Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Time for yet another soothing story about Christianity courtesy of the Bible.
I usually don't comment as I feel everyone has the right to believe what they want. Tonight really pissed me off. Had a good night, come home, go on Facebook. I read about a local fire and have these Christians or claim to be Christians laughing about the fire. You know because they may be poor and deserve to die. Fucks. I usually stay out of that. I live in a small city. But tonight I let it rip. I would never wish harm, fire, or death on anyone due to them being poor. Not even Sarah Palin. I wish that she gets what she deserves. An orange jumpsuit and jail time. That is all. People saying God bless this and that bullshit yet laughing about a fire. I am furious!
I know exactly how you feel. There was a lady in our neighborhood who was the kindest, most loving person you'd ever want to meet. She was morbidly obese and housebound. The medics had to tear down a sliding glass door and break part of a wall to get her out. They draped the scene with sheets, but some cruel people somehow got some unflattering photos and posted them on facebook Report them to facebook, and show them to the local news if they don't take them down.
To make fun of the dead is beneath contempt. Don't let it make you lose faith in the good in humanity, and they lose.
I know there are still good people. I don't let people like that keep; me down but I will say I was furious last night. We have a fund raiser set up for the people in the fire. A few of the jerks are now acting like they said nothing. I reminded them not only do I have the screenshots of their comments but where they work. One lady is a social worker. People put way to much information out. Once you post something you best stand behind your words or say nothing at all. Now the a-holes are talking about pro-life. Smacking my forehead.
Pretty scary stuff! He "Called a curse from the lord" and all forty two of them were mauled by a bear? Exactly 42, I wonder who had to count them all? I prefer Steven King, no one does suspense/horror quite like he does.
Just have a few beers, and leave the nightlight off. Bears have poor vision. "Baldy" in the Bible! Who knew?
It's a grotesque and ridiculous story, if taken literally. Leave that to the fundamentalists, with their lack of scholarship.
The Bible is complex. You can't pick it up, read it, and comprehend it without guidance from experts. It's derived from ancient texts, subject to translations and interpretation, and written in genres as diverse as foundational myths, epics, allegories, parables, erotic poetry, and more. It's filled with symbolism and references that escape most readers.
For anyone who's interested in more than a superficial approach to the scripture, here's a link to an introduction to Biblical genres and the approaches scholars use in analyzing them, from Jesuit Dr. Felix Just of Loyola.
I usually don't comment as I feel everyone has the right to believe what they want. Tonight really pissed me off. Had a good night, come home, go on Facebook. I read about a local fire and have these Christians or claim to be Christians laughing about the fire. You know because they may be poor and deserve to die. Fucks. I usually stay out of that. I live in a small city. But tonight I let it rip. I would never wish harm, fire, or death on anyone due to them being poor. Not even Sarah Palin. I wish that she gets what she deserves. An orange jumpsuit and jail time. That is all. People saying God bless this and that bullshit yet laughing about a fire. I am furious!
ReplyDeleteI know exactly how you feel. There was a lady in our neighborhood who was the kindest, most loving person you'd ever want to meet. She was morbidly obese and housebound. The medics had to tear down a sliding glass door and break part of a wall to get her out. They draped the scene with sheets, but some cruel people somehow got some unflattering photos and posted them on facebook Report them to facebook, and show them to the local news if they don't take them down.
DeleteTo make fun of the dead is beneath contempt. Don't let it make you lose faith in the good in humanity, and they lose.
I know there are still good people. I don't let people like that keep; me down but I will say I was furious last night. We have a fund raiser set up for the people in the fire. A few of the jerks are now acting like they said nothing. I reminded them not only do I have the screenshots of their comments but where they work. One lady is a social worker. People put way to much information out. Once you post something you best stand behind your words or say nothing at all. Now the a-holes are talking about pro-life. Smacking my forehead.
DeletePretty scary stuff! He "Called a curse from the lord" and all forty two of them were mauled by a bear? Exactly 42, I wonder who had to count them all?
ReplyDeleteI prefer Steven King, no one does suspense/horror quite like he does.
Just have a few beers, and leave the nightlight off. Bears have poor vision. "Baldy" in the Bible! Who knew?
What's so difficult about "Do unto others as they would do unto you", or, "Love your neighbor as thyself".
ReplyDeleteI think if these more as a "challenge", certainly not some perfection we all can achieve.
I can't resist responding to the "Baldy" part. I can't wait for Gina M to comment...
ReplyDeleteThe floor is yours, Miss Gina...
Take it away
It's a grotesque and ridiculous story, if taken literally. Leave that to the fundamentalists, with their lack of scholarship.
ReplyDeleteThe Bible is complex. You can't pick it up, read it, and comprehend it without guidance from experts. It's derived from ancient texts, subject to translations and interpretation, and written in genres as diverse as foundational myths, epics, allegories, parables, erotic poetry, and more. It's filled with symbolism and references that escape most readers.
For anyone who's interested in more than a superficial approach to the scripture, here's a link to an introduction to Biblical genres and the approaches scholars use in analyzing them, from Jesuit Dr. Felix Just of Loyola.
http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Genres.htm
As awful as that story sounds you can use it as an allegory against bullying and of mob mentality towards those who seems different than you are
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