Peer pressure can manipulate the peoples' nature and behavior. It can seem natural to "do" a lot of things if society supports it. morality is our compass.So the society requires a standard of reference. That reference is what the spiritual war is all about. It's about you; true. It's about all of us.
pbatusa
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If you're gonna spin-a-yarn - at least let it be known.
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Why do some people talk-out-of-their-ass? That's what I personally think about the video to the right. Sorry; I just don't know how else to put it.. 
I was born a white man. Even though I never realized that; until later on in life.
I NEVER awoke one day and decided to be a conservative right wing Christian. It never even crossed my mind ... I just believed that I was created by a Creator and that Jesus loved me... My Gramma did give me those thoughts when I was four or five years old. (what-a-gift) Then .. she died.
Later on throughout my life, I avoided it.. until I was like .. 20 or 21 years old. At that time my brother told me something I'd never heard before.
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Left-handed Yarn
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My brother told me that Jesus (born in a manger) lived "before" he was born (in a manger) on earth. And that he actually left heaven to take on our human form in order to fulfill prophecy and take away the penalty of my sins; forever.
That concept spawned me to begin researching all of that.. and since then.. I never stopped searching.
I eventually discovered (30 years later) that politics and religion are one-in-the-same and that they cannot be separated. I spent my whole life avoiding politics. Until my wife insisted that voting was important. That unless I voted I couldn't complain about what was going on.. That voting should be cherished a "right" to be exercised.
So .. I began diving into that ...
And then I discovered it ... I was in Rhode Island at a family reunion, (my wife's family) and THEY let-it-be-known to me that I WAS a right-wing Christian and a Republican. (none of them were the same as me) We pretty-much disagreed on "everything" in life... how odd.. I finally found myself. Looking in the mirror; I noticed I was taller, meaner, and somehow - un-American.
Wow. what a revelation. (not blaming my relatives) They just helped me out to see myself. Well.. If I'm a right-wing Christian.. what's a Left-wing Christian? Or, is there such a thing?
I NEVER awoke one day and decided to be a conservative right wing Christian.. It's refreshing though; to see the path that brought me here. I was merely seeking truth and accepting it when I found it. And balancing good judgement with the Bible as a standard of reference; I am who I am.
Note: My other brother taught me inadvertently that liars suck, deception is bad. That lesson and strength gave me big-ears on propaganda. I was able to dispel most of it in time.
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