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Friday, April 07, 2006
Judas
"If we can all celebrate the different varieties of Christianity, then I think we will all be the better for it."
-- an expert on NPR
Judas is hot news on NPR and T.V. these days. As well it should be. There's something very appealing about it to the humanoid mind. Maybe barely recognizable, but do you know what is so fascinating about this harmless little gospel? It tarnishes the credibility of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter and Paul. Those annoying guys who agree about the fall of man, their responsibility to God, and the gratitude and life debt we owe Jesus Christ. They agree about who Jesus was, and they also agree He didn't marry Mary, hop off the cross, or move to India to live out the rest of His days. One can only hope they are a little bit chauvinistic, a little bit untruthful, a little bit egotistical... shoot, they're most likely liars, and who could ever know where the truth leaves off and the lies begin? There's really no point in bothering to figure it out, because after all we know the whole story is a fairytale because people don't rise from the dead and there is no such thing as a virgin birth. Life after death is the opium of the weak mind.
Nice sounding quote: "If we can all celebrate the different varieties of Christianity, then I think we will all be the better for it."
MEANING: "Literal" Christians can hopefully now become more open-minded and realize that the only real truth is that there is no "Truth," what remains as the only hope of world peace is tolerance and acceptance that those believing differently about things are not wrong, simply different. Do what makes you happy, leave everybody else alone."
I am SO glad that Christianity still has the power to be annoying to the general population. It's encouraging. There are times when I feel the church has lost it's salt. We're the weirdos that are nice but misguided, not really worth listening to or taking seriously because when it comes right down to it we're just the same as they are, plus more rules and lacking the toughness to face reality. But if we can still raise hairs on NPR, then there's a little bit of saltiness left, let's keep studying and learning from our Boss so we don't ever lose it!
-- an expert on NPR
Judas is hot news on NPR and T.V. these days. As well it should be. There's something very appealing about it to the humanoid mind. Maybe barely recognizable, but do you know what is so fascinating about this harmless little gospel? It tarnishes the credibility of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter and Paul. Those annoying guys who agree about the fall of man, their responsibility to God, and the gratitude and life debt we owe Jesus Christ. They agree about who Jesus was, and they also agree He didn't marry Mary, hop off the cross, or move to India to live out the rest of His days. One can only hope they are a little bit chauvinistic, a little bit untruthful, a little bit egotistical... shoot, they're most likely liars, and who could ever know where the truth leaves off and the lies begin? There's really no point in bothering to figure it out, because after all we know the whole story is a fairytale because people don't rise from the dead and there is no such thing as a virgin birth. Life after death is the opium of the weak mind.
Nice sounding quote: "If we can all celebrate the different varieties of Christianity, then I think we will all be the better for it."
MEANING: "Literal" Christians can hopefully now become more open-minded and realize that the only real truth is that there is no "Truth," what remains as the only hope of world peace is tolerance and acceptance that those believing differently about things are not wrong, simply different. Do what makes you happy, leave everybody else alone."
I am SO glad that Christianity still has the power to be annoying to the general population. It's encouraging. There are times when I feel the church has lost it's salt. We're the weirdos that are nice but misguided, not really worth listening to or taking seriously because when it comes right down to it we're just the same as they are, plus more rules and lacking the toughness to face reality. But if we can still raise hairs on NPR, then there's a little bit of saltiness left, let's keep studying and learning from our Boss so we don't ever lose it!
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