Put down the torch!

What I am about to ponder may infuriate, offend or fill some of you with righteous indignation.  Yet, I go forth.

I have been informed that there is a difference between taking offense and being righteously indignant, and that we have no right to take offense.  I agree with that person's position only to a point.  First off, if you feel something before you have adequate time to rationally analyze it, including offense, isn't that part of the emotions that God placed within those he made in his likeness?  If we agree that we are talking only of action in response to something that emotionally offends us, or fills us with righteous indignation, then I still have a difference of opinion.  I don't see much difference between being rightfully offended and righteously indignant.  And I do believe somewhere in that bible, it says if your hand offends you to cut it off.  I realize this person and I are likely caught in a difference of semantics, and since I am probably wrong, I will relent to his point lest I cause him righteous indignation.  However, I doubt I will succeed in taking any less offense than I did before our discussion, so I may need to rename what I feel righteous indignation.  

As for the point that may cause some of you to put fire to a torch and start the search for my city of residence, I verily say unto you that the bible also talks a lot about forgiveness.


I wanted to post this on facebook, but I have to live in the same bible belt town with most of my facebook people, so I thought I would say it here, and hope that none of you are threatened by free thought.


Often when I am in the kitchen at work, I hear a lot about how the government is taking God out of our country.  I, for one, recognize the need for separation of Church and State, and try to gently point out the merits of our system such as -- we are free to choose Christianity (or not), free to read the Bible (or not), free to know the Ten Commandments, free to post them in our home, free to paint them on the sides of our homes, our cars, our trucks, our boats or our doghouses.  Heck we southerners can even have them displayed on a flag and flown from the back of our pickup trucks or from the top of a deer stand (aren't you jealous?).  We can even have them tattooed on our foreheads in superscript.  I know I don't have to point out the most obvious place we are free to post them where they would get tons of views (facebook, its facebook people).  I personally think the real problem is that we masses are taking God out of our country and giving God a lot of lip service.  Don't get me wrong, I am not here to incite any of you or preach to any of you.  I just wanted to point out that such non expanded thought causes me to feel a bit squeamish. 

So, I will be out with it already.  The truth is, I often wonder why some (I'm not speaking for all) Americans are in favor of separation between church and state in other countries (especially those of Muslim majority), but not ours.  It's a slippery slope people to be sure, but I think we should be more worried about teaching values, morals and religious views in our homes, than worrying about whether or not the Ten Commandments are posted inside some dusty ole Courthouse and passed by every day, but never noticed.  I have my faults, and hypocrisy is no doubt among them from time to time, but it doesn't mean I like displaying hypocrisy, or being subjected to it by people who fail to think beyond themselves.

The great thing about blogger is that you can comment, but I don't have to post it ... (grin).  If you are extremely religious and feel righteously indignant, I would once again remind you of the reason for the season. 


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