At the recent Beck - Palin circle jerk in Alaska: "I support a lot of what Glenn Beck has to say, especially when it comes to smaller government and getting God back to America," Dan Garrett of Wasilla said.
That quote really grabbed my attention and I had to ask, rhetorically, where the hell does this clown think God is...on vacation in the Bahamas soaking up sun and suds on the beach? I gave up on Christianity years ago, but prior to that I was taught that God was omnipresent. The Methodist church my mother made me attend never mentioned anything about a vacation for God. We were told that She was too busy for a frolic...on the beach or anywhere else for that matter.
I pondered Mr. Garrett's words during my morning ablutions and decided that he should probably look around for a new God...one who doesn't feel the need for getting away from the lunacy here in America from time to time. Of course, I am being facetious. What I think Garrett and his ilk want is an America that believes in the God and religious ideologies as defined by the American version of the Taliban.
Religions, other than Mr. Garrett's presumed interpretation of Christianity, suggest that to find God we need to look inward not outward. That appears to be a big problem in this country. Too many are looking outward and trying to mind everyone's business but their own. Someone once told me, and I paraphrase, "You can't make anyone else happy until you are happy yourself." I think I can draw a parallel here: Don't try to run someone else's life when you can't even run your own.
To quote a line from one of my favorite movies, The Replacements, "That's some deep shit Shayne." Praise Jesus and pass me a beer. It's Buccaneer Sunday!
Somebody give me an Amen!
"I gave up on Christianity years ago, but prior to that I was taught that God was omnipresent"
ReplyDeleteSo now God is NOT ominpresent because you choose to deny Him?
For someone who "gave up" Christianity, whatever that means, you sure seem to be obsessed by it. What you really mean is you never accepted it in the first place. Going to church because your mother made you does not make you a Christian.
No one comes to the Father but by me Jesus said. Happiness is not what God promised. Eternal life is however by believing in His Son sent to die for us all, sinful men.
Dear Anon,
ReplyDeleteThanks for setting me straight. Apparently, based upon your comments, I never was a Christian. I feel relieved.
Unfortunately, you seem to have missed my point several times over. And, that point is to look inward and stop trying to cram your delusional interpretation of Christianity down other people's throat.
I think the world would be a much better place if we all tried living by the Golden Rule..."arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, in which each individual has a right to just treatment, and a responsibility to ensure justice for others.
A key element of the Golden Rule is that a person attempting to live by this rule treats all people with consideration, not just members of his or her in-group."
But, thanks for taking the time to comment.