Dear Friends,
Recently, I attended something that made my skin crawl. Now if you know me, you know I do not like people forcing religion down anyone’s throat especially mines. There was a guy that came to town that was advertised as a motivational speaker. I like motivational speakers but only if they can motivate without religion. This guy had no arms or legs. He was from Australia and was talking but he was using religion. Now before he spoke, there was basically a revival. There was a family of singers that was signing and praising God. Now I am not an atheist, I do believe in God. I hate being somewhere that falsely advertise one thing and you get something different. Now my mother and girlfriend were enjoying themselves but that only because they never had to sit through sermons like I have.
You might be wondering why I am getting upset about this. Well it is because in my life, I have had relatives and friends use religion as a tool. I had an ex girlfriend use God as an excuse to dump me. My stepmother is an evangel, so she basically preaches for a living. My auntie was heavily devoted to church. I had to also deal with being preach to in order to eat meals and get into a shelter. I have my way to pray and talk to God but don’t need someone to tell me how to do it. Now this guy was talking from his experiences but I hate when people become guilty of what they did in the past. I did not cry to God or hate God for my life but I learn to accept and not preach to people about my mistakes. So my point is if you believe in God, that’s fine but don’t try to preach it to others and expect others to be your sheep.
Eugene Chandler III
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