Myths of being a believer

As soon as you mention God or any type of belief, there is always a change of intonation and expression.

Or is it just me?

In all honesty, when you decide to be a believer of God, there are particular aspects of what you used to do, and even your personality that begin to drop off, or change. This isn't done on purpose, but if you decide in your mind that you want to change, and you want God's help, and you INVITE him in your life, there's no doubt you will change, for the better.

The one myth I can clear out right now is the whole 'They can't talk about sex, etc..' It's like (it still happens in church) if you mention sex, or relationships or anything of that nature, you get a small gasp, and a 'You meant to be talking about that?' expression.

Really?

Are we not human? Do we not feel? Do we not have penises and vaginas? We're not trees..

Anyway.

We're Holy.
Since when has ANYONE been holy? Yes, we are the image of Christ, but because we're human and we sin.. we tend to fall short. That's why there's something called grace. Everyone has their skeletons in their closet, and the things that they used to do in their past-- and this is the same reason why this is used against us, because many Christians appear as if they are holy, when they're not. They have flesh and they will surely sin.. so why not just be truthful?
Genesis 1:27 reads (KJV) 'So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them'
In his own IMAGE. We may not be JUST LIKE God, but we should be able to be in a way where we represent him. So if we make a couple of mistakes on the way, it's not the end of the world.

The: 'You need Jesus' phrase.

This isn't necessarily a myth, but it's something that I just wanted to extend my opinion on. You're scrolling on facebook, or any social networking site, and you see a couple of tweets or statuses that are ridden with cursing and inappropriate pictures.. and you see a comment saying 'You need Jesus. Go to Church'
Instantly, the person will take that offensively because it's like you're telling them something that they may not want to do-- and they will also attack you and ask you, 'Well what makes you so much better?'
And actually, they are right.
Don't we all make mistakes? Don't we all fall short?
As long as you have acknowledged what you've done wrong, instead of blaming someone else because of it, and make the effort to change out of your ways, (with God's help), then you've not only grown, but when someone else sees that, they may find it influential.
Proverbs 19:20 says 'Listen to advice and accept correction, and in the end you will be wise.'

Bible Bashers

Now.
I know people who have wanted to come to God, or wanted to go to church, but because they had that one experience where they were 'bible bashed' meaning, that they did something wrong, and at the end of it, there was that one person who slashed them up with the bible (in a negative way) to prove to that person that they need to come to church before they 'go to hell'
Now, in Hosea 4:6, it reads 'My People are destroyed for Lack of Knowledge'
These people, they had lack of knowledge. It doesn't make them bad people, it's just they didn't know any better, and were probably trying to do a good thing but it came out wrong.
This doesn't mean that all Christians are like that.
And I find it so irritating when we are all generalized.. not all of us judge people, not all of us are bible bashers, not all of us are people who are condescending and look down at people and think we're better than them.

No.

As a believer, I personally would love if all the people I know accept God in their lives and see how much their lives will change-- just like how I said in my other post that I'm not selfish and just want to share what God is doing in my life-- how about if I see someone else I know also being joyous and sharing what God has done in their lives?

It would be such a beautiful thing to see.

And I understand that people have had past experiences with people and church, and they don't really want to go there.. but really, if you wanted to go to church in the first place, you really shouldn't let a person stop you. No?

The whole reason for this post was to make some things a little more clearer and to put it out there that some people don't have knowledge yet of being a believer-- and that there are levels.
So forgive them..

And leave me comments.. thoughts.. something :)