Pictures of the Youth Congress~

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Old Paths

Now that is sad that the "conservative" folks you know where hypocrites, thankfully my experience in the church has been just the opposite.

Good, Godly folks with CONVICTIONS that regulate their lives in and out of the church.

I have been in a motel room for the last two weeks and haven't turned the tv on once just to watch the news, not even when a hurricane was blowing over my house.

I don't watch it when I go to sinner family members home or even the Pizza Hut (never have turned a tv off, have asked to have it turned DOWN )

I have known the so called "moderate" that was a bill beater, that abused his children and wife, but LOVED EVERYONE, was so kissy huggie that you could die of syrup poisoning by just being around them, but that doesn't make every "moderate" I know a pedophile.

Using the broad brush from either perspective is divisive.

I know many conservative people who are living that way because they love God and are convinced it is the right thing to do. BUT...where it goes awry is when, instead of allowing others to mature on their own, and possibly reach those same convictions and conclusions through their own relationship with God, they insist upon it for its own sake, and then the next generation doesn't really hold those convictions, and haven't had a chance to develop a deep, meaningful relationship with God, but rather exist on the shallow end, pleasing their pastor and their parents with their lifestyle. Eventually that wears thin.

I don't believe there shouldn't be rules...but there has to be room and time allowed for people to progress and mature in God without it being forced or rushed. Kind of like if you help a butterfly out of its cocoon...it LOOKS pretty, but it lacks the strength to fly.