The Guest Blogger Enters the Apse
Hi Mensch:
I always thought God has a sense of humour. After all, if She is the epitome of all that precious, how can humour not be included? There is even a clue to my theory in the Book of Job, where God tells His/Her only joke. Job is kvetching about the flaws of this life whereby evil is rewarded with luxury while good men perish. God says to Job " Where were you when I made the world?" That's a joke, courtesy of God. In today's vernacular, She/He would have said " So, Mr. Genius, what else did I get wrong while designing the universe?"
Which leads me to the Anglican same sex debate. We have these earnest theologians debating about what God would tolerate. God must be laughing. Like any of them know?
My wish. I wish churches would shut up. The only organs that churches should talk about have 88 keys and are great for playing Bach. And the gays should quit asking. Just show up with a marriage licence and stare the Minister down. He'll cave. It's a business. They need sales to survive.
This politicization of marriage is a wrong strategy. It seems that what once was " The love that dare not speak its name" is now "The love that won't shut the fuck up". Marriage should not be approached like a Indian blockade of a railroad. It tends to reduce public support for the cause. Anyway, enough blather. My central point is that God, who created all organs( Yamaha and dangly types), only gets involved if one of us uses our organ to intentionally do harm to the innocent. In that event, I believe God pushes the down button when we die.
Other than that I believe if we can use our funny little organs to bring love, care and gentleness to another willing, knowledgeable soul, God will smile. Actually, God will laugh.
After all, as the great David Niven said when a streaker graced the Oscars; " Such a great fuss over such a little thing".
Go with God.
Le Boulavardier
1 comment:
You make some good points, none of which I can dispute. But I think you're missing a larger point.
IMHO religions are not the only path to find God. They're undoubtedly one way for some, bu they're not the only way.
I think of religions more like a political party or a social club. The more successful they are, the more members they have; the less successful, the fewer the members.
From an organizational longevity point of view, it's clear that there's great harm in being wishy-washy about everything. After a while, people start asking, "Why did I join this church?"
Don't believe me? Well, the United Church of Canada is one of the most "tolerant" (read "flexible") of any. Yet their numbers are dwindling dramatically. The Muslim religion is one of the most strict of any. And their numbers of converts are growing dramatically.
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