Religion has always confused me. Was with a fine Jewish man for 23 yrs, an Anti-Christ no question about that devotion. I was raised Catholic with all its contradictions. Currently reading “Inventing A Christian America” The Myth of Religious Founding by Steven K Green. I’ve always believed Jesus would someday prevail. Jesus would govern. He’d wake us up. We’d feel His love. Earthly kingdoms will crumble, statues will erode. As this godless atmosphere of crisis/chaos litters our world I can’t help but to think of the current conflict in Sudan, of those starving Haitian children, the Palestinians genocide-ethnic cleansing. Decades ago I was reading Horton Hears A Who! %Dr Seuss. On the 1st page it reads “For My Great Friend, Mitsugi Nikamura of Kyoto, Japan”. My daughters asked who Mitsugi was. I didn’t know; I’d decided he was a child living under US military attack. 2 atomic bombs. I then had to teach my little girls how terrible these bombs were. I thought Horton Hears A Who was all the humans shouting out “we are here + alive”. Guess I’ll post this unedited comment and pray for those suffering beyond my comprehension. Unfortunately my daughters, now all grown up, both have no interest in religion, they tolerate my faith. My daughters have never known world peace, never lived minus an enemy or the right to “defend”.
I have a primus of Indepenend Fundamental Baptist and a base for my understanding of faith and God. Its all a game that they play. They play with your feelings and emotions
Excellent. Well said. I thought it odd that “all we ever hear about is the 10 commandments. Jesus is ignored by the ‘Christian’s’ with the loud voice. Not even mentioned - like they sort of missed the messiah. Thank you!
Great stuff. Ryan. Please do continue.
Religion has always confused me. Was with a fine Jewish man for 23 yrs, an Anti-Christ no question about that devotion. I was raised Catholic with all its contradictions. Currently reading “Inventing A Christian America” The Myth of Religious Founding by Steven K Green. I’ve always believed Jesus would someday prevail. Jesus would govern. He’d wake us up. We’d feel His love. Earthly kingdoms will crumble, statues will erode. As this godless atmosphere of crisis/chaos litters our world I can’t help but to think of the current conflict in Sudan, of those starving Haitian children, the Palestinians genocide-ethnic cleansing. Decades ago I was reading Horton Hears A Who! %Dr Seuss. On the 1st page it reads “For My Great Friend, Mitsugi Nikamura of Kyoto, Japan”. My daughters asked who Mitsugi was. I didn’t know; I’d decided he was a child living under US military attack. 2 atomic bombs. I then had to teach my little girls how terrible these bombs were. I thought Horton Hears A Who was all the humans shouting out “we are here + alive”. Guess I’ll post this unedited comment and pray for those suffering beyond my comprehension. Unfortunately my daughters, now all grown up, both have no interest in religion, they tolerate my faith. My daughters have never known world peace, never lived minus an enemy or the right to “defend”.
I have a primus of Indepenend Fundamental Baptist and a base for my understanding of faith and God. Its all a game that they play. They play with your feelings and emotions
Excellent. Well said. I thought it odd that “all we ever hear about is the 10 commandments. Jesus is ignored by the ‘Christian’s’ with the loud voice. Not even mentioned - like they sort of missed the messiah. Thank you!
I’m loving this. I want to read Part 1. Can you re-post it?