The Day of Silence is a day where students are protesting against the bullying of gay people. As I was reading the article I saw that two christian organizations where telling families to not let their kids go to school that day so they would not be seen as believing in the same thing. But I have a serious problem with this, I am a christian and I do not believe in gay marriage and gay couples and so forth but I don't think it is right for people to bully them. Isn't judgement up to God? As christians we are called to love our neighbors, we don't hate people we hate evil.
This is seen in Romans 12:9 "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." Does God say to us hate people who do evil? No God says hate what is evil, even if you're opposed to what people do does that mean we should give those people a hard time? Does this mean that even though we know what gays do is wrong we should call them names and bully them? Of course not, as a christian I don't like what gays do and how they act but I still have love for them and I pray that they will see what they do and turn away.
This really hurts me to see that christians who are told to love bully and abuse those who are sinning when are we any better? We've all fallen short and don't deserve God, so instead of being rude how about we pray for them and tell them "hey I don't believe in what you do but I'm not going to stop being a friend and having the love God gives to his followers." And you know what maybe that will get people interested into what you have to say, maybe they'll even start looking for answers and end up following God and stopping their evil ways.
In case anyone is wondering If my school participates I will tell my friends this and say I believe in stopping the bullying, but don't believe in the way they act. Of course I could never be silient for a whole day because that's just me! (I talk to much)
Hope this hasn't offended anyone but made people realize how they act towards people around them. If you have any comments or concerns or questions please comment!
Day of Silence website
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
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