Shelley's Tangents

Here is going to be my next rambling on… I don’t understand Christians at all.  Not all mind you, but those hard core opinionated ones that you all know exactly what I mean when I say that. I’ve decided that I am a Christian, I believe in God, but I don’t understand them.  What are they so afraid of?  I honestly have liked Dan Brown’s books, the latest one made into a movie was Angels and Demons.  I have listened to all the backlash about the book and now the movie.  I do not think it has the Church painted in such a horrible light.  Just presenting what was.. now there is one psycho Father, but it does show some remarkable ones as well.  How is that so different from life?  They are people even if they take the vows of the Church.  Not to mention of the ones I have spoken to NONE have read the book or watched the movie.

This leads me towWhat is the fear of people thinking about something other than what they think people should think about?  God gave us all free will and the power of thought, of logic.  So what is the harm in something other than what they believe is correct?  I honestly don’t get it at all.  They think they know what one should wear, talk, read, write and act.  Do they?  Can you honestly say that because I have a tongue ring that goes against God’s plan and now I’m not acceptable in His eyes?  Because someone has tattoos or multiple peircings or something else they are not acceptable?  Who made them the one to choose?  I personally know I’m not better than anyone else, I’m a sinner and that is something I will be my entire life.  All I can do is keep asking for forgiveness everytime I fall and try harder next time.  Maybe next time a someone opens their mouth or starts to type against something else of that nature, maybe, just maybe, they need to check their own backyards.