What is your reaction to this? Is "Christian" graffiti not an oxymoron? Do those red letters not in fact belie what they claim? Do they not reek of the swastikas on synagogues and Jewish gravestones? Even tho I myself despise Darwinism with a purple passion (and hold so-called "theistic evolution" in utter contempt), I'm appalled by this sort of trash.
Another fine result of 30 years of "youth groups" and sentimentalistic "Christianity."
{Disclaimer: blogger's print-size function and paragraph spacing are totally haywire; I own no responsibility for the ridiculous vacillations in this post. :( }
A well-meaning correspondent with a wobbly theology often sends me spiritual ditties, this being the latest:
When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go, only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He'll catch you when you fall, or He'll teach you how to fly!
Really? Amazing! Bec. I was under the impression it was more like, "Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated---of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,..." (Hebrews 11:35)
The power of one sentence! [WHHHat?] God is going to shift things around for you today and let things work in your favor. Sigh. Notice the subtle distortion that results from ignoring the context of a verse. True, the Bible does say, "We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. But the "in your favor/works for good" is defined, first, by the verses that follow," Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, 'For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.' " Other verses elsewhere teach the same thing, as for example, "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and may share His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death,..." Hardly Joel Osteenesque triumphalism.
[Then, some "Torquemada-lite":] If you believe, send it. If you don't believe, delete it.
[Next, an out-of-the-blue non-sequitur.] God closes doors no man can open & God opens doors no man can close. If you need God to open some doors for you...send this to ten people. [ROTFL! Didn't it just get done saying "God closes doors no man can open"??? But here we have God as sanctifier of superstition, world without end, amen.] Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing...
Indeed, I will: I'll not pass this sort of infantility on.
What is your reaction to this? Is "Christian" graffiti not an oxymoron? Do those red letters not in fact belie what they claim? Do they not reek of the swastikas on synagogues and Jewish gravestones? Even tho I myself despise Darwinism with a purple passion (and hold so-called "theistic evolution" in utter contempt), I'm appalled by this sort of trash.
