Somehow I don’t the think where I’m ending up is quite what
the fundies have in mind.
I kind of wondered if the fundie shepherds actually allowed
the flock to go wandering in Biblical pastures without a proper guide. And we’ll
let you know who we think is qualified to run the show.
Can’t let you run off
on your own. You might actually realize that while scripture may be inspired
(and I wonder sometimes if the inspiration came from the heavenly realms, a
couple of bottles of new wine or if Ancient Israel was home to any magic
mushrooms) but you sure as heck can’t take ‘em literally.
I’m actually kind of having “fun” with Genesis. I think I
can get several rather irreverent journal entries out of it. And darn it I don’t
have any fundagelicals handy to tease.
Two Creation stories and the suggestion that the first one
isn’t about creating the physical world but the creation of the world of the
Sabbath. God “worked” for six days and on the seventh He rested.
And made a really big deal about it. So big a deal that it’s
mentioned twice before the first Creation story is over and keeping the Sabbath
is one of the commandments. You know the ones that the fundies want to post in
public places? WE don’t actually keep them but, you know, we think it’s important for the other folks to
know about them.
Not only does our 24/7 business cycle ignore the Sabbath as
a whole day to reorient yourself to the spiritual but heaven help the preacher
who goes a little over on the sermon. After all little Benjie has a soccer
game, Susie has volleyball and I’m going to miss the kick off, jump ball, first
pitch, the big sale. I mean we all know what’s really important don’t we? God/dess
forbid that we actually set time aside so we can slow down, look around and let
our souls breathe.
To be continued.
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