Religion and Politics- bring on the hate mail.
>> 20 March 2010
Anyway back to Jesus- he makes me bust a gut, particularly on Twitter. See here and here. Good Lord. Snorting in public laughter. The only problem is when I reference their tweets I get a ton of followers.
Followers who are, well, not my people.
For example: People who are- Passionate Conservative. Our family loves to hunt. Support NRA and 2nd Amendment.
I hesitate to say anything… even here… to you, my loyal 25 because although all religions are welcome in America- not all are tolerated so well. Heaven help you (see I’m using their language so they can better relate) if you step outside the norm.
I am a voting Independent, Taoist from California. Which translates into: (See tomorrow this post is way too long- not even I have that kind of attention span and I’m writing the sucker.)
I seem to attract the conservative Christian Right like there’s no tomorrow. Not just online, in person.
It’s called Satire people- look it up.
Not that anything is wrong with Jesus- I mean the Jesus, the son of God. Jesus is great. I assume. I've never met the guy but I’d totally invite him over to dinner any night of the week.
Yo Right-wing Conservative lady- yes talking to you- I don't particularly like it when you use your deity to beat people over the head. Just sayin'
SuperGirl is a Christian- goes to church twice a week- every week. Once on Sunday, once on Wednesday night for the high school youth group. I drive her back and forth- was her decision. I'll admit third grade threw me for a loop when I had to explain why those bad people decided to hang Jesus up on the cross. I'll give you an answer but it may not be the one you hear at church. Which set the tone for our family-church dynamic. Church will tell you to believe one thing- I will give you my take and you decide what you want to believe.
So Right-wing Conservative lady- you're welcome to stay but I promise at one time or another I will offend you. I guar-an-tee it.
10 comments:
Love this post. And of course, which means nothing you've said here offended me.
As for Jesus coming over for dinner, I'm picturing a Family Guy episode where he gives everyone ice cream. If that's what the real Jesus can do, then I can get bhind that... LOL
Ha! I LOVE Twitter Jesuses. (is that the appropriate plural of Jesus? who knows?) And I agree that the actual Jesus seems like he was a very cool guy with a lot of good stuff to say. But what it's translated into? Not so much.
I am a liberal Jew and I swear, Christians flock to me like flies on...well, you know. I had one yesterday telling me how I could raise a "godly child, even though you're not a Christian." Um. I'll stick with my "heathen" ways, tyvm.
I was totally picturing the Family Guy when I wrote that part.
I believe the plural form of Jesus is Jesi, pronounced "jeez-eye." You'd have to ask somebody like SuperGirl to know for sure, but it just SOUNDS right.
Bejewell check back in tomorrow. I will really need you then.
I like to consider myself a recovering Catholic
My eldest daughter has just started at a Catholic school (long story)
I am already trying to balance my (lack of) belief with her wide eyed fascination with it all
"Did you know that God gave us the land for this house Mummy? God gave us everything!"
I'm sucking it up as best I can, but Jesus these school years are going to be a mofo!
Looking forward to checking back in on your blog for some normalcy!
JT
I love the fact that my parents never made me go to church, but would get me there as long as I wanted to go...and when I realized that organized religion brought up more questions for me than answers and decided to stop, they supported me there, too.
Oh, and I am SO following Jesus on Twitter now. That is awesome.
Oh my gosh, have you read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff? If not, you really have to...so freaking hilarious.
how did i miss this?! i love you more everyday. i used to have sex with a guy i called jesus. my bible thumping family didn't like it much. and i thought my holier than thou mother was going to faint when my daughter (wearing a cross around her neck given to her by my mom) pulled a toy buddha and dreidel from her pocket one day.
any religion goes (or not) here! always glad to find others with the same open mind and sense of humor!
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