intolerance

I've never been more disgusted or offended in my life, to tell you the truth.

To start off, I had a fantastic day at church yesterday. I enjoyed the talks in Sacrament meeting and I even enjoyed Sunday School, which usually is a little less fun for me. It was about eternal marriage.

Now we Latter-Day Saints believe that being married in the temple binds our marriage not only on earth, but eternally in Heaven as well...meaning we believe marriage will last forever.

My hubs and I were married in the temple.

Well, after church I was still on my spiritual high, and took to my Twitter saying that "I think it's sad most marriages end at death, not mine! :-)"

If you find that offensive, or that I'm rubbing my religion in your face, I'm very sorry, and that's not how I mean that comment.

Anyway, so a girl I know. We grew up together, but went to different high schools and she moved away..but I found her on facebook about a year ago..and we've been talking back and forth often. I thought we were pretty good friends. Keep that in mind. I thought we were pretty good friends.

She commented back saying, "I don't think mine will. I believe as long as me and my (future) hubs live godly lives, we will be together forever."

There are many things I could have replied to that, but I chose upon, "Different religions, different beliefs. We just believe that which is bound on earth must be bound in heaven."

apparently that set her off? I mean, I could have been like, "WELL I THINK YOU'RE WRONG!" or, "THAT'S STUPID!" or I could have tried to preach to her about all kinds of Mormon beliefs.. but I didn't.

Later that evening I was looking around on myspace and noticed she had posted a bulletin, thinking it was probably a survey..which I'm guilty of being obsessed with surveys.

Nope, not a survey.

The first line read, "Sorry if this offends anyone."

It may as well have said, "This is for Kristin, and I hope it offends her."

Because I know it was directed right at me.

She went on to say that she disagrees with the "Mormom" religion. She said she thinks it's a cult and a load of crap. That we are stupid people that believe a 14 year old boy that was "probably tripping on indian acid" when he "found the scrolls." (cool, really?! didn't know he found scrolls!)

She said we don't know half of what we believe, that he just believe whatever the "elders" tell us and that we're not allowed to ask questions about our religion. (again, really? because every question I've ever had has been answered in complete honesty.)

She said that 90% of the people that initially believed Joseph Smith came out and later said that he made it up and that he killed them because he wanted fame and fortune. (That part just made me lol)

She also said that we walk around acting like we know the secret to life and that we believe our rewards in Heaven will be greater than "real Christians." And that we also rub other peoples faces in our religion.

Oh and that Mormon people are nice, but the leaders of the religion are really Satan in disguise.

K....I had no words.

It sucks that she feels that way about us. But that's not the part that bothered me the most, she was just poorly educated and believed whatever she probably read on an anti-mormon website.

What bothered me was her intolerance. The fact I thought we were pretty good friends, and why would she feel the need to do that? There's been PLENTY of times that she has said and done things that I was completely against, but I never once commented on it, because that's her business.

There are plenty of religions out there that I think seem a little silly and do not at all agree with, but I would never write something so ignorant about them. I thought the beautiful thing about living in America was our freedom to believe what we wanted to without persecution, but apparently not.

I just felt it was totally uncalled for.

But I suppose she has nothing to do, no job. And since she dated and fell in love with a Mormon that dumped her in Mormon Country - Salt Lake City - she felt the need to take it out on someone that never deserved it.

I commented back saying that I didn't know I walked about acting like I was better than anyone and that I didn't know I rubbed my religion in others' faces. Unless you count putting "I love my church" and things of the sort on my facebook status. But then again, I never commented or acted offended when her facebook, myspace and twitter was full of sex, drinking, smoking and cussing.

She stated that she grew up Christian - but would a Christian really do what she did?

She commented back on my comment, but only after I had deleted her on facebook, myspace an twitter..so I can't read it.

And it's probably better that way.

This isn't about me being mad that people don't believe what I believe. It's about not allowing me to believe it in peace.

Is it just me? Tell me I'm not crazy!