Saturday, July 12, 2008

Forgiveness may not be all it's cracked up to be


And from the Department of, I Admit I Don't Get It...

1. Mr. Wick spent 15 hours waiting outside to buy a new iPhone for himself and one for Mrs. Wick.
Write your own joke.

2. The missionary who was raped and hacked with machetes and had her face smashed in and her husband who is a mass of broken bones, they can't wait to get out of hospital after their many operations so they can get to the prison and forgive their assailants.

I appreciate this lack of comprehension makes me a lower form of life force, but so be it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree.

1) Anyone waiting 15 hours to buy an iPhone, which will be out of date in 12 months, should phone me I have some swampland - Oops, I mean attractive acreage in Florida for sale or would they prefer some Bre-X shares.

2) I do not agree with missionaries trying to foist their religion on others. Though I condemn the attack, they should not be there.

Anonymous said...

Some things can never be forgiven. We watched the documentary Nanking last night about the Chinese Holocaust, something I knew little about until recently. I recommend this moving and very difficult but important film. I would also recommend Iris Chang's book "The Rape of Nanking", which has been made into a film as well. Having watched Nanking I know that nothing I complain about matters -- this is true of so much of the world's suffering.

Mo.

Anonymous said...

This is in response to the "foist their religion" comment by a previous poster.

The missionaries are SHARING their religion.

Foisting ones religion means involves picketing women's clinics and other anti-choice antics.

Foisting means making a prayer of any particular religion mandatory in schools.

Foisting means fighting against same sex marriages from a theological perspective.

Sharing ones beliefs is not "foisting." People can listen ... or not. If they choose to listen, they can accept all, some or none of the message.

How is anyone suppose to share any form of spiritual practice, religion, point of view or idea?

Just because I don't agree with a particular religion or spiritual practice doesn't mean that I will criticize practitioners who make a point of sharing their beliefs with others.

Those missionaries have every ethical right to share their beliefs, just as Mr. Berner has every right to share his opinions on this blog, on the air or at speaking engagements.

Linda