It's Sunday----And Your Prayers?

What they really are---from America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers.


Enjoy your day, y'all.

Quote of the Day -- On Jesus

“Let’s remember, Jesus was a Jewish man of color, born homeless to an unwed teenager, who spent his formative years as an illegal immigrant before returning to his home country to hang out with twelve men, prostitutes, and socially untouchable tax collectors while he taught a radical social doctrine of equality, love, and forgiveness that included paying taxes, free healthcare, and the sharing of resources within a community.”

--Quote from FB friend Diana Pleasant-Hughes' page

Quote of the Day -- Sunday Edition

"Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he becomes socially conscious. Religious belief prevented the growth of a sense of realism. But atheism at once makes man realistic and alive to the needs of morality." 

--Gora

Christianity and Capitalism

People, in this nation, who consider themselves to be both Capitalists and Christians are only Capitalists.

Mark 10:21-22   Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

Luke 12:16-21   Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."

And my personal favorite:

Matthew 19:24    Jesus said "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Think happy thoughts.

And enjoy your Sunday.

Link:  9 Jesus Quotes About The Poor

Quote of the Day -- Sunday Edition

“Unfortunately a religious group defines itself foremost by its creation story, the supernatural narrative that explains how humans came into existence. And this story is also the heart of tribalism. No matter how gentle and high-minded, or subtly explained, the core belief assures its members that God favors them above all others. 

It teaches that members of other religions worship the wrong gods, use wrong rituals, follow false prophets, and believe fantastic creation stories. There is no way around the soul-satisfying but cruel discrimination that organized religions by definition must practice among themselves. I doubt there ever has been an imam who suggested that his followers try Roman Catholicism or a priest who urged the reverse.”

―Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence

To Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and All In the Republican Party and Right Wing

A question for America's Christians

When did you stop believing in ALL your Bible?

When and why did you choose to ignore and totally deny this little gem?

Matthew 19:24

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

And this one, nearby:

"If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."
Seriously, because I'm really curious.

And please don't make excuses:  Eye of a needle - Wikipedia

You're a Christian?

Really?

Message from the "big guy"

Stop buying all that crap.  You don't need it.  It won't make you happy.  It's stupid and it's killing that beautiful planet I gave you.  Really.  Cut it out.

              --God, aka, Jesus , Mohammed, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Jehovah, Abraham, Vishnu, Rama, Bhagwaan, etc.

You never know what you're going to see or hear anymore

Wow.

What an afternoon I had.

And it wasn't because of work or bad things happening, either.

I had to go across town in Independence, Missouri for work and saw the wierdest things.

First, I'm driving and saw this bumper sticker on an old, foreign, piece of junk car that says "My child is an honor student.  My president is a MORON."

My first thought is, I hope it's a holdover from 2000-2008.

I doubt it but I can hope.

I mean, can you get a bit more ugly without being arrested?

Then, I pass a church sign, of all things, and can't believe what I see.  Seriously.  Here's what their sign said, in all caps:

WHEN TYRANNY BECOMES LAW RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY

Right.

Uh-huh.

Got you on that.

Say, reverend, where, exactly, in the Bible did Jesus say that, anyway?  What chapter and verse is that?

That's what my first thought was.

What does that have to do with "God"?

Second thought:  What does that have to do with love?  Or forgiveness?

Third:  What does that have to do with Jesus?

Doesn't it seem to suggest that the guy who put that sign up has some issue with the very secular amd worldly government of the country right now?  And doesn't that seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with any deity?

Nice priorities there, fellas.

I can imagine what kind of redneck, right-wing, "Christian", conservative, closed-minded group that is.  they just scream it.

Having done a Google search for this saying, I see jacques_usa had it made into a bumper sticker to purchase online.  Yeehaw, huh?  I wonder if he came up with it, again, during Dubya's reign of terror.  You can bet he didn't.  Oh, and it also lead me on a path, from there, to a bunch of redneck, right wing mentions and references to overtaking government, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah, 'cuz they're such tough guys.

What really got me, though, was that, according to Answers.com, the original phrase came from--wait for it--wait for it---the Civil War.

Man, this gets tiresome.

I'd really bust out laughing but for the rampant and pitiful ignorance in the country.

The actual, original phrase was from Thomas Jefferson and it was "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."

But they wouldn't want to deal with truth, accuracy or intelligence.

Try to have a great weekend, y'all.

Links to search:  http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,26473,27414,27552,27687,27739&sugexp=lcprodsca4&xhr=t&q=when+tyranny+becomes+law+resistance+becomes+duty&cp=29&qe=V0hFTiBUWVJSQU5OWSBCRUNPTUVTIExBVyBSRVM&qesig=gaQZCLEZvQ_VNbVfkKd6vw&pkc=AFgZ2tl0Rx3ANMLoyIjR8ixibNDZA1lQRC8ExLbYWCn09HXn14fnAcgwv45u1jVqfPDTuifT13Xg6AkOVzzWu5yZ7pMqhCal6A&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0l&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=94fb864a6b447b62
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_said_when_injustice_becomes_law_rebellion_becomes_duty