I'm with you, I find it really creepy when people go on about being 'washed in Jesus' blood' and they say it as you said with such a holy rapture in their voices. And when they say it there's a feeling that they believe they're absolved from all their sins and mistakes without actually doing anything to earn it. They didn't have to strive to become better, they didn't become more selfless and contrite, they just had to say "I'm washed in the blood of the lamb" and "let Jesus into their hearts" (I'd pay to never have to hear that line again!) and boom they're all shiny and rosy and no matter what they do in the future they have their "Get into Heaven Free" card. No matter what sin or what hubris they have it's alright cause Christ died on the Cross for Them Hallelujah! I think I might have Jesus and vomit ;D
And people are such sticklers for details, and the details they cling to are usually incorrect. Like all those Bible bashers who were convinced that Jesus was coming back on the Millenium to kill the sinners (because that's what the Prince of Peace does) and take the Righteous up to Heaven on golden clouds. And so they go to Jerusalem (the prearranged meeting place with Jesus, he left a text message for them) and they go there in the year 2000. Which is not the millenium. There was no year 0, so the millenium was 2001 and I'm guessing Jesus turned up there to find no one waiting for him because they'd been there the year before, packed his bags and went home ;P
It's funny, now after all the years of fighting between the Protestants and the Catholics my mum told me the other day they're potentially in talks again about possibly joining the two churches up again. Apparently one of the former Popes suggested the idea but it was considered too 'controversial' so they shelved it, but it's on the table again.
I'm always amazed at the modern image of Christ too, white skin and light brown hair and blue eyes, Mary has white skin and blue eyes and sometimes blonde hair. They were from the Middle East, yet somehow modern Christian seem to think they looked Dutch. I remember in Studies in Religion they taught that one theory of what Jesus looked like said that it was believed he was 5 foot tall, dark haired, dark skinned and a hunch back. I bet there wouldn't be too many SUV driving lambs wanting to follow a shepherd who looked like that.
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Re: Thanks!
Date: Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 06:17 am (UTC)And people are such sticklers for details, and the details they cling to are usually incorrect. Like all those Bible bashers who were convinced that Jesus was coming back on the Millenium to kill the sinners (because that's what the Prince of Peace does) and take the Righteous up to Heaven on golden clouds. And so they go to Jerusalem (the prearranged meeting place with Jesus, he left a text message for them) and they go there in the year 2000. Which is not the millenium. There was no year 0, so the millenium was 2001 and I'm guessing Jesus turned up there to find no one waiting for him because they'd been there the year before, packed his bags and went home ;P
It's funny, now after all the years of fighting between the Protestants and the Catholics my mum told me the other day they're potentially in talks again about possibly joining the two churches up again. Apparently one of the former Popes suggested the idea but it was considered too 'controversial' so they shelved it, but it's on the table again.
I'm always amazed at the modern image of Christ too, white skin and light brown hair and blue eyes, Mary has white skin and blue eyes and sometimes blonde hair. They were from the Middle East, yet somehow modern Christian seem to think they looked Dutch. I remember in Studies in Religion they taught that one theory of what Jesus looked like said that it was believed he was 5 foot tall, dark haired, dark skinned and a hunch back. I bet there wouldn't be too many SUV driving lambs wanting to follow a shepherd who looked like that.