The Black-And-White Portrait of Stephen's Upbringing
As we are raised in this world, we’re introduced to this idea of right and wrong, and with our premature brains, it can get easy to see everything in black-and-white: you’re either all right or all wrong. This is definitely easier than exploring gray areas of logic, which can be often uncomfortable, especially in more mature cases. Let’s say for example, you have that one family member who everyone looks up to, and who everyone thinks is the spitting image of perfection. Then, that person does something “wrong” - hits another car, makes an offensive joke, lies about something - and it can be difficult to blur that once-perfect image that you had of that person. But you don’t want to see them as a bad person, right? This is an especially conflicted topic in the context of religion. While more progressive theologians argue that we're all people and we should be forgiven for our sins, particularly our minor ones, more fundamentalists will likely argue that we should avoid al...