Reaching For Beliefs

A reoccurring theme in human is critiquing without justification. People like to judge others when they don't have a perfect life. This creates of vicious cycle of people telling others what needs to be done, what is the right way of carrying out an act and what would be considered disgraceful.  This theme is present when concerning various cultures. People tend to be close towards accepting another's culture because the way they were brought up, which is seen as cultural relativism.  Judging another culture is seen vividly in the book Things Fall Apart; Okonkwo and his people found it difficult - for most only temporarily - to accept the fact that a different culture has different beliefs. They could not understand that there was only one God. Likewise, in reality, many people find it difficult to accept another cultures, especially if religion is involved. Many years ago, Catholics could not  accept that the Protestants had a different belief. And today, a majority of people reject the ideas of the Westboro Baptist Church. Many, including myself, believe that going as far as to disrespect the American flag is outrageous. However, according to the cultural relativism, their actions are acceptable and justifiable to them. No two ideas are going to be justifiable to the same cultures. On the other hand, using the same idea of cultural relativism, people shouldn't judge another because their ideas are not as perfect as they should believe. Using an example, in my belief, I think that it is okay if a person is gay, lesbian or just curious; love has no boundaries. This idea is normal to me and seems correct because using this idea, everyone has the chance to express themselves and love who they wish. This idea is not flawed. Only to me though. Someone else can hear the same belief and think that is I'd a disgrace because believing that one is anything but heterosexual is only a figment of ones imagination. A belief will never be one hundred percent correct because there is always going to be somebody else that will not agree with what is being said. Therefore, we as the human race should just accept this fact and just be willing to discover a new belief. This does not mean to practice the new belief; it simply means accepting that belief exists without feeling the need to degrade the belief.