Why is it that closets have an eeriness? Even if you leave your fears behind with your childhood, it takes a different form. People (I have a bad feeling it's not just kids) are inhumanely punished in closets. We hide our "skeletons" and dirty little secrets in them. Closets are crammed so we can appear clean when someone comes into our rooms.
After all these negative associations, why do some people insist on adding another by trying to force others to proverbially live in a closet? It's dark, lonely and crammed. It's full of things we don't necessarily use and even forget. Why should we try to forget our friends, family members, neighbours, by keeping them there?
Worse, why is it our church, an entity that claims to be loving and accepting, is a culprit in this crime? I feel sometimes as so-called believers we make God look bad. I wish we as a whole would tell our closeted counterparts it's OK to come out, that we're there to love, accept and help them with anything they are struggling with. It would be even better if we meant and acted on it as a whole.
I understand loving someone or something unfamiliar can be a struggle; I've been there and still wrestle with some concepts. But think about what life would be like if you were stuffed in a closet. The thought alone depresses me.
Even if you're not ready to support a "radical" or "liberal" change, at least don't judge; that's more than some get. And if we did minimum maybe we'd have less lonely fellow humans in the dark.
I agree 100% with you. I may have lost my "faith" in religious bodies but I still have faith in God. With time it has become much easier not to judge the way I would have when I was younger because of the way I was brought up being told what was absolutely right or wrong.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you had a blog until today. You should get a twitter account and associate it with that. Or maybe you do and I don't know it? >.> Let me know!
I'm coming around to your point of view but as a religious person I've lost my faith in the church and trust in God Hermanita, so that renders my view of how the church sees them pointless. I think that they should be who they want to be or decide to be as long as its not to push others or to make a statement but to simply be. I was brought up to be judgmental but understanding, but I think its better to just be understanding within limits.
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