The topic of religion is an interesting one and somewhat difficult to broach. It is interesting that being from and living in this area that it is taken for granted that someone is a member of the most prominent religion. Often this isn't the case, or in other situations when talking with someone, I find out that they are a member of the "The Religion" and would never have assumes otherwise (I am sure that I fall into this category myself). What I'm saying is its funny how a discipline based on love and acceptance breeds common behaviors like stereotyping, shunning, and judgment.
I could use the rest of this post to engage in the standard practice of complaining about the religion of this area but I won't. I will, however, point out how with the ever growing presence of social media how religions have had to change the way they reach out and interact with others.
For example, when the LDS church came out with their most recent edict on gay marriage and the LGBT community. When they released the decision that homosexual relationships and marriages would not be recognized by the church they had to put out a press release to do damage control. This is not something they would ever have to have done in the past. Realistically in the past, their view if these marriages never would had been so widespread. What was laughable was the random numbers that were thrown around and the one story that I read about a lawyer representing s few thousand members who were renouncing their membership in the church. In case anyone doesn't know, you don't have to sue the church not to be a member; you just stop going.
Social media has changed the way we worship. Apparently, if I see something horrible on Facebook and scroll by without typing amen or sharing I am going to hell. SHIT!!
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