Why do we use titles?!

Titles

There are two main points I want to address here, are titles necessary and how do titles effect people. To those who don't know what a "title" is, I'll list a few just to let you know where I'm coming from. A title would go something like Mr., Doctor, Rabbi, Sir, Father, and Ma'am. They are used daily without a lot of thought behind them; other then "this is what I 'have' to call you in order to 'respect' you". I know respecting people is important; but the way we respect people is what we should really look at. Let me explain.

Are Titles Necessary?

What I've learned over a period of time from looking at the things Jesus told his followers to do, I would say that titles ARE NOT necessary. I got this thought from Matthew 23:8-12 "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Master, the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be call teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted". I think Jesus brought this teaching to make us all put into perspective who we should be exalting, it should be God. He says that we're all brothers and sisters, no one is above us but God, so there's no need to give a human a title of "respect". Try enlisting into the marines, and see what they think when you call no one sir. They would be furious, simply because you're not making them feel good/superior by lifting them up with a title.

Do Titles Effect People?

By looking at the use of titles, and especially looking at what comes after if we don't use them, they effect people big time! For example, titles appeal to our pride; the whole reason of having a title like sir, or rabbi is to let people know that you're above them. So by using a title you give that person the right away to feel like they're more important than you. We're all humans looking for the same thing, love. So since titles are a thing in today's world, people have the gateway to not exercise love, because now we have people thinking they're higher than the other so they don't have to worry about our well being, we just have to worry about theirs. If we're looking for a better world where everyone loves each other, then one thing we can do is not appeal to peoples pride; it only makes them bigger and us smaller, when we should all be on the same plain. Titles definitely effect people, they make people proud; and the person in the low position feel even more low . There's not a positive gain from using a title, it only pushes people into hatred.

Then how do we respect people, you might ask?

Imagine if we all acted as if we are equal, there was no one above us but God and no one below us; we would give love to others like we would give anyone else. That's the key, we treat everyone the same and ultimately we treat them how we would like to be treated; with love. We keep using titles of "respect" to show we respect people, but what about the ones we don't use titles for? Since we're so caught up in lifting people up and putting people down, we forget what true love is; and who supplies it. Put God first, he gives love because he is love; when you do that you have the right spirit to treat everyone else with true love or respect.

In Conclusion

I probably didn't answer all you're thoughts here, so you can reach out to me if you wanna talk about this subject. I just want people to really internalize that we're all the same, I want people to realize who we should be putting above everyone else. As for me titles are not necessary. If we're all brothers and sisters, lets treat each other that way with love, working together for the one above; we're all equal.