RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
January 22, 2018 at 10:12 am
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2018 at 10:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I also think that hyper literal interpretations miss the point. You maintain a few of them, I dismiss all of them, including "god". If you take "god"..for example..entirely out of exodus...will you lose any valuable part of the meaning of that story as it relates to human existence? It will still be a story of an enslaved people escaping to freedom..and that's what it is..even though it never happened.
Similarly, the story of a person who upends the social norms to bring just a smidgeon more justice into the world..whose aims are completed rather than stymied by being martyred, is not more or less true or more or less powerful for that person having not been Christ - which..ofc... he wasn't, because there is no such thing. Notice, even in the narrative, jesus explanation for some position or nugget of wisdom was never "because I'm god, bitch!"
Similarly, the story of a person who upends the social norms to bring just a smidgeon more justice into the world..whose aims are completed rather than stymied by being martyred, is not more or less true or more or less powerful for that person having not been Christ - which..ofc... he wasn't, because there is no such thing. Notice, even in the narrative, jesus explanation for some position or nugget of wisdom was never "because I'm god, bitch!"
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
