December 13, 2010

• SMITE God SMITE

  O LORD you are my refuge and shield. Protect my loved ones and I in this time of need. The sanctity and the security of our home has been shattered. LORD you know who the vile culprit of the tonight's break-in is. BRING HIM TO YOUR JUSTICE, for you alone are the righteous and just judge and bring back the laptop he stole! 
  Amen.

  (via Pianoman on facebook)

   

  ...somehow I don't think that's what Christianity is for. 

  Speaking as a socialist, something that bothers about Christianity is that it separates everyone into good and bad, and a person's behaviour is always an individualized choice. Which it is to some extent, but this way of thinking doesn't take into account the poverty that is created by survival-of-the-fittest capitalism and that maybe people can't help it if they're born into a world of drugs and gangs and violence. To what extent can a person freely choose to obey the ten commandments when his survival depends on him not doing so? 

  I am not excusing the thief of course, but we should not so easily damn and project evil onto others, especially if we had a hand in creating the circumstances that caused him to sin in the first place. 

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