The sound of silence.

I have woken up some mornings before the sun comes up, and I just sit there in silences. There are no dogs barking, the birds are not awake yet, the television is off, my phone is not ringing; all of my responsibilities have melted away (at least for now). Everything in the world seems to be still. I love every second of it. Sometimes it just feels good to be the only one in the world. It is the beautiful sound of silence.

            When the sun starts to peak over all the buildings and trees, the birds start talking, the dogs start barking and everything seems to come to life. It is as though the worlds’ heart started pumping again. The days go by rather quickly. With everything this world has to throw at you it just seems as though we have no time for ourselves. But when the sun goes back down and everyone goes in for the night, that sound of silence comes back. At last, I am the only one in the world again.

Gays and Pigs

I talked to a friend today about homosexuality. He told me it is caused by sin; usually something to do with the father leaving a void in a boy’s heart and that boy is trying to fill that void. I agree to a point, but I don’t think that this “void” always leads to becoming gay. I searched in a lot of places to fill this void (not that my father wasn’t there, I didn’t really received the attention I need… but who really did?). None the less, I didn’t become attracted to boys. But i do know that homosexuality can be caused by a chemical imbalance that takes place altering a man’s/boy’s brain, not so much making it into a woman’s brain, but it does modify it. Now, if a man is born this way and he is told that it is wrong for him to be this way, should he go against everything he feels and wants and “make” himself become attracted to women just because it is not a sin, or is not wrong. It’s like me in high school; I didn’t want to be there and there for I did a terrible job. A gay man would not make a good husband/ lover to a woman… they both would live empty lives.

            Now let’s take a look at sin in general. In God’s eyes, sin is sin, and according to the Christian bible, one type of sin is no worse than another. For instance, if the bible commands you to not commit murder (Matthew 5:21-26, Mark 10:19) and you do, it would be a sin. If the bible tells you not to eat pork (Deuteronomy 14:8) and you do, it’s a sin; these two sins are equal in God's eyes. Now one of these sins obviously does more harm to people here on earth, but the bible still speaks against both of them. The bible also commands us not to steal (Luke 18:20). How does this apply to our homosexual marriages? Religious people say that homosexual marriages are wrong because they are blatantly living in sin (1 Corinthians 6:9). I am surprised as to how many people eat bacon in their breakfast before or after church. I am surprised and even a part of the people who download music for free; even when me or people I know knew it was wrong, we still did it. So aren’t we deliberately living in sin? Some people will argue that Jesus came and some of these laws we do not have to live by anymore; but that is another topic to discuss.        

            What am I really trying to prove with this post? Nothing, I guess. I am not saying that I am for gay marriages but I am definitely not against them. So I guess my final thought is this: clean the crap out your own yard, stop pointing at other people’s yards as if they are messier than yours and stop judging people; that is God’s job.