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With no thought at all, we unflinchingly hurl the most damning insults at God. "Good" Friday may be our most consistent and most unconscionable slap at the Divine. It's the day we annually reaffirm that a sadistic murder not only is good, it's an act of God. I was delighted to see that others are looking at this day through... Continue Reading →
At some point, most of us have innocently supported terrorism and tyrannical behavior. We have literally worshiped at its feet. We simply didn't know it. By definition, tyranny is "the cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control". For centuries, and with the best of intentions, we good people have taught our children to worship acts that are inhumane... Continue Reading →
I realize that everyone is not attuned to the jaw-dropping ways that humans have perpetually demonized God. But it seems to me that the demonization is so over-the-top during Holy Week that at some point in our history as thinking beings, it should have caught our collective attention. An online search turned up results about... Continue Reading →
Forgive us, Father, for we know not what we do. Each Palm Sunday, I am even more sensitive to the fact that for the next week, millions will unknowingly demonize God and believe that they will be mightily blessed for doing so. I'm sure you're wondering: How in the world can someone demonize God and... Continue Reading →
If a blood-thirsty posse approached the home of a guilty man, and his father pushed his innocent brother onto the porch, we'd be horrified. No doubt, many would declare that this father was pure evil. Why can't we see the parallel?
Methinks the Pope hath forgiven too much; he has actually perpetuated the un-Christlike myth that the Jewish people killed Jesus. By dismissing the facts, the Pope's grandiose forgiveness of the Jews is as much an attack on an innocent people as America's violent invasion of Iraq.
Loud Mouth in the Balcony 