"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace."
~Isaiah 9:6~
So I am just pretentious enough to use that quote.. My wife April is pregnant, which came as a shock to us but now into week two of knowing we're kind of excited, okay rather excited is probably a bit more fair. Further, though it was an accident.. surprise.. it is not something I would call a mistake, rather it's something I would call a gift of the divine.
No our child is not going to be the second coming of the Messiah, but I do intend on instilling in our child the value of government and politics, the love for philosophy which makes good counselors, and adoration for humanity which makes for a love of peace, and an acceptance for all people which will make for a better person then I am. I also look forward to sharing good music, books, and yes some television with our child. And also as I am a gamer I can't wait to make D&D adventures or other type of gaming adventures for the sprog.
Par Scottish tradition the wife and I plan on giving the sprog a war axe as a birthing present, I am very excited that she agreed to that. We have been going through names, I'm hoping to pick something from our ancestors nationalities as well as something that just sounds nice and has a good meaning to it. Though Emmanuel does have a good ring to it ;)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
"Christian" Bigots
I haven't posted in a while, but I feel like I need to.. Various things in life have been going on but one thing I'd like to address right now is the issue of "Christian" Bigots.
Gandhi once said something along the lines of "I love your Christ but I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ."
This amongst many other things like "good Christian" people toting about signs that say "God hates fags", or posting "Bomb making next drive" in their lawns when they live next to Mosques not only annoys and frustrates me but truly makes me believe that they not only slander others but slanders the name of Christ when they do evil in that name. Jesus said let those who are without sin be the first to cast a stone.. repeatedly within the Bible there is urging for temperance and love... there is a Talmudic (Jewish Rabbinical) story that goes.. When the Jews had made it to the other side of the dead sea and Pharaoh and his charioteers had been washed overboard the angels rejoiced, God looked at them and said "How dare you rejoice over the deaths of my children." If "evil" Pharaoh was not to be maligned, and his death was not to be rejoiced over.. how much more should we rush not to do harm against our neighbors.. Further.. when Jesus said "love your neighbors as yourself" Jesus specifically did not say, "Love your friend as yourself." or "Love your brother as yourself" but rather "Love your neighbor" and in this world of technology, everyone is our neighbor.. we are connected to everyone and thusly we must treat everyone with the love that we treat ourselves with.
Perhaps not the most eloquent of blog posts, but something that I've been wanting to talk about for a while.
Gandhi once said something along the lines of "I love your Christ but I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ."
This amongst many other things like "good Christian" people toting about signs that say "God hates fags", or posting "Bomb making next drive" in their lawns when they live next to Mosques not only annoys and frustrates me but truly makes me believe that they not only slander others but slanders the name of Christ when they do evil in that name. Jesus said let those who are without sin be the first to cast a stone.. repeatedly within the Bible there is urging for temperance and love... there is a Talmudic (Jewish Rabbinical) story that goes.. When the Jews had made it to the other side of the dead sea and Pharaoh and his charioteers had been washed overboard the angels rejoiced, God looked at them and said "How dare you rejoice over the deaths of my children." If "evil" Pharaoh was not to be maligned, and his death was not to be rejoiced over.. how much more should we rush not to do harm against our neighbors.. Further.. when Jesus said "love your neighbors as yourself" Jesus specifically did not say, "Love your friend as yourself." or "Love your brother as yourself" but rather "Love your neighbor" and in this world of technology, everyone is our neighbor.. we are connected to everyone and thusly we must treat everyone with the love that we treat ourselves with.
Perhaps not the most eloquent of blog posts, but something that I've been wanting to talk about for a while.
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