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God, help me get over my anger...

2007-08-01

Good afternoon Boys and Girls... or evening, I guess.

Came home early today after starting early as well - a successful effort to beat the heat. I don't know how hot it got today, but I didn't want to deal with it any more than I had to.

Upon returning I was working on a couple of things here at the puter, and had the TV on. I flipped around while I waited for a quick response to an email to one of my suppliers - which, thankfully, I received within no more than five minutes.

During my flipping I came upon a show called "Ask the Pastor," which grabbed my attention because of the 70's set and large Logo announcing the name of the show behind the three pastors who sat at a game-show style booth. There was also an Alex Trebek dude in charge of asking the three flabby Lilly-white dudes questions. It wasn't a quiz show, but it was meant to appear like one.

Here's a list of the questions to which I listened to these three guys give their answers:

Is gayness something that people are born with or is it simply chosen behavior?

Is there ever a time when it's okay to have sex before marriage?

Is there any validity to any religion besides (your version*) of Christianity?

Is abortion murder?

Is the rapture due within the next five years?

...and the only one on which there was any disagreement - two of the three said it was important to separate the sexes when performing this ritual as a part of a worship service, though all agreed it was an imperative.

Is the washing of feet an important aspect of Christian worship?

I came into the show at least ten minutes in, and possibly forty, depending on whether it was a half-hour show or an hour-long deal.

As each minister gave their response to the questions, the shot was wide enough to see the other two nodding vigorously - with the exception of that last question, which must have been posed for the very purpose of showing that divergent views can exist on "small things," and the names along with the names of the various churches each represented were flashed on-screen below each of their puffy faces as they voiced their predictable drivel.

God, save us from people who claim the Bible was written by YOU, instead of men simply trying to explain things to themselves - as though you wouldn't have done a far better job.

Please don't write us all off just because some of us are morons. There are some of us who understand that no God who can make seed pods that travel thousands of miles on the wind, or an earwig for that matter, or a universe so huge that even contemplating it is virtually unfathomable, would make things so cut and dried as the men I watched today would like to insinuate you have, men who would make you small and hateful and spiteful.

Heaven and Hell, they scream! Sin and wrath!

Forgive them God. Forgive us all on their behalf.

Forgive me for being utterly sick of these people and their thinking. And God? Thanks for this incredible world and this life you've given us. It IS enough. Thanks again.



Be good to everyone.

*my additions.

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Bishop\'s Fantasy? (2007-08-02)
I've had pastors I've really liked and some exactly as you described. In the end, that's not who I follow. Everyone has their shortcomings, save One

Bishop\'s Fantasy? (2007-08-02)
Which Jesus do you follow? Which Jesus do you serve? If Ephesians says to imitate Christ Then why do you look so much like the world? Cause my Jesus bled and died He spent His time with thieves and liars He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant So which one do you want to be? Blessed are the poor in spirit Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars He loved the poor and accosted the rich So which one do you want to be? Who is this that you follow This picture of the American dream If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side or fall down and worship at His holy feet Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins But the Word says He was battered and scarred Or did you miss that part Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him Cause my Jesus bled and died He spent His time with thieves and the least of these He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable So which one do you want to be? Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet But He reaches for the hurting and despised the proud I think He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud I want to be like my Jesus! I want to be like my Jesus! Not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means to be like You Jesus Cause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me Can I be like You Jesus? I want to be like my Jesus

Witqueen (2007-08-02)
My God can beat up your God...lol

Hardcore_Pyro (2007-08-01)
Here here....well thought out and well written. Narrow mindedness is a mental disease.

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