the rebellion

I think people believe they exist in a time that encourages self thought. The time of " do as you are told, believe as you are told, think as you are told" are somewhat over. We are no longer at the grip of authority in thought. You can argue this, but really, we live in a time and day that we are pretty much allowed to hold our own beliefs. ( at least here in America) You can not force me to live a life I refuse to live. While we do have societal standards as to how we are going to survive, and if we don't follow these standards, we may lose the freedom to live comfortably, we still have the choice to live as we please. We are no longer in the days of the witch hunt where people are killed for our differences ( yes i understand it still happens.. but as a society... its pretty much not acceptable). The idea that a woman is to stay at home and raise children is outdated. We are no longer to believe in one true God. We are allowed to meet him wherever and however, at our pace, and on our terms. This "God" will meet us where we want to meet.
We've rebelled from the the norms and the standards that a higher governance has set for us. I pretty much can choose to believe what i want, to live a certain life and to be a certain way, of course, without denying someone rights to the same freedoms.
But... what if... i want to be a stay at home mom... well then, i stand the chance of being accused of falling to the sexist mentality that has been ruling time. I stand being ousted by professional women who say that's not what i really want.. i just want that because that's what I've been told i want. What if i want to cook and clean for my husband, while he goes to work and supports the family. All of this within reason, ( he's not to abuse this either) What if i choose to believe in One TRUE God? Well that's silly. Why would you do that when we've been trying so hard to get away from the rules, rituals, and suffocatings of Christianity? Especially when there are so many other religions that do not tell you there is only ONE way to God. That's so restrictive
Why not?
I believe people have lost the full ability to think for themselves. Just because someone, somewhere, in some time, abused the idea, took it and distorted it, manipulated it, rearranged it and kept the same name... doesn't mean that at some point, in the beginning, it wasn't something good.
Women... we are nurturing. We want to take care of the ones we love... I know i do. In whatever way i can, i want to make sure they are taken care of... children, or no children, we are nurturing. We were created to hold life... whether or not we do.. we as a whole, were created to do so... that's a HUGE call! That requires a strength that comes from being nurturing. That's okay. We are not weaker than, we just acquire different strengths. We can tolerate immense pain, but we still maintain an amount of delicacy. I'm okay with that. I want to be delicate, I want to be taken care of too. I want the man i marry to be a stronger person, ( not just by physical strength) but by having the ability to take care of me, while I'm taking care of our children and him as well. Chivalry is now considered offensive. Opening a door for you doesn't mean they think you can't, they are just making a gesture of courtesy! A genuine man of strength acknowledges your strength, but will also let you use it whenever he can't, and will almost let you save your strength for whenever you need it. But i have been told, that if a man offers to open the door, or to carry something heavy, or let him take care of something, it means, he thinks i can't. Like mentioned earlier, some men have manipulated this, and actually do think we are weak, fragile beings that can't do anything, and really any man who thinks this way, and is aware of the fact that women give birth, and go through almost a weeks worth of pain EVERY month, really aren't worth the argument. They speak for themselves. All I am saying, is.... i feel in our rebellion of what a woman's place is, we lost our own desire to where we want to be. Sure, be a professional... be a career woman, let your husband stay at home. That's fine! but if you want to stay home.. then do it... and don;t feel that you are surrendering to the idea that you are doing exactly what "we've" fought so hard to get away from.
As for God. I think that religion has been shoved down our throats for so long, that now, we spit out everything!!
Everyone is so okay now with believing in anything but the Christian God. If you decide to follow anything BUT Christianity , than you are truly open minded and wise. But if you choose to believe in Jesus, and His Divinity, well then ,you haven't really explored your options.
Thing is.. people reject Christ, because they can't possibly believe in that ... yet they fall into the novelties of a million other religions and beliefs without exploring its validity. Christians are constantly being mocked and criticized., but how dare you say something to disgrace the honor of Buddha, or any of the Hindu Gods. I'm not encouraging anyone to start doing this, its not right to disrespect anyone or their beliefs. But as a whole, I think that its become more okay to reject and mock Christianity than any other belief. Yes, i am aware that there have been some ( many ) "Christians" that have done many unruly things, but if you knew anything about this faith, and what it is based on, these " Christian" masks would be removed and you would see that these people were not acting on faith, and on a relationship with Christ. Christianity has nothing to hide. Its open to investigation. Its open to examination. Its a shame that people have taken the name, manipulated it, twisted it and carried it to open forums for everyone to see. If someone was to take my name, and in the name of "Flora" do horrendous things, wrong things, manipulated things, of course, people would see that, and of course pay little attention to the other who in my name went out and did good. If others took my name and in my name were helpful, gentle, and loving people, they would not get the same attention. Without ever knowing anything about ME, you would reject me, because you never even tried to know me. Without ever knowing Jesus, people reject Him. They base their view on those who have taken his name and acted solely on their manipulating intentions.

Because so many have shoved this religion down people's throats, this FAITH is being spit out. Should people decide to try and see for themselves.. who knows... you might agree with it.

SO think for yourselves, we are allowed that freedom, and i feel as if though we have been tricked into thinking we have had this freedom. Its really been pushed to the opposite and become sort of a rebellion.

"eat vegetables, they are good for you..."
" No.. i don't wanna eat vegetables.. you can't tell me what to do"..