religious boundaries?
November 02, 2005 at 11:58 a.m.
Okay, so I've been composing an entry for 2 days now and it's STILL not done so I'll throw a thought in here jsut to kill time... and the horrible waiting period...
I'm writing an entry on the history of my wedding day. I know I've alluded to it as being as wonderful as heaven and/or a root canal, and yes, it was many of these things, but there are reasons and quite a few beautiful things, as y'all will discover in my next entry.
Buuut it's not done yet and I'll not post until it's perfecty perfecty.
As for now, just a tiny thing to vent.
Which sounds ridiculous, becuase I have the most wonderful life EVER and me venting seems simply horrific. Fantastic husband, great house, good job AND I'm in a band making the funnest music ever. And yet, I'll just be a doofus and vent anyway.
Okay, I'm a member of the LDS church. We're known as "Mormons," but that's a derogatory nickname, our official name is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Just this morning I was watching a segment on the Today show on "Mysterious Religions" - people look at us like we're crazy, but we're not. We're Christians and we just try really hard to live the way the scriptures tell us. Just good people.
But this isn't about me. I'm just saying I'm used to people thinking my religion is crazy and I am as well. So I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to other's religious views - it's not crazy to be religious. I am sensitive to that.
That being said, one of my students is a Jehovah's Witness and I feel terrible because every single week, I bring up yet another thing that offends them. Gee golly, everything offends them, from Harry Potter to one of my adorable little Catholic students dressing up like Joan of Arc for All-Saints Day (soooo cute, by the way!). Me and my big mouth, I don't understand what they believe but I do know that they don't celebrate any holidays and patriotism is out too.
Now, I don't drink, smoke or do drugs, but I don't get offended when my friends bring these things up. If they choose to do that, it's their free agency, and smiling and nodding, even though I don't choose to participate, works just fine. But if I bring up my birthday, it offends my student.
Arg. It's driving me crazy, every week I feel guity for another dumb thing I say.
What do they beleive in - and why am I so offensive to them? a rrrr g.
SUPERCRACK is super bad.