Motivation check
Saw a post on another subreddit. Between image policy and potential cross posting issues, I figured it was safer to just quote it and make my point.
The post was about a woman's best friend who was texting her that she was not going to be attending her wedding because it was to another woman. First paragraph was about how she was getting closer to God and the usual stuff. The opening line of the second paragraph was the telling one, and the one I would like us to introspect with.
"Me going would show other Christians that I support it..."
Think of how many different things that line communicates.
How many of your stances are simply to fit in to your chosen in group? How many beliefs do you hold because the people around you hold it? Are there beliefs you would change, even change because you believe it to be more in line with the Bible or God's will, that you just don't because you don't want the other Christians in your life to think poorly of you?
I think it's worth a minute (for all of us, in whatever in group we're part of) to consider if our beliefs are what we truly think are right, or if we're holding onto them to appease those in our group.