Do we really know everything?

I remember one of the first things that shocked me when I started back to public school in GA: racism.

Until that point, it was a foreign concept for anyone to be hated based solely on the color of their skin.

I grew up with mixed cousins, and their fully black cousins were considered no differently as part of my family as a whole.

Once we moved to Carrollton, it became very clear that the blacks and whites in my area weren't all fond of each other.

By this point, we were starting to study about the civil war and slavery and all that jazz you learn in middle school, and I saw how there was still a strong hate not only from whites towards blacks but from blacks toward whites.

And as I began to befriend Hispanics and learn their language and culture, I learned that racism isn't only between blacks and whites.

There are people I could name right now whom I know look at me differently once they found out I embrace the Hispanic community and culture...white and Hispanic alike.

And some of these same people call themselves Christian and preach about God's love.

They say they want the whole world to be saved and come to know Christ...but oh no, they could never go and witness to someone with such a different cultural background.

And then they do not fully support those who do step up to do just that.

If I could have the answer to one question, it would be why are people so afraid of those who do not look, act, or speak like them?

Afterall, if you're a "Christian" and believe the Bible to be God's divinely inspired Word, does it not say that we are all created in His image and that He sent His only begotten Son so that NONE should perish?

The promise of salvation was given to Judea, Samaria, and all that the Lord God shall call...so what makes people think they're the only ones God has called?

My whole problem with this is the fact that it's the "Christians" who stir up most of the problems we see and here.

Since when did being a Christian make us know everything?