OK…so I’ve got a compromise.

Those of you out there who insist on continuing in your old covenant ways or who have decided they’ll follow the words of some insane evangelical preacher who has followed the words of some insane evangelical preacher before him, who followed some insane evangelical preacher before him and well you get the point, if you must have your anti-gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgendered hate mongered protests I say go ahead. AS LONG AS…for every 1 “God Hates Fags” sign you have you have 1 sign that says: (If you only have 2 signs total, one can be a “God Hates Fags” and you may choose from any of the other signs listed below)

“God Hates Shrimp“
“God Hates Beards”
“God Hates Old Navy Cotton Fleece Vests”
“God Hates Pigs & Rabbits”
“God Hates Roaches” <-- I'm sort of OK with that one
“God Hates Blisters”
“God Hates Acne” <--I'm OK with this one too...as I have and hate acne
“God Hates Dandruff”
“God Hates When a man has a discharge from his genitals”
“God Hates Divorce”
“God Hates those who have to work on Sundays” <-- Or if you want to get technically Saturday, since Saturday is actually the sabbath

And those are just some of the Levitical laws that those stuck in the old covenant tend to over look when they take to the streets to violate God’s commandment of love thy neighbor.

You see folks, in the New Testament, Jesus established what most call the New Covenant, now I know that in the New Covenant it’s not quite as easy to find all of the scripture most need to condone their hate mongering ways BUT in that new covenant Jesus stated that the old laws about unclean things were no longer valid. Now, if you’d like to argue that “If we call ourselves true believers we should follow both laws” I counter with, OK…then lets follow both laws, completely, not just the ones that help promote our cause of hating our neighbors.

Going in to the New Year I am going to be posting about a lot of hot topics. You may not like them all, and truthfully I don’t care, because as I always say…It’s my blog…if you don’t like it…don’t read it. The truth of the matter is, I’m beginning to think that perhaps we (Christians) have been lied to for quite some time and I don’t think we’ve been doing this Christ following thing right.

I’ve begun to follow the ministry of Jay Bakker. Say what you want, I believe, in my heart of hearts that the ministry he leads is one of the few who “got it.” They’ve got this love thy neighbor thing down, this grace thing, this communal thing, they understand it all. Whether or not you agree with the stands they take (and there are some stands they take, that I’m not really sure where I stand…and just so it’s out there…the affirming homosexuality stance is one of them) but the truth of the matter is, Jesus was at the bars, He met the prostitutes, He hung out with the persecuted, HE MET THE SINNER WHERE THEY WERE AT…which is what Revolution does. Revolution is proof that being a Christ follower isn’t about some fairytale story book life that you have to lead if you want to get to heaven. It’s proof that being who you are, the retched sinner I am, is perfectly find, because I serve a God who has extended much more grace than I am every capable of handling. Does that mean I sin deliberately…uh no…but it does mean that when I exercise the free will that I’ve been blessed with, and screw it up, God’s grace is sufficient enough to repair my screw-up.

I’m sorry, I refuse to believe what I’ve been told any more. My god created me with the ability to learn on my own. He’s given me a plethora of resources, so many in fact that I can’t just believe what some guy who stands up in front of me says. Sure I take in what he or she says, then I come home and I go in depth…THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT BEHIND PREACHING A MESSAGE. For you preachers (and followers) who think that the whole point of a sermon is to spread your agenda (even if you claim your agenda is God’s) you’re wrong. Your JOB, your SOLE responsibility is to make sure that you start opening peoples eye’s to what their God wants from them…NOTHING MORE…NOTHING LESS.

Carpe Diem.

Oh yeah…Happy freakin New Year too.

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