Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Lost in Translation

   I think for the first time in my life I am actually studying the Bible, as well as other works like the Christian Apocrypha. I've looked in Judaism and Islamic as well, briefly. I've leaned a lot but it isn't a drop in the bucket. I've studied conspiracy theories which oddly enough, many turn out to be true. Looking at history and records back, and I do mean way back I learned a lot. One has to take into account that all of history isn't recorded in the Bible, it is kind of a Reader's Digest version of what is said and taken place, and of one tribe. It is factual and God knows many have tried to disprove it and failed. I guess I'm one of those people who have to know the rest of the story.

   Knowing the Bible is one thing, knowing it well is another. I think it was Tom Horn that said his wife worked in some kind of office that dealt with Christian business. One woman, a hateful and spiteful woman was always quoting scriptures. Bulling her way over the rest. He said she finally came to a realization of it's not where a person is in the word, but where they word is in them. That held some weight with me when I heard it and the more I learn the louder it rings.

  People use the Bible and twist it a lot. We have wars and fights, but wars? What leads a man to kill another man? Feelings and perceptions. Feeling Superior. Feeling Threatened. Or the thought of either one. Those are the two most, except for Psychopaths. So very many divisions exist today in Christianity, but that is nothing new for the is nothing new under the sun. To add to that, Muslims are almost as divided as are we. The biggest division though is in Judaism which ranges from the same God to the occult, yet many occult members have no clue that many of their traditions were created by Jewish beliefs. Still the question is, why does a man kill another man in cold blood.

   Robbers do it for greed, fear the don't or can't make enough money, same as drug addicts. Killing is usually selective and limited though. To kill on site, hate at a glance, attack with the intent on ending life. This is usually done out of feeling superior, afraid, and in the name of a religion. That doesn't make the religion bad, just the teachers of it, or so called ones. The three groups on display fighting and the upcoming war fights out of superiority. Funny how all three have the same roots and the same message of peace from God, yet pride takes over. I'll just wager that if three soldiers, one from each group, sat down, they'd see they have more in common with each other than with those who order them to war. I still maintain that any president, ruler, politician, or general who starts the war should be the first on the battlefield and the last off. Those who finance wars usually finance both sides, they should also be present on the battlefield. If that actually was a prerequisite to war, there would be no more wars.

  But back to Christians and the Bible, God's Word. So some know it back and front, the good and the bad. A look at the times tells us the correctness of it's words. Thing is, we're all human, only human. Fallible and faltering. Imperfect in every way. We read of wars and rules, but the rules are common sense ones. The other two of theses three religions have them too. There are punishments in there too. For every action there is a reaction. Some highlight the punishment, some don't. There are things that please God and those that make Him angry, that He don't like... war is a big one. All three groups look upon each other and what they consider strange customs and ways and fear that could be their family, friends, neighborhood. Then their leaders instil a I'm better than you or that a group of people are less of a person. Some even count other beliefs as cattle in the field. (many Jewish sects). In the Bible they fought a race different than our own in many cases.

  If while reading this book, or ones that other religions have one missed something good, then read it again and again until you see not only does God love me and you, He also loves "them" the same. If you should miss that part read it again. He forgives us and loves us not on our bloodline but that we are His Creation. Release the fear, the pride, the superior feelings. Embrace the difference. For all our many differences, we are all connected through the Creator that created us all. Let the stiff shirts in the pissing contest fight their own world.            

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