Miscellany
Spotted today: vanity license plate “SMPLIFY”
On a BMW X5. Whaaaa? Um, okay.
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driving along a country-ish road in Arizona
Mike: Oh! That burns me up Did you see that church?
Me: No. What did it say?
Mike: “No Jesus. No Peace. Know Jesus. Know Peace.”
Me: (mildly confused) Right, and?
Mike: It’s an ultimatum, a threat. Join our particular brand of religion, or else we’ll kill you all.
Me: I don’t think it’s meant to come across that way. They’re talking about peace in your heart, peace in your life — not a threat for world domination. So, you’ve always thought it was a threat of “our way or we’ll wage war?”
Mike: Well, yeah.
Me: Hmmm. Guess I’d better blog that one. I’ve never thought of it that way before.
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Public Service Announcement
The Mike whom I’m marrying next month wishes for me to clarify that he’s not the same person as the Mike who comments here on a regular basis. Just so ya know…
He reads (yes, he’s even read my early on gushing), but has yet to delurk.
Posted by Allison in administrivia, spirituality & religion, amuse me, culture |
October 31st, 2006 at 11:45 am
It’s interesting that you comment on this today (the whole know Jesus, Know Peace, etc. and Mike’s interpretation of the idea) While sadly, most evangelical churches are still holding the party line as far as war is concerned, the Catholic church is continuing to speak out against it:
http://theyoke.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/fighting-for-peace-is-like-shagging-for-virginity/
Not trying to draw to many conclusions here or slam anyone’s faith…just interesting stuff.