[AKA_Monet]

Christiangirl,

I think you are smart and can make plenty of decisions for yourself... Being that you are in college, you will get that "judgement" from others because you are "square", etc... Which is cool. But apparently, some of those "looser-minded" chickadees that you feel removed from because you are rather stoic on your values. Ain't nothing wrong with that, just understand that most folks just don't feel including someone who hasn't held hands with the Devil... Or SINNED!!! OMG!!!

Aside from that: Here are things I've seen and heard in my life...

My dad said to my mom when he was on a date with another woman and my mom was on a date with another guy (who was a nerd and would never do anything) (and this is in the late 1950's early 1960's at Fisk University):

"Where we y'all are goin', you cain't go..."

I also had a cousin that "came out" to an Aunt of mine who is UBER religious--like, my brother and I visited her in Alabama one summer (we're SoCalilians) and she made us read the entire chapter of Ephesians and Phillipians... Anyhooo, why my cousin who attended FAMU at the time on full ride scholarship was intertwined in a Trois movie with her housemates on crack and comes out to THIS aunt is beyond me... But she did... Incidently, my aunts son who did everything by the Book, is now getting a divorce from his wife... The other son of my aunt is like the debil since he was born--funny guy and cool as all get up, but is totally different from her first son...

Lastly, while I attended Spelman College, back in the late 1980's during the Reaganomics and Bush the Father years, there were 2 girls who were extremely religious and did exude judgemental attitudes toward those who having "fallen short of the glory of God". Anyhow, the first girl found out she was pregnant and unmarried and the guy wanted nothing to do with her... The second girl "freaked out" because she just realized she was sexually abused as a child and was about to jump off a bridge...

So, realize this, alot of what you are "witnessing" is hidden... There are some folks that are demonic in their actions and will never change... There are some folks out there that are experimental and will get burned... And there are some folks out there that will walk the straight and narrow... Hey, there are some folks that just don't know and want to hear the Good News... Either way, you have to HEAR and LISTEN to them without judgement...

What you have to understand is to be able to "walk with Kings and not loose the common touch"...

Look who Jesus Christ befriended: Tax collectors and prostitutes... The scourage of society... What does the entire text of John 3 say--not just John 3:16... And yet, Christ remained without sin... Interesting, huh???