Sometimes I think bad thoughts about other people I don’t know…
Why do we judge each other?
Honestly, what do you think?
This weekend I was in “the wildwoods” and I was around a majority of people outside of my everyday context. People whom like Nascar, Bud Light, Marlboro Red, the NRA, among other things stereo typical of this demographic.
But wait, we all are apart of a demo graphic and to some extent we are all stereotypical.
Differentiating ourselves in a myth, we create an ego that pulls us outside the everyday reality of who we really are. It is in very brief moments of clarity that our nature is revealed.
Like when we are sick, or scared. The truth is we are HUMAN.
For some people, like myself, who have come out of a conservative Christian worldview this is a scary reality. Why, because God judges the wicked, evil man (HUMAN), and condemns them to death for their wickedness? (This is the philosophy I operated out of for most of my adolescense.)
I would be lying if I said, “I am gracious to myself”. I think the root of this judgment and poor thinking of others comes from a misguided “Christian” world-view.
Today I have been practically reminded of how this worldview of sin, death and judgment affects people in a negative way.
A buddy was talking to me tonight about a concerned friend who wants to make sure, my buddy, still believes the right stuff. Still believing the TRUTH.
The truth is we don’t Know.
The truths in the Gospels are simple. “Die so that you might live.”
*Jesus died is a hard argument to loose.
*Jesus rose again, that is a hard argument to win.
Why is it so important to win?
Jesus lost. His followers lost.
The most compelling part of the story of the Gospels from my reading is that Jesus rose again.
When we see Jesus, do we see a blond haired, blue eyed, white guy, or do we see the person smiling at us across from a craft food booth in Wildwood, (the Wildwoods), with a couple of browned teeth who is doing his best to love.
I want to follow Jesus…
