So, thank you Texas Lions Camp for giving my kids movie tickets for Christmas. We went to see The Muppets today. I went in fully prepared to have someone crap on my childhood. Especially since I knew Jason Segel wrote it. So, after a quick run to the Dollar Tree for some candy that doesn't cost $80 (give me a break, I've got 5 kids) we went and caught a matinee.
It. Was. Great. It was smart. It was funny. Jim would have been proud.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Make it stop.
This letter was attached to an email I got because we home school our kids. Apparently, if we home school, we are supposed to hate Muslims. (I'm going to guess I should probably hate the "gays" too.)
Never mind the complete lack of anything remotely resembling evidence to his wild, dangerous claims... No references are given, and a quick search of the Google yields little in the way of verification. Labels like "terrorist" and comparisons to the Nazis should be backed up by something, shouldn't they? Never mind all that (even though I'm pretty sure I just defined slander)...
I will pose the question again...
How does a "Christian" organization circumvent Ephesians 6:12 which tells us that our enemy is not people. Beyond this, how does that same organization further circumvent Matthew 5:43-48 wherein we are called, by The Rabbi, to "Love our enemies".
I have yet to see anything resembling an intelligible explanation.
Never mind the complete lack of anything remotely resembling evidence to his wild, dangerous claims... No references are given, and a quick search of the Google yields little in the way of verification. Labels like "terrorist" and comparisons to the Nazis should be backed up by something, shouldn't they? Never mind all that (even though I'm pretty sure I just defined slander)...
I will pose the question again...
How does a "Christian" organization circumvent Ephesians 6:12 which tells us that our enemy is not people. Beyond this, how does that same organization further circumvent Matthew 5:43-48 wherein we are called, by The Rabbi, to "Love our enemies".
I have yet to see anything resembling an intelligible explanation.
ANGRY...
I put my angry boots on this morning. Because I don't understand.
I don't understand why people that put forth teachings that are antithetical to
the gospel... why organizations that use the cross as a political leverage
point... why they get to call themselves Christian organizations. It disgusts
me. It makes me want to ditch the label just so I'm not associated with them.
Yes, OakInitiative, Mo Ranch is hosting a Muslim Youth Group. No, Oak Initiative,
Muslims are not the enemy. Allow me to deconstruct/reconstruct
that sentence for the slow among you:
People... Are...
Never... The... Enemy.
Never.
Despite any
scriptural posturing you would like to do, or any other fear mongering and hate
speech you would like to produce, people are never the enemy.
AND, even if they
were, Christ was explicit in His instruction on how to treat your enemies.
I cannot find a
single passage where Jesus mandates that we take up arms or start a political
movement. In fact, his own followers were shocked and disappointed when He
refused to do these very things (research the Zealots). AND Christ actually
lived under an oppressive regime, not this laissez faire, do what you want,
consumer culture we call a Christian nation.
Say what you would
like. The beauty of this nation is that you are entitled to your opinion. But
please... Please stop using the word Christian or twisting the scripture while
you spout anti-christian theology.
News Flash: God is
not Republican. In fact, He's not even American. In fact, She's not even just a
He. Jesus wasn't Swedish, with feathered hair, a Marriot bath robe, and a
beauty-pageant sash(thanks to Rob Bell for this imagery). He probably looked
like a young Yehuda Krinski.
Every time in
history that the cross has been used to bolster the flag under
which it found itself, very bad things happened. You throw around Nazi and
Gestapo labels so loosely (spits in the dirt). The Nazis used the cross to
support their flag. Don't do that with ours.
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