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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 →
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 →
During this, the holiest week on the Christian calendar, we will attend vigils, wear hoodies to church, and post cathartic sentiments on social media in protest of the death of this innocent child and its subsequent cover-up. Then we will get down on our knees and thank God for sending another innocent young man to be slowly and sadistically tortured to death so that the guilty could be forgiven.
Loud Mouth in the Balcony 