I used to despise Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses of the like for coming to my door and harassing me to "recieve" the word of Christ so I can go to heaven. I am Christian thank you very much. I went to an all encompassing Christian school run by church members and teachers who wouldn't let me watch Mulan because Mushu was a red dragon. It's not so much the showing up at my door and condemning me to death aspect of religion that I despise; it's the holier-than-thou attitude that drives me up the wall.

Because the way I see it, we're all hypocrites anyway.

When I went to school, there was always a handful of students who always had a spiritual euphoric vision that they had to share with the school. They were the same students who had the experience of speaking in tongues (when I entered the school and asked what it was, a girl in my class looked at me in disdain and said in a snobby tone, "It's the language of God. YOU can't fake it."). These students were loved by co-peers and teachers alike who praised them for being "pure of heart" and "sweet sweet souls". I kid you not. Those are direct quotes.

I had the pleasure of finding these peers of mine on Facebook a little while ago and what do you know? The real world has trapped us all. Gone are the knee length kilts and devotional Bibles tucked under our preppy arms, replaced by booze and provocative lifestyles.

Now I have, by no means, travelled in the spiritually adept direction. I haven't since high school. No, scratch that. I NEVER did. I tried hard and joined the praise teams, devotional teams...even dutifully going to chapel every Wednesday when I could have hidden in the restroom or bailed to the mall. Instead, I tried to become like those "special" ones who captured the attention of God and Jesus...such and such.

Hypothetical question: If I were to marry my non-Christian boyfriend (who, in my opinion, possesses far more Christian-like traits than anyone I know) and I wanted to invite some of my church's pastoral, would they come? My dad said no. As an employee for over 30 years at a church, I'd believe it. A friend of mine from church married a very nice non-Christian boy and she headlined church gossip for a month.

Why not though? I don't understand why we, as Christians, would look down upon people who do not believe in the same God or the same trinity. I believe in God who created the heavens and the earth. As a human being, I have a right to behave however I want to. Whether or not it destroys my life is just a consequence of my actions. As a human being, I have chosen to live my life morally and sanely. Now, I guess the rest is up to freedom of faith.