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Miscellany

October30

Spotted today: vanity license plate “SMPLIFY”

On a BMW X5. Whaaaa? Um, okay.

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driving along a country-ish road in Arizona

Mike: Oh! That burns me up Did you see that church?

Me: No. What did it say?

Mike: “No Jesus. No Peace. Know Jesus. Know Peace.”

Me: (mildly confused) Right, and?

Mike: It’s an ultimatum, a threat. Join our particular brand of religion, or else we’ll kill you all.

Me: I don’t think it’s meant to come across that way. They’re talking about peace in your heart, peace in your life — not a threat for world domination. So, you’ve always thought it was a threat of “our way or we’ll wage war?”

Mike: Well, yeah.

Me: Hmmm. Guess I’d better blog that one. I’ve never thought of it that way before.

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Public Service Announcement

The Mike whom I’m marrying next month wishes for me to clarify that he’s not the same person as the Mike who comments here on a regular basis. Just so ya know…

He reads (yes, he’s even read my early on gushing), but has yet to delurk.

posted under administrivia, amuse me, culture, spirituality & religion
One Comment to

“Miscellany”

  1. Avatar October 31st, 2006 at 11:45 am Kate Says:

    It’s interesting that you comment on this today (the whole know Jesus, Know Peace, etc. and Mike’s interpretation of the idea) While sadly, most evangelical churches are still holding the party line as far as war is concerned, the Catholic church is continuing to speak out against it:

    http://theyoke.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/fighting-for-peace-is-like-shagging-for-virginity/

    Not trying to draw to many conclusions here or slam anyone’s faith…just interesting stuff.
 
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Allison
Los Alamos, NM
After a childhood of immersion in my family's religious tradition, I hit college and my first true experience with the question, "why?" Why did I believe as I did? If I thought about it, I had no idea. So, I spent the next ten years not thinking about it.

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Once I hit 30, I began asking myself that question all over again. A few years later, I woke one day to realize that I simply didn't believe. For many reasons, I am a much happier (and more emotionally healthy) person having let go of god. There are still days that I wish god did exist. It would be a relief to relinquish responsibility to a greater power.

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But, even better, I can see life for what it is, and work with reality. That's more powerful than any god could hope to be.