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nezumiko

3 & 4. Not What You'd Expect From Looking at Me

Mar 06, 2011 22:44

I'm going to tackle two days at once: intoxicants and religion. If you looked at me and didn't know me, you'd probably assume I was pro-drugs and anti-church, but you'd only sort of be right about that.

( Getting High )

faith, spirituality, drugs, meme

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It Only Takes a Spark - liturgical sharing moment beachlass March 7 2011, 13:55:33 UTC

We did a great thing in church yesterday. After the children's time, we sang "It Only Takes a Spark" and shared a "poke" around the congregations. I gave one of the kids a poke on the shoulder, and they poked the next kid and it passed along through the pews. The kids and adults snuck around the sanctuary poking one another while we smiled and sang.

Best part of the morning worship.

Re: It Only Takes a Spark - liturgical sharing moment itcomesinphases March 7 2011, 15:51:50 UTC

CUTE!

double_dear March 7 2011, 21:55:49 UTC

Divine Love is for everyone.

Maybe we're just being overly sensitive, but every time you say this, we can't help but imagine you looking very pointedly over at the Mormons. And every time, it hurts us a little, because that's what we believe, too, even if we don't believe that everyone should be allowed to act on all of their desires. If any member of the LDS church has told you that they think we're supposed to hate certain people, or people who do certain things, that member is very confused, and their personal opinion should not be taken as LDS doctrine.

Changing the subject, we agree on driving under the influence. We definitely need harsher penalties for that, because as it is, the message is just not getting through.

nezumiko March 8 2011, 07:43:56 UTC

Um, wow, no, I wasn't thinking about the Mormons when I wrote that. I was trying to articulate my view of Universal Love and how I don't believe there are any barriers to God's love.

To the extent that I was thinking of specific religious groups or individuals, I was thinking about Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, Osama Bin Laden's brand of Islam, some of the more extreme Zionists in Israel, the Aryan Nation people, the historical Catholic Church of the Inquisition era, and loudly outspoken "celebrity" preachers such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell ( ... )