And, though you're basically right that all a person who's been an a-hole has to do is say he's sorry to be forgiven, I was taught that part of repentance has to include the sincere intention to change, not just lip service (and G-d can see your heart to know whether you're sincere).
Yeah, that. People talk a lot of shit in the name of Jesus, and it doesn't make them right, or good Christians. As the Easter conversation wound around, at some point I said that half the reason I identify as Christian is to use when promoting my liberal views. "Christians do too believe that! I'm a Christian, and my church blah blah blah." Not that I barely go to church.
I am trying to avoid my default reaction which is "eat something".
Feh. The emergency Cadbury Mini Eggs I ran out for made the meeting I just had much more pleasant!
Beat the UPS guy to my house by 2 minutes! He was early!
So I now have a new computer. We'll see when I have the one to set it up....
Yay new computer!
My new French Press is ready for me out in the warehouse. The one I got like sarameg's is too big for my every day at work use, and my little purple plastic one broke (the filter/plunger part; the plastic carafe is billed as "unbreakable" and has not, in fact, broken) so I'm trying a little glass carafe with stainless steel plunger, see how that goes.
I said that half the reason I identify as Christian is to use when promoting my liberal views.
I feel like this a lot. I think that actively being a non-a-hole while identifying as Christian is me trying to help turn back the tide. Plus, I feel like, given his behavior while he was hanging out here, that Jesus would be/is a much bigger fan of liberalism than conservatism.
The emergency Cadbury Mini Eggs I ran out for made the meeting I just had much more pleasant!
At my last physical I mentioned to my Dr that it's hard to believe that stress eating is all bad when a handful of peanut M&M's actually do make things feel better.
Yay new computer!
Because it is. Many moons ago while backpacking in Europe I wound up explaining to some new German friends Kosher food. Not how it works, but that it exists. They knew absolutely nothing about Jews and Judaism - and there was no reason they would. The certainly felt pain over what their grandparents generation had done, but they knew nothing about who and what had been destroyed.
I hadn't really thought about it before, but it makes sense that with all the Nazi war crimes trials over with, extremely few Jewish people would ever have reason to return to Germany. I don't imagine Historic Jamestowne gets many Native American visitors for similar reasons.
One of the main reasons there are almost no Jews in Poland is because the Poles were so enthusiastic about killing Jews. It didn't make those who survived very nostalgic about their hometowns and the neighbors who had pointed them out to the Nazis.
My (devout atheist) father learned the Hail Mary because apparently the ability to recite it got you into Catholic School dances in Cincinnati in the early 60s.
I would totally go to an Episcopal church for the ritual and music, but I would feel really bad because I don't believe in god, so I don't. Except to the festival of lessons and carols at Christmas, because, music.
My (devout atheist) father learned the Hail Mary because apparently the ability to recite it got you into Catholic School dances in Cincinnati in the early 60s
My dad is very amused that everything I know about Catholicism is which bits have been "borrowed" for ritual magic. Not that ritual/Ceremonial Magic(k) is my thing, because it's waaaaay too reliant on memorization and geometry.
New French press achieved.
Unfortunately, in attempting to pack up my Travel Aeropress Kit i got part of the grinder stuck in the plunger. So now I am trying to MacGyver it back out instead of working.
