I like to be honest.
I don’t like “The ‘N’-word”, I like nigger.
I don’t like “The ‘F’-word”, I like fuck.
Ever wonder what ‘word’ will be next, and what happens when we run out of letters?
It’s not about being politically correct.
It’s not about being polite.
It’s about intellectual honesty: Saying what I mean, and meaning what I say.
When ‘we’ are intellectually dishonest ‘we’ end up with things like:
A) The people in front of our local abortion clinic claiming to “pray”, when they mean “protest”.
B) The people in CORE who are claiming to “renew” the ELCA, when they mean “remove gay clergy from the roster”.
C) Presidents who say “I did not have sex with….”, when they mean “I got a blow job from…”
Pretty soon, our words don't hold much meaning.
Let’s be grown up.
Let’s be honest.
Let’s be people of integrity.
And, well, if “they” won’t join “us”….then fuck’em
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
I Stand Corrected
An earlier posting on this blog site is now being corrected. For the sake of posterity I will leave the original (and incorrect) posting in place.
The original post addressed the topic of On God: "He Exists!"
And, there is some chance that I was right about that. However, upon further review I feel it would be better to simply say: "God Exists!"
This change in thought comes via 4 insights:
A) When I see the face of God, it is only a man about half of the time. In fact, 2 out of 3 of my primary 'God faces' are indeed women (Mrs. Renault and Mrs. Newatne).
B) A clergy member (Jen) challenged me to think about the gender of God.
C) I now know that gender isn't as simple as XX vs. XY. Turner Syndrome = XO, Klinefelter = XXY, Poly-X = XXX, Jacob's Syndrome = XYY. See, sometimes we have to get past a middle school understanding of a topic, and dig into the collegiate level, before we can solve some of the world's problems. * **
D) Moments after my first son was born, the doc looked between the baby’s legs and declared in a strong voice: "IT'S A BOY". So far, no one that I know of has had the guts to check the gonads of God.
Therefore - I hear by publicly declare that I do not think of God as "He". Any references to the 'he' of God is simply an oversight on my part....from now on please infer 'he\she\it\unknowable' for the gender of God in my writings.
Of course, the “Exists!” part of that original post still stands unedited.
Footnotes:
* = No, I have no clue which restrooms each of these folks feel comfortable in.
** = Yes, this blows the doors wide open on the topic of women and gays in the clergy.
The original post addressed the topic of On God: "He Exists!"
And, there is some chance that I was right about that. However, upon further review I feel it would be better to simply say: "God Exists!"
This change in thought comes via 4 insights:
A) When I see the face of God, it is only a man about half of the time. In fact, 2 out of 3 of my primary 'God faces' are indeed women (Mrs. Renault and Mrs. Newatne).
B) A clergy member (Jen) challenged me to think about the gender of God.
C) I now know that gender isn't as simple as XX vs. XY. Turner Syndrome = XO, Klinefelter = XXY, Poly-X = XXX, Jacob's Syndrome = XYY. See, sometimes we have to get past a middle school understanding of a topic, and dig into the collegiate level, before we can solve some of the world's problems. * **
D) Moments after my first son was born, the doc looked between the baby’s legs and declared in a strong voice: "IT'S A BOY". So far, no one that I know of has had the guts to check the gonads of God.
Therefore - I hear by publicly declare that I do not think of God as "He". Any references to the 'he' of God is simply an oversight on my part....from now on please infer 'he\she\it\unknowable' for the gender of God in my writings.
Of course, the “Exists!” part of that original post still stands unedited.
Footnotes:
* = No, I have no clue which restrooms each of these folks feel comfortable in.
** = Yes, this blows the doors wide open on the topic of women and gays in the clergy.
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