A good friend of mine had some questions about my religious beliefs matching my politics.

I am labeled more of a libertarian than a conservative on the political test, although I dont see it.

I dont trust the government to run my life. I like it as small as possible. I think it should protect the Constitution. It should keep us safe not dictate us. I dont think the government grants my freedom. That comes from God. The government can only restrict it. God does not restrict my freedom. As far as politics go I dont believe that the government should raise us. As in free hand outs unless it is limited. I dont think the problem is solved by giving people free money, but getting them of free money is the key.I dont think they should take from some to give to another, as a Christian that is up to me and is the right thing to do, on my own. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, not because I am a Christian, because that is what it is. One argument for it is the benefits that come with marriage. I dont believe you should get benefits for being married. I believe we should be allowed to own guns. People will say they kill people why would a Christian want something that kills? I should be able to protect myself and family. Besides it limits the governments power. Abortion, Dont like it. Not because I am a Christian, but because it is killing innocent life. Death penalty, for it unless criminals in prison have to work for rent and food, no tv or recreation, just learning material. What else?

My religion, or faith of, came after my political views. I would have considered myself a democrat because my parents were. Then after 911 I started to pay attention to what was going on. I figured a lot of the reason my life was so depressing was because of the mindset I had about life was unfair, I would never get ahead. I could never find a good job. Everything is so expensive how can I survive. I figured when I get older something would have happened by then and I would be well off. I just really knew I had to make something happen rather than wait for it to find me. I hated Christians because they had this fake happiness in their lives and they just did not have a clue.

So after 911 I started to paying attention to politics and listening to the conservative side of things I felt like somebody felt the same way I did. So I began to really get over all the lame outlook I had about life. Over a period of time I really made loads of progress toward my future.

My religious outlook took a lot longer to find. I was a addict so I went to different programs to get help. They would always tell me to pray. They were not religious, some were, but a lot were not. They would tell me to pray to a higher power. They said that could even be a chair if I had no higher power. So I did and I was so embarrassed about it. One day months later I decided to pray to God, that was the hardest thing for me to do since I did not believe in a God. I prayed for a good day. I was having mad issues with drugs and it was killing me. Anyway the next day was the best day I had in a long time. That was just a crack in the door. I stopped praying but remembered it worked for me. I eventually got back into drugs and started to go down hill again, very fast. This went on for a while, about a year and a half. Then I decided to get help again. I had left all the things that helped me behind so I had to go back to it.

During this time I really did not pray but I was clean for a little bit. Then Passion of the Christ came out and I heard all of this stuff about it being a hateful movie. So many people were trashing it and they have not even seen it. That to me was ignorance. So I decided to go and see it, and that is when I wanted to learn more. So my religious beliefs came after my political beliefs. My political beliefs were alway there I just never heard anything but the America sucks thing.