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Any Encouragement

             Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. (Philippians 2:1-2)

          If you have experienced any positive results from being a Christian…any encouragement…comfort…sharing…tenderness…compassion… then be a Christian and do the things that Christians are supposed to do. As much as I am convinced that Christianity is the best and only truly good choice, if you have received any encouragement…comfort…sharing…tenderness…compassion… from being a Muslim, a Wiccan, a toxic male, a Socialist, or a psychopath, then be a Muslim, a Wiccan, a toxic male, a Socialist, or a psychopath. I’m not suggesting anything in that list from Muslim to psychopath is something you should be, but if you are going to be one, then stop hiding, stop making half-hearted dashes into it, stop looking around, expecting others to accept, approve, celebrate, or promote what you are. Just stop letting fear convince you to hide in shadows. Even if you’re going to do something illegal – stop pretending you aren’t.  Stop trying to hide in the shadows and hope no one catches you. You might be stopped from doing what you want, but at least you’re not being a hypocrite and a coward.

            If you've received any benefits from being a human, be the best human you can be. 

          This is one of the things I have against those millions who suddenly “became” Charlie Kirk. If you’re going to be a Charlie Kirk, or you’re going to be part of a Turning Point chapter, then be a Charlie Kirk. Use his methods. Believe what he believed. Be prepared to meet his fate.

          But that’s not what we want to do. We want to claim to be this or that without inconveniencing our lives. I’m guilty, too. I want to be a writer without doing the things (marketing is the big one) that writers have to do. But that’s not the way it works.  

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