their daughter, mentally sculpting me into a liar, in my opinion. So during summers over there, I felt trapped and it seemed as if no one heard what I had to say, and I felt that there was never a need for me to even give my story because it would be flipped on me regardless.
can occur to make me break my silence.
If I were a victim that was silenced, I would probably try to help someone else that was going through a time when they were victimized. Since I didn’t help myself, seeing someone experiencing being a victim would make me want to break my silence as well. Looking from the outside, I would be able to relate to some extent, to what that person was feeling inside, so I would have more of a connection and be of help. Knowing that I was once silenced, I wouldn’t want them to go through that feeling of being neglected and at fault. I would think that that’s some feelings that go through a silenced victims head. I’m trying to think of a time where I wasn’t necessarily a victim, but someone had more authority over me than I was comfortable with.
If I was a victim that was silenced, I’m not sure of exactly what it would take for me to speak out. I would probably get tired of pretending that nothing ever happened. I could imagine how exhausting it would be to keep a life changing secret from people I love and cherish. I always wonder why a lot of rape victims choose not to speak out or share them being raped with anybody. I’ve heard some reasons are because they are or think it’s their fault for being assaulted, so they rather not share. Maybe if I were in the situation I would understand, but I don’t get why it could be their fault and why they would keep that to themselves. So when I say I’m not sure what would trigger me to speak, I’m unsure because there are a lot of factors that can occur to make me break my silence.
I’m the type of person who needs stability can to feel like I have some type of foundation. It doesn’t matter if it’s mentally, physically, or emotionally, if I don’t feel stable while in any of those positions then it’d extremely hard for me to function as I normally would. I think Sam was pretty accurate when he said most of us are not prepared physiologically for the future struggles. Like I said we are a spoiled generation. I don’t know if we’re aware of how blind we are to some issues and how fortunate we are than other people or age. I’m not going to be ready but life goes on and changes with time, so hopefully it’ll be adjustable. Lastly, who knows if the economy gets stronger and people get more involved the future struggles might not be as severe.
It makes me scared to think of there being a time when everyone is of the same social class. If there are any wealthy people they would probably be the normally poor class individual. If everyone viewed each other on the same level, I don’t think race or ethnic background would matter as what. People wouldn’t be judged so easily and stereotyped so quickly. The future struggle is another obstacle that we have to overcome just like every other hardships we face.
Especially in my generation I think suffers the most. We seem to be the most technology savvy and careless of what’s going to come about. I wouldn’t even say careless but we’re more unaware of what’s going on around us than other generations before us. This generation is spoiled. I mean we all don’t receive the same extent of being spoiled but we are on some level of being spoiled. We wouldn’t be prepared mentally, physically, or emotionally. Personally I don’t mind being out of my comfort zone, but to a certain extent. I’m very open to trying new things but I can be hesitant. For example I had to go to a new school I would nervous and excited about what’s going to happen and entering a new environment. So for the future to become more of a struggle than it is now, I know I would be completely out of my comfort zone. I wouldn’t be ready to face that.
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