The sins of the father?
I was recently sitting in a local gathering point I frequent, and the group started up a conversation most uncomfortable. Religon. People cringe, anger rises out of habbit, opinions form and facts ready. I simply smile and say 'Go ahead, I'll answer any question you've got'
The conversation goes on for a while. Simple questions are made to be difficult, sarcasm is overlooked and a mockery is made as it always is. People end up getting upset either over the fact someone dare not be ashamed of thier belief, or because people have the balls to overlook obvious layer deep conclusions. For whatever reason, people start to get the way people always get when someone dares talk about belief or faith. They get ready to fight.
One particular fellow comes up to me and begins to belittle me for my faith. He makes his oversighted claims, takes his cheap shots and reminds me of everything the church has done that was wrong.
Like how many many moons ago the church used the passage in Matthew to say that the world was flat. Or the ways that a few (thankfully not many) churches have perverted scripture in John to say that you should drink your own urine. Or who could forget fanatics killing in the name of God? Or the chior boy scandel?
I stood up, not saying a word and looked over to my friend Paul. He had a habbit of telling me to 'live in his image' whenever I started to stray from the ideals of God. He's also a very bright man, and brings out the analytical processing in my mind more than most.
I told the man to look for his argument elsewhere, and that I wasn't accountable for the things screwed up people had done. For me or any christian without blame to be accused for the sins of others is like taking a black man and shooting him for the black gang rape that happened to his daughter.
The daughter was metaphorical, but that was beyond this mans grasp. What I was trying to explain is that this is no longer the days of the Mozaic law. The sins of the father are no longer visisted upon the son in the form of a curse, they are only held in form of memory. If you go out and kill someone, it's not my fault just because I happen to be related to you, figuratively speaking. So stop giving me a ration of crap because someone else did you wrong. The next time you decide to defame me for something someoen else did, I'm going to start blaming you for everything that your family did to me.
And I'm going to expect retrobution for it. I will expect you to do something about it. And I won't be suprised when you decide I'm an idiot for doing so.
The conversation goes on for a while. Simple questions are made to be difficult, sarcasm is overlooked and a mockery is made as it always is. People end up getting upset either over the fact someone dare not be ashamed of thier belief, or because people have the balls to overlook obvious layer deep conclusions. For whatever reason, people start to get the way people always get when someone dares talk about belief or faith. They get ready to fight.
One particular fellow comes up to me and begins to belittle me for my faith. He makes his oversighted claims, takes his cheap shots and reminds me of everything the church has done that was wrong.
Like how many many moons ago the church used the passage in Matthew to say that the world was flat. Or the ways that a few (thankfully not many) churches have perverted scripture in John to say that you should drink your own urine. Or who could forget fanatics killing in the name of God? Or the chior boy scandel?
I stood up, not saying a word and looked over to my friend Paul. He had a habbit of telling me to 'live in his image' whenever I started to stray from the ideals of God. He's also a very bright man, and brings out the analytical processing in my mind more than most.
I told the man to look for his argument elsewhere, and that I wasn't accountable for the things screwed up people had done. For me or any christian without blame to be accused for the sins of others is like taking a black man and shooting him for the black gang rape that happened to his daughter.
The daughter was metaphorical, but that was beyond this mans grasp. What I was trying to explain is that this is no longer the days of the Mozaic law. The sins of the father are no longer visisted upon the son in the form of a curse, they are only held in form of memory. If you go out and kill someone, it's not my fault just because I happen to be related to you, figuratively speaking. So stop giving me a ration of crap because someone else did you wrong. The next time you decide to defame me for something someoen else did, I'm going to start blaming you for everything that your family did to me.
And I'm going to expect retrobution for it. I will expect you to do something about it. And I won't be suprised when you decide I'm an idiot for doing so.
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Sharie on
Vincent:
I agree with you Vincent. There are to many eager people out there screaming their heads off in the name of "Jesus". The Bible speaks clearly on hypercrites. You will find among ten people at least one maybe two that are one. Biggest thing that Jesus taught was “Love” I guess all the people who say they are Christian and scream and point their finger at other’s are demonstrating the love of the Lord in their heart? I get very upset with people like that. You did the right thing. I had one person who threw a Bible at me because I was going to hell many years ago. After he had done this, I paused and turned around and said, “ And you don’t think I won’t see you there either after what you just did. I think I recall Christ saying, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? He became silent and I left. Have a Great day.
In His Arms (o/)
Sharie
I agree with you Vincent. There are to many eager people out there screaming their heads off in the name of "Jesus". The Bible speaks clearly on hypercrites. You will find among ten people at least one maybe two that are one. Biggest thing that Jesus taught was “Love” I guess all the people who say they are Christian and scream and point their finger at other’s are demonstrating the love of the Lord in their heart? I get very upset with people like that. You did the right thing. I had one person who threw a Bible at me because I was going to hell many years ago. After he had done this, I paused and turned around and said, “ And you don’t think I won’t see you there either after what you just did. I think I recall Christ saying, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? He became silent and I left. Have a Great day.
In His Arms (o/)
Sharie
