Koran Burning Preachers and Bible Eating Dogs
|
Posted:Sep 10, 2010 12:57 pm
Last Updated:Sep 23, 2021 6:42 pm 2128 Views
|
My 12 Step Training taught me to connect with God of my understanding.
It was a relief to not have to listen to a Preacher ranting about all that "Fire, Brimstone, God is gonna get ya!" nonsense.
When I was five years sober, I decided that I needed a Religion. I researched the different religions and discovered that the Episcopalians were the most educated. Since I value education, I decided to stick with the winners and became an Episcopalian.
Since that time, I've become Unitarian when I am not meditating with the Quakers
Indeed Episcopalian were educated in their thinking. Yes there is a God who proves himself through coincidences. The Bible contains Truths but may not be all literal Facts. So What.
Mythology is not a bad thing - Many Major Religions explain things through Mythology.
I purchased a New Jerusalem Bible and a Book of Common Prayers. The got ahold of my Bible and chewed it up to Smithereens. The Vicar suggested that I simply throw it away and buy a new Bible. That was an easy solution.
The Catholics burnt Martin Luther's Version of the Bible but it didn't stop the Lutherans from creating a Reformation.
If Ben Ladin opted to Burn Bibles - It won't stop Christians from being Christians. The Christian Bookstores can charge him double for the Bibles.
So Now there is much ado about this Loonytoon Preacher who wants to burn the Koran on September 11th. This is really stupid.
Nevertheless, Preacher Terry Jones has a solid constitutional right to burn any book he wants as long as he doesn't violate fire code. If he burns Korans, it doesn't change the words in the ones that the Lawabidding Citizens in the United States Possess.
The only thing Preacher Terry Jones actions accomplish is to reveal him for the nutcase that he is. He is the reason why some folks opts to be non christians.
Big Firetrucking Deal if the Radical Islamics in the other countries that they oppress are offended. They are looking for excused to be offended so that they can control their people.
They are manipulating Spirituality for Political Power.
The ate my Bible but it didn't stop me from finding a Spiritual Walk.
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
Photo Friday - Wood
|
Posted:Sep 10, 2010 12:01 pm
Last Updated:Sep 13, 2010 4:55 pm 1843 Views
|
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood”
Chinese Proverbs quotes
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
This Baby Adopted Star
|
Posted:Sep 4, 2010 2:39 pm
Last Updated:Sep 8, 2010 4:09 pm 2267 Views
|
Cats have a way of choosing their own Humans. Of course Mr. Moochy doesn't have much of a choice. He's stuck with me and I'm not a cat person.
Life on Life's Terms
Sam's Club Wages and C-Ville Rentals are not compatible thus my Higher Power was taking care of me when I move in with Ms. V as a care provider.
Ms. V was a Kindred Spirit who loved Astrology and Ghost Stories. She was in Hospice, on Oxygen and Housebound thus my being there helped her too.
Moochy the Feline Creature is a major pain in the azzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Most of the time Ms. V made him sleep outside or stay in the basement.
"He brings Dead Animals in the House and lays them at my feet," she told me. "Dang, those are cherished gifts in the mind of a cat."
He used to beat up the other cats in the House. Moochy has survived all of them.
When we had that major league snowstorm, Ms. V wanted him outside. "He's tough and likes the snow."
I don't think I thought to myself as I picked him up and placed him in the basement.
When there was a Heat Wave, I would put him in the basement. "There is a creek and the lake is two miles away where he can get his water, she told me."
"Creek or no creek, this is a Senior Cat," I thought to myself as I placed him in the basement.
When Ms. V was dying, Moochy would insist on coming into the house and sitting at the foot of her deathbed.
Now Ms. V has crossed over into the Spirit World and Moochy is happily adjusting to being an indoor kitty.
He doesn't even like going outside.
He follows me all over the house and sits with me while I am reading. He is still a pain in the azzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and I am still not a cat person. The more I ignore him the more he insists that I'm his human. Oh Well!
Eventually, I will move out of Ms. V's House and I suspect that Moochy will go with me unless he decides to stay with the house. I would like to go to the Shelter and find a nice to rescue but right now a Cat is more practical.
|
|
|
2
Comments
|
|
To Mr. 60MinMan2 - Why Thomas Jefferson ROCKS!
|
Posted:Aug 18, 2010 4:46 pm
Last Updated:Jul 29, 2019 2:50 am 2348 Views
|
60MinMan2 quotes your sense of history is somewhat twisted but your premise that any Government should not tell any person what religion to follow is true.
My Reply: Radical Religious Fanatics are not excursive to the Islamic Faith. It is Historically documented that the Colonial Day Puritans whipped, jailed and hanged individuals who declined to live by strict religious codes. The Inquisition, the Burning Times of Europe, the Atrocities in the English Reformation and the Salem Witch Trails are also Historically Documented.
He Quotes: Interesting that you find a slave owner who slept and fathered of his concubines as someone who "ROCKS". Could it be that its the reason why you think highly of William "Jefferson" Clinton?
My Reply: There is no comparison between the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings versus William "Jefferson" Clinton and Monica Lewinski. Thomas Jefferson was a widower who had promised Martha Jefferson on her deathbed that he would not remarry. Although Sally had several including a who left Monticello and went into Society as White, there is Genetic Verification that Thomas Jefferson may be the be the Father of Madison Hemmings.
William "Jefferson" Clinton was a known philanderer even before he became President. It came to light during the Election and folks still opted to vote him into office.
It was the Republicans who decided that they had to invest Millions of Tax Dollars to investigate President Clinton's ill-gotten oral pleasure. If we had been at War or in a recession during the time that he was President, the Republicans may have had trouble getting the money to pay Kenneth Starr to write a report.
Granted, Thomas Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemmings may not have been "Politically Correct" but he did not betray his wife. He could not have married Sally even if he wanted to. She looked more white than black but she was still legally black and interracial marriages were illegal.
So......................................
Why Does Thomas Jefferson ROCK? 
Thomas Jefferson : AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
because of these accomplishment that have far reaching effects for the United States - Centuries later.
He Quotes: The abuses you heap on Christians pale in comparison what avowed Atheist have done world wide. They have murdered, torture, imprisoned more citizens than all of the world religions combined.
The abuses I heap on Christians??????
My Position is religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, versus the dictates of a Preacher who may have power control issues.
But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
Thomas Jefferson & the Wisdom of Seperation of Church and State
|
Posted:Aug 14, 2010 4:02 pm
Last Updated:Aug 16, 2010 5:36 pm 2400 Views
|
There is much talk about the of violent Islamic Extremist. Historical - Christians Extremist have also been violent.
There has been the Inquisition, the Burning Times and the Salem Witch Trails and the English Reformation was a doozy. Religion was politically motivated, folks declared and executed as Heretics depending on the whims of Royalty.
People didn't know what to believe because it was always changing. The ones that survived eventually came to the New World and persecuted those didn't see things their way.
The Salem Witch Trails happen - and frequently the accused Witches simply possessed the properties that the Clergy wanted to acquire.
Quakers were banished in some communities. Hanged if they refused to leave which is why the State of Pennsylvania was founded.
Millions of innocent men, women and , since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Hence
The Statute for Religious Freedom is one of only three accomplishments Jefferson instructed be put in his epitaph. It supports separation of church and state, and freedom of conscience. In 1786, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the statute into the state's law.
Personally I think Thomas Jefferson Rocks and I don't want any Government Official dictating what path my Spirituality should take.
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
Foto Friday the 13th - Funerals and Prayer Ties
|
Posted:Aug 13, 2010 6:16 pm
Last Updated:Feb 6, 2014 9:29 pm 2476 Views
|
The Little Lady that I have been caring for died Sunday Morning peacefully in her Home. Her and I spent four days caring for her and I still made it to work on time at Sam's Club on Sunday Morning. Thank God for the Hospice Nurse who came in for a Shift and showed me what to do before her and Partner arrived.
I woke up about 5:30 am. Her had been up with her all night. The said that she needed to sleep and to wake her up before I went to work. I heard the oxygen alarm go off at 6:45 AM. I went to check on the lady and she had crossed over.
I called Hospice on my cell phone and told them that she appeared to be dead.
I feel like I've been in a daze all week.
Nevertheless, I feel honored that I was able to help my little lady spend the last year of her life in comfort. I also feel honored that I was part of the support network to help her ease into the Spirit World in her own home in Dignity. I was also able to help her and be at ease knowing that their Mom was being cared for. The woman was a Kindred Spirit so I understood where she was coming from Spiritually.
Her Funeral was Friday the 13th. I converted the tobacco in her cigarettes into Prayer Ties which we utilized during the Service,
|
|
|
2
Comments
|
|
|
|
Forget the Love Connection - Show Me the Money Instead!
|
Posted:Aug 9, 2010 4:41 pm
Last Updated:Jan 12, 2013 4:37 pm 2963 Views
|
I just tested for the Management Training Program and told them that I am willing to Relocate ANYWHERE in the United States. If they send me to Canada, that's fine with me. I'll just have to figure out their Monopoly Money System.
In 2006, I relocated from West Virginia to BumFiretrUCK, Texas to Follow a Love Connection with a Truck driver. My Heart was broken but I discovered Wal-Mart. Consequently, I worked for Wal-Mart in BumFiretrUCK TEXAS, BumFiretrUCK NEVADA & BumFiretrUCK VIRGINIA.
So in 2009, I did a Job Transfer to Sam's Club in Charlottesville, Virginia to Follow a Love Connection.
My Heart is Broken but Hey!!!!!! There is Monticello and Thomas Jefferson Rocks.
Show Me the Love seems to be an oxymoron so I am following the Work Connection instead. Life on Life's Terms!
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
Yes Officer - My Weight is................ Yeah Right
|
Posted:Jul 22, 2010 8:03 am
Last Updated:Aug 9, 2010 4:42 pm 2771 Views
|
Last week, I was stopped by a West Virginia Lawman for a non functioning taillight. I handed him my Virginia Driver's License so that he could write a warning ticket. He asked me my weight.
The Virginia Driver's License does not list WEIGHT or HAIR COLOR!
I had to laugh and told him, "Do you REALLY think I am give you an honest answer on that one?"
I told the officer "Double DD's, 38 waistline and my size 16 jeans are not as tight as they used to be."
I did give him a number so he could fill in the space for the ticket telling him that most women DO lie about their weight.
Dang when I DID list my weight on my driver's license, it was NEVER the actual weight and I've changed hair colors so many times that what is listed on the driver's license may be entirely different.
This is an Eight Year License so the Weight and Hair color will fluctuate over time
The officer replied that he hated asking that question to women.
So............... Is your ACTUAL weight listed on your Driver's License or ID AND you tell the Law the Truth?
|
|
|
1
comment
|
|
Monticello Blue, Dodging the Cop and Priorities
|
Posted:Jul 17, 2010 3:48 pm
Last Updated:Aug 12, 2017 9:46 pm 2331 Views
|
This week I was in West Virginia to help my youngest get his Driver's License. The does tend to procrasinate. He drove Monticello Blue at the Fairgrounds and Camping Areas. I am anticipating that all will go well and he'll be able to test for his license in a few weeks.
I have a Taillight that is out and it's not the bulbs because I already changed them so driving through "Ticket Trap" West Virginia can be quite the challenge. This is a small town that is not prospering thus the cops are the armed revenue collectors. Also there is not much for them to do thus a non-working taillight is major work for them. 
Luckily I know most of the backroads which have no donut shops. However Friday Night, I got a call from my . His usual ride home wanted to go bar hopping and my didn't want to go bar hopping with him. Yeah! I love it when my makes the right choice.
On the way back, I was joking with my about the tail light and the local cops. "It's so late the cops are busy sleeping right now, we laughted." Opps! We drove right by the night cop who was eating a donut in the Church Parking Lot.
"Good thing he's busy," my remarks. "Yeah Right!" Monticello Blue dashed around the corner, hoping to get home before the cop went after us.
We drove on to lawn and I noticed "Flashing Blue Lights" behind me. I stepped out of the car, "Officer, I know that the tail light is not working, we changed the bulbs and it's still not working. My boyfriend will be fixing it next week when I get back to Virginia.
I handed him my Virginia Driver's License and Monticello Blue's Virginia Car Registration and Proof of Insurance. "Didn't I talk to you before he asked." You called me and had me break down the door to check on Mr. G" he asked me.
"No, that was that idiot ex-girlfriend of his." Next, Grumpy - my ex-hubby came walking out pointing at the cop. "THAT is the cop who broke down my door! If that Piece of Work named Tessa calls again, tell her to............."
The cop explained to Grumpy - If someone calls to check on a Senior - we have to check on them even if it means breaking down the door.
My and I were laughing. "Well Officer, my called me to pick him up from work because he didn't want to be in the same car with someone who was drinking and driving and THAT is more important than getting a ticket for a nonworking taillight.
"I don't disagree with you Ma'am. I'm not giving you a ticket just a warning. Just get the thing fixed"
|
|
|
0
Comments
|
|
