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Oct. 8th, 2004 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicJust in from a morning walk with Jcow. I always feel soooo good after walking. Especially in brisk weather like this. About the weather. It's kinda pissing me off lately. It's freezing in the morning, then burning up the rest of the day. It's like dammit, make up your mind, mother nature. Really.
Yesterday was a stressful day. ADF is holding my pay and Jer's and also trying to overcharge us for our wedding bands and such. So I take back everything nice I ever said about them. Working for them was fun before Janet, but now their true colors are showing. They're a bunch of greedy bastards who think they're Christian but would spit on Jesus before they'd actually follow his example.
Let's talk about that for a moment. Why is it that some of the most "devout" Christians only show it by talking about it and never through their actions? They'll shout out at PTA meetings that it's immoral to teach sex ed, and make a person's head spin with talk about how people need to find Jesus, but in all that talk, they never actually reach out. It's nothing but condemnation of all the antichrists out there (judge not lest ye be judged, what?), and none of the actual good deeds that Jesus dedicated his life to. To be fair, most denominations embrace Luther's "faith, not works," thing, and I agree that if there's a way to heaven indicated in the Bible, that's it - but Jesus taught a lot about being a good person, too. If you love God, maybe you should find out what that means before you go telling every other person they should do the same. I'm not saying I know what it means - I'm just saying I think a lot of folks have missed the boat.
I don't know if I'll ever be sure of my beliefs. The only thing I really know is that I will never know anything for certain. Even so, there are levels of probability that everyone can strive for. I like talking to people. I especially like talking to the people that I consider, as a scholar of the Bible and Christian history, to be real Christians. So if you think you might be one of those (Lee, Philip, Emily), let's have a round table discussion, shall we?
Anyway, time to get ready for all the great stuff I'm doing today:) First school, then talking to people at school about working there as a recruiter, then going to walmart, then going to work, then going to Moog's birthday party. Badass.
Peace.
Yesterday was a stressful day. ADF is holding my pay and Jer's and also trying to overcharge us for our wedding bands and such. So I take back everything nice I ever said about them. Working for them was fun before Janet, but now their true colors are showing. They're a bunch of greedy bastards who think they're Christian but would spit on Jesus before they'd actually follow his example.
Let's talk about that for a moment. Why is it that some of the most "devout" Christians only show it by talking about it and never through their actions? They'll shout out at PTA meetings that it's immoral to teach sex ed, and make a person's head spin with talk about how people need to find Jesus, but in all that talk, they never actually reach out. It's nothing but condemnation of all the antichrists out there (judge not lest ye be judged, what?), and none of the actual good deeds that Jesus dedicated his life to. To be fair, most denominations embrace Luther's "faith, not works," thing, and I agree that if there's a way to heaven indicated in the Bible, that's it - but Jesus taught a lot about being a good person, too. If you love God, maybe you should find out what that means before you go telling every other person they should do the same. I'm not saying I know what it means - I'm just saying I think a lot of folks have missed the boat.
I don't know if I'll ever be sure of my beliefs. The only thing I really know is that I will never know anything for certain. Even so, there are levels of probability that everyone can strive for. I like talking to people. I especially like talking to the people that I consider, as a scholar of the Bible and Christian history, to be real Christians. So if you think you might be one of those (Lee, Philip, Emily), let's have a round table discussion, shall we?
Anyway, time to get ready for all the great stuff I'm doing today:) First school, then talking to people at school about working there as a recruiter, then going to walmart, then going to work, then going to Moog's birthday party. Badass.
Peace.
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if I had a boat
Date: 2004-10-08 02:47 pm (UTC)I mean, I am...but it's complicated. Sort of. Or maybe just hella simple? I have no idea.
I believe that salvation is something that we find for ourselves. Jesus dying for us showed us the ultimate example of love and self-sacrifice. This is what we need to do, or rather be willing to do, for those we love. Those we love means everybody. Obviously we don't need to die for others, except in extreme situations, but we should be willing to make sacrifices for other people.
That's so incoherent. But it's about where I am. And I don't feel like refining it further right now. This is all you get today. :-) I'm sure we'll discuss it more on the camping trip, or whenever.