Religion Notes

Let's try to forget about those two fat idiots and their yelling fits and concentrate on something a little less stressful....  our religious life.

Message from God

Dr. Wayne Dyer mentioned this, and it was written up in Readers Digest for July 2008:

Wayne's kids gave him a special card for his 64th birthday.  On the cover, it said:  "Inside is a message from God."

He opened it to read:  "See you soon!"

Christianity Promotion

The Week for November 13, 2015 reported on a Louisiana public school that insists on promoting Christianity.  The students are "drilled in Bible verses, warned against contraception, and taught Creationism..."   The school board says "Our history and traditions respect the freedom of religion, not the freedom from religion."

The ACLU doesn't think that their activity will win out at the Supreme Court.  But who knows, now that Justices are becoming political appointees.

Sunni vs Shiite

The New York Times for Valentines day in 2007, reported on a five-part radio series attempting to "explain the (Shiia) sect of 150 to 200 million of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims."

I'm sure that President Bush (2) had no idea about the difference between Sunni and Shiite.. and where each sect is dominant... also, I'm sure that he did not take time to listen to this radio series.

And, guess what?  Does Mr. Trump know the difference, or care?  Probably not.  Sunni's dominate governance throughout the Muslim areas, and the Shiia's seem content to let them do so, as long as they adhere to the Sharia Law.

The differences of these two sects may seem minor to us... but we should look at our own  beliefs... what about the differences between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxism?  Or, between
Roman Catholicism and Protestantism?  The two sets of Irishmen?  White folks versus black folks?

Curmudgeon Thoughts

Jon Winokur compiled these "scoffers" comments for the February 2017 Funny Times:

Woody Allen:  "To you, I'm an athiest; to God, I'm the loyal opposition."

Heidi Joyce:  "I was raised an athiest.  Every Sunday, we went nowhere.  We prayed for nothing.  And all our prayers were answered."

Mark Twain:  "One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it.  They also believed the world was flat."

Camille Paglia:  "I do not believe in God, but I believe God is man's greatest idea."

 Bill Maher:  "Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking.  It's nothing to brag about.  And those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are intellectual slave holders, keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned and justified so much lunacy and destruction."

Traffic Stops for God

The Week for April 22, 2016 mentioned that an Indiana State Trooper has been fired for preaching Christianity to motorists stopped for traffic violations.  As he pulled each one over, he asked them what church they attended and whether or not they had been saved.  The officer says:  "If the Lord tells me to speak about Jesus Christ, I do.  You can't change what the Lord tells you to do."

Attendance

I read somewhere that a church was having trouble keeping deer from visiting their vegetable garden every night and eating their fruit and veggies as they matured.  Based on a suggestion from a church member, the pastor sprayed the deer with a hose, while saying,  "I baptize you in the name of Jesus Christ, and you are now members of our church."

An onlooker asked why the pastor was doing that.  The pastor replied, "Well, now that they are members, they will only show up on Christmas and Easter."

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Go in peace, and sin no more!