Besides, Jesus already told us what it is he really wants us to do, I'm just surprised that there are still so much debate going on about it:
That is all.
psst: get that on a t-shirt here. You know you want to.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
For the love of God...
The battle on the religious blog goes on, and I've decided not to get involved... yet.
Besides, Jesus already told us what it is he really wants us to do, I'm just surprised that there are still so much debate going on about it:
That is all.
psst: get that on a t-shirt here. You know you want to.
Besides, Jesus already told us what it is he really wants us to do, I'm just surprised that there are still so much debate going on about it:
That is all.
psst: get that on a t-shirt here. You know you want to.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
I'm Evil and a Heathen
I've been following a religious blog for about a week now, mainly because my fiance's writing on it and as possibly the only liberal contributing on the site, I feel like he needs back up.
Apparently I'm not a liberal, I'm attacking "The Truth" (accord to another author on the blog. I'm assuming God speaks directly to him and that how he knows).
That blog is also very different from other forums I've seen, where the liberal are the majority, and the few conservative Christian would have a problem trying to state their case. Where as in that blog, the church is "infallible" and therefore anything they say is true and anyone saying anything otherwise will go to hell. (Well, they didn't really say "hell", per se.)
How do they know that the church is infallible? Because the church said so. (And it's infallible you see...)
I don't recall Jesus saying now that you follow me you'll be infallible.
While I'm pretty much a liberal and pretty far 'left', I do feel that sometimes people aren't giving Christians enough of a voice. Anyone who talks about religion are labelled as being a fanatic. But honestly, if you want to invite others to join in a frank discussion on issues, and start that by saying "What I'm saying is truth and if you don't agree with me, you're attacking the truth", it's very hard to have an honest open discussion.
It's painful to watch that blog really. It's not so much that it's not aligned with my ideal, as much as there just seems to have so much hostility written between the line, in a place where it is supposed to encourage fellow Catholics to come together to discuss their faith openly. All this finger pointing and claiming who's right and who's wrong. It doesn't sound like the kind of church that Jesus had in mind.
It's probably not a very entertaining entry, but honestly, someone got to stop thinking about who's right and who's wrong, but start thinking about "what" is right and wrong. Stop telling people that THEY are wrong, but looking within ourselves to decide what is it that we can do to improve ourselves.
Apparently I'm not a liberal, I'm attacking "The Truth" (accord to another author on the blog. I'm assuming God speaks directly to him and that how he knows).
That blog is also very different from other forums I've seen, where the liberal are the majority, and the few conservative Christian would have a problem trying to state their case. Where as in that blog, the church is "infallible" and therefore anything they say is true and anyone saying anything otherwise will go to hell. (Well, they didn't really say "hell", per se.)
How do they know that the church is infallible? Because the church said so. (And it's infallible you see...)
I don't recall Jesus saying now that you follow me you'll be infallible.
While I'm pretty much a liberal and pretty far 'left', I do feel that sometimes people aren't giving Christians enough of a voice. Anyone who talks about religion are labelled as being a fanatic. But honestly, if you want to invite others to join in a frank discussion on issues, and start that by saying "What I'm saying is truth and if you don't agree with me, you're attacking the truth", it's very hard to have an honest open discussion.
It's painful to watch that blog really. It's not so much that it's not aligned with my ideal, as much as there just seems to have so much hostility written between the line, in a place where it is supposed to encourage fellow Catholics to come together to discuss their faith openly. All this finger pointing and claiming who's right and who's wrong. It doesn't sound like the kind of church that Jesus had in mind.
It's probably not a very entertaining entry, but honestly, someone got to stop thinking about who's right and who's wrong, but start thinking about "what" is right and wrong. Stop telling people that THEY are wrong, but looking within ourselves to decide what is it that we can do to improve ourselves.
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