Ali The Artist
Colin - I regret responding to your original post about the registrar as I think all it's done is to compound your hard heart towards God (to use a Biblical term). I pray God will soften your heart and call you to Him.
And Ali the Artist clearly shows yet again that she is the bigot she is, and that arrogance is holding her back. She clearly believes there is only one possible God and that is the God she has created. She cannot let into her mind or or her heart the possibility of a truly loving God. She cannot conceive of a God who would love her and also love those she hates. If only she could allow that light into her, she would be free and have no fear.
My heart is hard toward evil and I pray it remains so.
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Hi Colin,
I've been following the blog avidly for the last few days, and trying to maintain my serenity.
I try these days to be non-judgmental
of others-it gives me more space in my head for one thing, and actually I know that I have no right to judge another-but....
to quote Martin Niemoeller:-
"First they came for the communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trades Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."
It is not the loving God/Goddess/Great Spirit that we need to live in fear of, but the bigots of this world.
...and I sincerely hope and pray that there will be others left who will speak out for Ali and others who preach and peddle their obscene religious rantings.
I went to Ali's page, and took her "test" and failed miserably. According to her I'm going to Hell, but I'm having a lot of fun on the way. I've renounced the God my parents taught me, to follow Wicca; I've lied (to my parents, even); and I cheerfully lust after the young men (above 18 only) at the pool. And some of the women. Horrible me. All us "pagans and sinners" need to stick together.
Oy veh. Well, I finally caved in and took that little "test" on Ali's site. I flunked. I'm not surprised. The fundy God is as quixotic as the ancient Greek gods!
I have spent years in churches, because that is where I can sing the music I'm good at, but have been seeking something higher for many of those years. "The Church" as an entity frightens me these days. And why? Because they are full of the People of God -- misguided and judgmental, though not always as obviously as the folks that wrote up that "test."
God -- He, She, It -- whatever gender God may or may not be -- created me and knows me. Inside-out. Every thought, every action. Knows I am doing the best I can, and will take that into account. I am not afraid of the Divine Presence/Entity.
God's people are an entirely different matter. Most of them terrify me on a regular basis. [shudder]
The shame here is that it seems she has already judged your intent and your heart. How dare anyone do that?
I can tell you I am a xian - extremely liberal one, but a xian nonetheless and it has never given me mind-reading capabilities or a hotline to the throne of God (outside of prayer!).
I don't get it. A hardened heart? does she have any inkling of what you've been through? Where is her heart? This makes me so sad, I cannot begin to tell you!
Hugs
Joan
Colin, I have to say you have one of he least-hardened hearts I've ever had the honor to encounter.
Sadly, I suspect Ali the Artist is the one with the hardened heart. It must be hard to believe in so harsh a God, and it must require tremendous energy to maintain such harsh judgment on one's fellow human beings.
That much harshness and negativity requires tremendous amounts of energy. Imagine the good that could be done in this world if every fundamentalist Christian would simply live as Jesus preached, expending all that energy for positive purposes. Even if they just quit putting out all that negative energy. What an exciting thing that would be!
Peaceful Blessings, my Friend.
The hardest hearts belong to the religious zealots. Because they can't entertain the possibility of being wrong, their hearts are closed and as punishing as their version of God.
This came into my inbox today and is so relevant to this "discussion" that I just had to share it here.
http://www.gotquestions.org/hate-speech.html
Here too is a link that explains why it is so dangerous to think of God as *only* a God of love. The latter is a modern construct which continues to lead many many people astray. The Bible warns of the time when people will hear what their "itching ears" want them to hear (2 Timothy 4:3):
http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2008/07/god-is-not-all-loving.html
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