Sunday, March 3, 2024

Do They Ever Think Through What They are Saying?

Steve Ruis

March 3

I wonder if the writers of the Bible ever spent any time thinking about what they were saying.

In the book of Genesis the Creation (the six day version) is described and six times it states "And God saw that it was good." At the end of the description it states "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." So apparently God was proud of his creation, that at the very least all that he created was good or even very good . . . all of it.

But the soul suckers of the NT had to tell us otherwise.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (1 John 2:15-17)

So, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." So, John the Dreary would not have us love rainbows, fluffy puppies, golden poppies, children playing in rain puddles, puffy white clouds or any of the beauty of nature or really any of God's creation.

Why not say "Be Thou depressed, be very depressed. That way you will not have the energy to sin."

Assholes.