So recently I've had to justify my faith to people in this Christian country that I live in. I will not ram my religion down your throat because that won't be of any benefit to you or myself and would just affirm all the opinions you've already formed about me because I've admitted I'm Catholic.
I have had people stop talking to me because I'm catholic and so of course I must hate gays and I must be trying to expel demons from people every 5 seconds on street corners, I hate to disappoint but I'm far too busy in College and rehearsals and life to be compelling you with the power of Christ.
Now hear me out on this I believe in God but I also know that the Big Bang was the cause of the Universe creation, well as far as we're aware because the theory could very well change in a few decades. Science only affirms my faith in God by providing me with proof on a daily basis of His existence.
I sit in Biology learning about the co-transport of glucose and sodium ions into the blood (amongst other things of course) and realise that something so perfect can only be the result of something planned. Yes Homo sapiens are the product of evolution but the processes that happen in our bodies every single day and the fact that there is life at all just prove to me that someone or something had a hand in it. Paley's Teleological Argument sums it up really well.
As a catholic I believe in God and I believe in Science. I support Same-sex marriage and same-sex couples adopting children as both are the greatest displays of love, the foundation and most important teaching of my faith.
I understand the Catholic argument against same-sex marriage, the purpose of marriage is to procreate and raise your children to be catholic but if that's the case then a man and a woman who could not conceive a child and knew so should not be able to get married under the same principals. I would also rather that a child received love and the support of parents be they of the same or opposite sex than be left in care without a family or trapped in an abusive family.
Believe what you will it's your right to do so, I think that anyone who is a good person without having any guidance from a religion deserves to be rewarded more than someone who is because they've done it off their own back. I only hope I've given you a bit of insight into my own faith.
All The Best
A Grumpy Old Teen
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