“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.” Could Jesus be speaking about … those who dictate and interpret what he said, with a view to advancing and aggrandizing themselves? And could followers of false prophets be among those lobbying the Secretary of State for Arkansas to put up a memorial monument that may or may not feature a statue of Jesus, or of someone who looks like Jesus and who could be Jesus, in the Capitol?
The leader of the group, armed with the preserved remains of a fetus that was miscarried in 1993, met with the Secretary of State. She described the monument that her group wants to install; a man holding a baby while talking to a woman. The robe-clad male figure wears sandals.
Now what would Jesus say about a group of fetus-fetishizing lobbyists who want to exploit his avowed love of children and those who are child-like? How about: “”Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.”? Or perhaps: “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.”?
But Jesus could be angry, as he was with the merchants using the temple space for their own profit. He may say: “Listen up. You’ve got to stop putting words in my mouth. When I said: Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me, I didn’t mean embryos and fetuses.
Remember that my Father is called a Creator, not an Impregnator. It takes time to create a human being. If a woman does not choose to give life, the decision is hers to make. My own mother was given that choice. Gestation, like creation, is a process. Only God has the right to judge and condemn.
And stop with the glurge already!”
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This news item was brilliantly blogged here, by GottaLaff. A big thanks to Red Jenny for bringing this to our attention!
You have a lot of nerve, using Jesus’ own words against his chosen elect.
Filthy heathen.
Tagentally related: Brian McLaran on ‘The Worship Industry’; the so-called ‘pro-life’ movement is, IMO, another example of the sick commodification of Christianity. Your reference to “merchants using the temple space for their own profit” is an apt analogy.
Nice work. The great impregnator in the sky would be proud!
“preserved remains of a fetus”…hmmm? If a fetish fetisher can’t force someone to be a mommy, they want their mummy?
“You’ve got to stop putting words in my mouth.”
Sadly, he probably would have been ignored. The need for putting words in someone else’s mouth is an attribute of being a fanatic. After all, how can one refute someone else’s argument if he refuses to say, on his own, that which one is ready to refute?
Chimera, if that is a metaphor, you might want to make it more obfuscating.
Next time I use a metaphor, I should probably remember that…
It’s beginning to look like Denmark is exploring the possibility of discouraging pregnant women from engaging in what they call “heavy” exercise:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7014828.stm
Hello, sweet cheeks, it’s BLANCHE here, capitals and all.
A statue of Jesus, eh? Now ain’t that a hoot. We’re supposed to know it’s Jesus because he’s wearing sandals? What is this, by their toes shall ye know them? Come to the coast in the dry season, you’ll see more Jesus toes than you can count.
And what is this Jesus going to look like? Prolly a white guy, eh? Even though there’s every possibility he was black. Or at least very brown. Melanin blessed, so to speak.
However, betcha the mentality of the ones who came up with this idea would shit bricks at the mere suggestion Jesus was anything other than blond haired blue eyed and pallid skinned !
I guess this bunch didn’t read the part about not making graven images.
What are they going to do if they erect this statue, a guy in robe and sandals holding a child, and people decide it’s Francis of Assisi? What if it becomes a place where hippies congregate? Who is going to stay there 24-7 or at least during daylight hours to ensure the pigeons don’t poop on the holy face?
Just when BLANCHE begins to think SHE has heard it all, along comes some witherdick who tosses a new one into the mix.
Personally, BLANCHE thinks they should erect Jesus statues at all major intersections, with traffic lights sitting on his marble or cement head. Remind people visually, they can pray while trapped in gridlock at rush hour. Oh Jesus will this mess ever move, oh Jesus will you please get me home for supper tonight, Oh Jesus when are they going to do something about the jeezly traffic……