Columbus Pros And Cons

Sister Lucy Poulin once said, “We try to be a welcoming community for people who are left out in our society. We help people heal and become who God is calling them to be” (The Emily Fund, n.d.). In the case of Columbus, Indiana, members of the community do not always use God in such a positive way. Columbus is definitely a close knit community, but not always a welcoming one. There are two kinds of close knit communities; there is the kind that is closely knit by the members’ ability to be neighborly to everyone, and there is the kind that is so closely knit that it is does not allow any room for outsiders. Columbus is the ladder. As much as I admire Columbus, it’s also plain for me to remember moments in my childhood and presently where people

I have had many disagreements with Pentecostals, Catholics, and Methodists about the differences between our beliefs. I have even felt alienated by people within the same denomination of Christianity as me. Many religious people in Columbus are so caught up in what they consider morally correct and incorrect, that they think everyone should act exactly as they do. I have heard the term “fake believer” used many times in Columbus as a way to put down religious people who don’t attend church very often. People of faith need to understand that believing is much deeper than going to church or Bible study. Believing is praying, loving, being kind, and trying to be your best for Him. Churches have the greatest ability to make someone who is new to the community feel at home, but in Columbus they seem to be the biggest area of alienation. Of course this does not stand true for every church in Columbus, but I have had personal experiences that say otherwise. I have seen churches judge, and decline people from participating in events based on how often they attend church or bible study. This is by far the best example of how religion is being used as a way to discriminate against and mistreat people in Columbus. Although Columbus may be welcoming in its organizations and businesses, the members are another story. The people of Columbus are using religion as a gateway into a whole field of discrimination and mistreatment of others. The problem lies within people's misunderstanding of other’s beliefs and morals. We need to educate people, adults and children, on the issue and give Columbus a rude awakening. We’ve come a long way as a community, historically speaking, but still have a long way to go in front of