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Jesus Is My Homeboy
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Feb. 14th, 2008 | 10:32 pm
mood: 
rejuvenated
music: Ultrabeat - "I'm Not In Love 2006"
Okay, so I'm back from Elevation 2008. That's what the Christian youth conference that I went to was called. It is held on Thursday (today), Friday, and Saturday. I told you I'd write about my experience, and here it is folks! The polls are in..
Fricking EPIC.
Now you may or may not know my upstanding views on Christianity and my own religion Unitarian Universalism. To cut to the chase, I don't believe that a God that is so loving and forgiving would create such a thing as "Hell". And I also don't believe that this same God that holds such knowledge, would judge us at deaths door. Especially for things such as lust,homosexuality,greed,etc. Why would such a loving God be so condemning? Keep in mind these are my opinions. Feel free to argue my points, but also feel free to agree to disagree. Now this is the only thing that bugged me about the conference is that they were basically pushing it into our minds that the above things were real and would happen. I listened. I am an open enough minded person. I took it in. But I also stood by my previous beliefs. Nothing can change that in me. So I didn't fully agree. But thats okay.
To the good things. The part I loved the most tonight, was the music. Because I am an avid music lover and music is such a big part of my life. It can make me happy, it can make me feel free, it can make me feel ALIVE. It's beauty astounds me. And the band that was playing tonight, The Shift Band (as their known as), has tremendous talent. You could feel their passion in their music, not only for the music but for God and Jesus as well. I felt it. In every guitar stroke, every hit of the drum, and every key of every word. I could feel it. And it felt fabulous. You may think I'm being dramatic, but seriously, music speaks more words to me than any sentences you could put in front of me. You could feel everyone's faith in that room, their hopes, their dreams, their worship. All this love in one room. And to be honest.. it truly felt as if I was in the presence of God.. I read in one of Sylvia Browne's (she is a renowned, appraised, TRUE psychic if you don't know who I'm talking about), and her spirit guide talks about how God is in every one of us. We are a part of God. And it felt like with all the bodies in the room who were open to God and felt and returned his love, it felt as if he was there, because WE were there. Do you know what I mean?
But yes. And the readings, though we didn't go into a lot of that tonight, were as interesting. I'd like to learn more into Christianity, but I'd like to be honest right here as well. I will always ALWAYS be a unitarian universalist, and I will always believe in Gnostic Christianity. While I enjoy some of Christianity's ways, I believe in Gnosticism. There IS a difference between Gnostic Christianity and Christianity. But I see no wrong in combining these experiences, and learnings, and beliefs together. For it is I who decides in what I choose to believe in. I do not have to believe in Every Single Thing someone else believes in. So my promise is to go into this with an open mind, and learn more. Not only for myself, but for the knowledgeable God who values my experiences. Nakemiin!
Fricking EPIC.
Now you may or may not know my upstanding views on Christianity and my own religion Unitarian Universalism. To cut to the chase, I don't believe that a God that is so loving and forgiving would create such a thing as "Hell". And I also don't believe that this same God that holds such knowledge, would judge us at deaths door. Especially for things such as lust,homosexuality,greed,etc. Why would such a loving God be so condemning? Keep in mind these are my opinions. Feel free to argue my points, but also feel free to agree to disagree. Now this is the only thing that bugged me about the conference is that they were basically pushing it into our minds that the above things were real and would happen. I listened. I am an open enough minded person. I took it in. But I also stood by my previous beliefs. Nothing can change that in me. So I didn't fully agree. But thats okay.
To the good things. The part I loved the most tonight, was the music. Because I am an avid music lover and music is such a big part of my life. It can make me happy, it can make me feel free, it can make me feel ALIVE. It's beauty astounds me. And the band that was playing tonight, The Shift Band (as their known as), has tremendous talent. You could feel their passion in their music, not only for the music but for God and Jesus as well. I felt it. In every guitar stroke, every hit of the drum, and every key of every word. I could feel it. And it felt fabulous. You may think I'm being dramatic, but seriously, music speaks more words to me than any sentences you could put in front of me. You could feel everyone's faith in that room, their hopes, their dreams, their worship. All this love in one room. And to be honest.. it truly felt as if I was in the presence of God.. I read in one of Sylvia Browne's (she is a renowned, appraised, TRUE psychic if you don't know who I'm talking about), and her spirit guide talks about how God is in every one of us. We are a part of God. And it felt like with all the bodies in the room who were open to God and felt and returned his love, it felt as if he was there, because WE were there. Do you know what I mean?
But yes. And the readings, though we didn't go into a lot of that tonight, were as interesting. I'd like to learn more into Christianity, but I'd like to be honest right here as well. I will always ALWAYS be a unitarian universalist, and I will always believe in Gnostic Christianity. While I enjoy some of Christianity's ways, I believe in Gnosticism. There IS a difference between Gnostic Christianity and Christianity. But I see no wrong in combining these experiences, and learnings, and beliefs together. For it is I who decides in what I choose to believe in. I do not have to believe in Every Single Thing someone else believes in. So my promise is to go into this with an open mind, and learn more. Not only for myself, but for the knowledgeable God who values my experiences. Nakemiin!
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