As You Look Into My Eyes.....

[purpion]

Okay, I promised that I would keep my journal updated daily. Well, as you can tell, it hasn't been for nearly 2 weeks now. My deepest apologies. Recently, I spent some time with a grieving friend. She had lost someone very dear to her and the details are not up to me to discuss so please don't bother asking.

Where was I in my notes? I don't

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Spirited theological breakdancing ont he nearest blackbody...

[precog_revolver]

I thoguht it was less "We're burning alive!" than it was more "We're going to choke to death in our own personal cancerous ash! Oh drama!"

That's the gist of thousands of years of theological banter, yes. *grin* Either it's going ot be "Holy crap! That guy's soul just jumped out of his body!" or it's going to be something like, "Right, so we've settled on mars and blown up our first planet with exhaust fumes. So where's the second coming, already?"

Pfft. Sitting there pointing your finger and saying "Y'all are goin' straight t' Hell!" with relish and flecks of spit never really appealed to me. It's a stereotype of christianity in general that anyone who follows it is deluded, hypocritical, small-minded, and perfectly uninformed, and yearning for the eighteen-hundreds to come around again a second time. You get some peopel who sit high on a holy cloud and get great joy out of pointing out "sin", adn then you get the people who really ahve a grasp on the fact that they aren't "Christians" because they're better or somehow less sinful than anyone else. It's a "Grace" thing, instead. So you either have a really nice liberal church on one hand that has a swaying choir and accepts everyone, or you have theology and close-mindedness ont eh other, stereotypically.
I tend to have a lot of theological views, and a soft spot for sinenrs at the same time, so I usually get into more arguments with "my own kind" than I do with "yonder unsaved, unscriven heathens" ^_^
(I could go on, but religion is usually a touchy topic and I'll wax wroth like crazy if people let me go on it...)

There probably is a gospel of Mary somewhere. *groans* Which one is another story, I'm sure. I long fora day when peopel dont' "discover gnosticism" then turn aroudn and point the finger, "AHA! What do you ahve to say to THAT?!" XDDD
Personally, I think the Apocalypse of Peter is fun...
Oh, and Apocryphal stuff, too--Book of Tobit? Don't sleep outside the city, or you'll get BIRD CRAP in your eyes, kids! And your son will have to go on all kinds of adventures for your sake!

And the Mayans rule the Doom and Gloom...Yay for Catholics!

[purpion]

You have a very good point when you mentioned, "You don't see much blame for human impact on that mini-ice-age a few centuries back, mind you..." The blue shift in the sun is another likely button that is pushed to create such panic of "We're burning alive!"

Looking at this from a theological standpoint, I think we are in for one serious let down or for one tremendous wake-up call. Either one, we are looking at extremes and faith in either point for such a destructive means to an end. "Light the fire boys! It's time for a barbecue! Let the flames of Hell lick your feet!" The biblical references to the end of the world comes in goes in waves. We'll never see it, I don't think. It will be swift, and so I believe.

Let me grab my wallet and meet me in the alley. Judas has a point. Can we see the Gospel of Mary while we're at it?

Yeah for meltdowns and personal crucifictions!

[purpion]

Nothing says I love like a good stake to the wrists and ankles. Let's bleed on the masses and pretend that we're all forgiven. Personally, I think it's a matter of mind than a matter of religious connotation. I prefer a few good thoughts and carry out the general plan of "be kind to others and thou kingdom shall be great." It's really a matter of being who we are as individuals than what the gnostic masses tend to force feed using virgin spoons coated in burrs and honey.

To respect the wishes of others, I tend to refrain from religious topics due to its sticky nature. I do believe that there is a time and place for such discussion. Topics like this do burn holes in the paper from whence the words are written though it takes a special kind of heart to understand the meaning without viewing the words like barbs.

You're absolutely right. Flash burns of the written biblical word are simply not enough when science rules over logical thought. It's not my place to convert. Its an individual's choice to make those decisions. Conversion of any kind puts another nail on the cross if the heart isn't willing to accept, hence the honey and the barbs on virgin spoons.