an update
Nothing new to report....well, thats a lie.
After having my precieved parental rights stepped all over by my mother, I finally said enough is enough. So, I am in the process of moving out. Now, granted this friend of mine, I have known for over 15 years. And during these 15 years of our friendship, there have been some rocky times. And, like a dumbass, I have told my parents of these minor "failures" that befell my friend (MAQ he shall be refered to.)
Now, these failures have been in a drug nature and so my parents are not too keen on me moving in with this feller. Now, he is a little older than I, and I have sense left the drug world behind. Especially the powders that would fall upon our glass tables.....
Ok, seriously, he dont do drugs anymore. Granted we do tend to drink a lot together, but, we both are moving away from that as well. He only means the best for me yet my parents are not too happy of this move.
Been reading Brian McLarens "Generous Orthodoxy" and I have found it to be very enjoyable, heritical and scary all rolled up onto one. The scary part is because the heritical view is quickly dropped because I see what he is saying. Especially when reference to the bible.....Im at work, so I am unable to pull it out and write word for word what it says, but will give a general jist of the meaning, how I interpreted it.
Essentially he said that most people view the bible as an answer book. It has, in the past, given certain people the "reason" to support certain actions, say slavery. It was in the bible then its ok to support slavery. God was ok with slavery. Now, what McLaren has suggested is that yes, the bible is Gods word and it holds as much importance then as it does now. It still is the answer book, however, the thing is, it was written for that period of time. Paul was writing letters to Timothy and other brothers. It is a historical book, a narrative. Yes, whats in there is important, God Breathed. But, its not to be used to say that I hate x type of people because the bible said that they were enslaved, or whatever.
I also, now Im afraid that some of my 3 user (maybe I am completely wrong in this thought) may be a little at unease at this. I have picked up The Gospel of Judas. I just want to read it and see what it says. I have not made up my mind if this gospel is nothing more than a hoax, at this time. Maybe its real, but I dunno. I just wnat to read what it says. I think it would be an interesting read.....
So, thats about all I have....'Bama!!
After having my precieved parental rights stepped all over by my mother, I finally said enough is enough. So, I am in the process of moving out. Now, granted this friend of mine, I have known for over 15 years. And during these 15 years of our friendship, there have been some rocky times. And, like a dumbass, I have told my parents of these minor "failures" that befell my friend (MAQ he shall be refered to.)
Now, these failures have been in a drug nature and so my parents are not too keen on me moving in with this feller. Now, he is a little older than I, and I have sense left the drug world behind. Especially the powders that would fall upon our glass tables.....
Ok, seriously, he dont do drugs anymore. Granted we do tend to drink a lot together, but, we both are moving away from that as well. He only means the best for me yet my parents are not too happy of this move.
Been reading Brian McLarens "Generous Orthodoxy" and I have found it to be very enjoyable, heritical and scary all rolled up onto one. The scary part is because the heritical view is quickly dropped because I see what he is saying. Especially when reference to the bible.....Im at work, so I am unable to pull it out and write word for word what it says, but will give a general jist of the meaning, how I interpreted it.
Essentially he said that most people view the bible as an answer book. It has, in the past, given certain people the "reason" to support certain actions, say slavery. It was in the bible then its ok to support slavery. God was ok with slavery. Now, what McLaren has suggested is that yes, the bible is Gods word and it holds as much importance then as it does now. It still is the answer book, however, the thing is, it was written for that period of time. Paul was writing letters to Timothy and other brothers. It is a historical book, a narrative. Yes, whats in there is important, God Breathed. But, its not to be used to say that I hate x type of people because the bible said that they were enslaved, or whatever.
I also, now Im afraid that some of my 3 user (maybe I am completely wrong in this thought) may be a little at unease at this. I have picked up The Gospel of Judas. I just want to read it and see what it says. I have not made up my mind if this gospel is nothing more than a hoax, at this time. Maybe its real, but I dunno. I just wnat to read what it says. I think it would be an interesting read.....
So, thats about all I have....'Bama!!
posted by The Dog at 1:11 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Guy,
I'll pray for the move. I hardly know the situation well enough to give much advice, but do take care with things and keep pursing some time with solid guys in the area.
It's probably a good thing you've picked up the Gospel of Judas. I've read most of it recently, knowing that it's good to be informed. After you read it, you might want to do some reading about some of it's background around the web. Not sure I have any good links yet, but let me know if you'd like to shoot some e-mails about it.
Parke
parke.voxtropolis.com
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