Y’all never heard of “multitasking”?
But if you wish wif all your widdle heart to tell all those poor irrational believers out there that There Is No God, then that’s your right. And I hope wif all MY widdle heart that you’ll feel free to do so.
Y’all never heard of “multitasking”?
But if you wish wif all your widdle heart to tell all those poor irrational believers out there that There Is No God, then that’s your right. And I hope wif all MY widdle heart that you’ll feel free to do so.
Thanks!
Can I also tell them that I hope that if there is a God, he administers a bitch slap to some believers at the pearly gates for making him look like a petty, egocentric, insecure, juvenile human being when they spoke about him?
Winning the Masters is “the path to God”? Uh oh, looks like a huge number of people are totally screwed, then.
I don’t even play golf!
-Joe
Who am I to deny you the right to snap and snarl all you like?
Who wants to snarl?
Keep in mind that in the Christian model, which I do not ascribe to myself - God is capable of being everywhere at once. And he leaves individuals with free will - so if you want to commit genocide, God won’t stop you. He stopped taking care of things miraculously on a macro level a few thousand years ago - so no more mana for heaven for the starving. So there is nothing that keeps God from walking beside a housewife in Omaha while she grocery shops while simultanously working miracles on a micro level with pandemic disease in Africa.
Now, personally, I find a God who could stop pandemic disease and apparently chooses not to a rather silly conception of God - a reason (among many) I stopped being Christian more than a decade ago (we cannot understand the Will of God seems to be a bullshit excuse for babies who die of cancer). But lots of people ascribe to this sort of vision of God, and as illogical as we find it, that’s their belief and they have a right to it.
And I’m not fond of God Botherers either - “I needed a new winter coat and I prayed really hard and I found this great red coat on clearance. God was certainly with me when I decided to walk into TJ Maxx” - seems to me that’s reducing the concept to “lucky penny” status. God as high school cheerleader (I like you because you come to my pep rallies and wear the right designer jeans) isn’t my favorite concept, either. But while I think these sorts of concepts of God don’t reflect well on the people who hold them (there is a need for rolleye smilies in real life), people get to hold them, and do. And yes, you have a right to say they are stupid, and I have a right to think you incredibly rude for saying such a thing out loud to their face.
Somehow, I don’t think the PGA is about to ban praying on the golf course. If it gives you an advantage, its an advantage everyone can indulge in. And praying on a golf course is as much a tradition in golf as St. Andrews.
From today’s New York Times’ article on the Washington Nationals and their first baseman, Dmitri Young:
*"Young…is a first baseman shed last season by Detroit. (He) battled depression, alcohol abuse and domestic violence charges. He joined (the Nationals) camp on a minor league contract and did not have many other options…Because Nick Johnson is still recovering from a broken leg, Young found work.
‘I let God take care of the situation, and he did,’ Young said."*
Thanks for a well written and very interesting post.
It’s all about you, isn’t it? Huh? Huh? (only joking)
Actually, it’s all about me being gay.
Ahhh… well the next question is would Jesus be on your side then next time you play a round of golf?
If I know Miller, he’d be right in front of him.
You know, if the golfer had of declared in front of the TV cameras that “I attribute all of my worldy success to MIGHTY SATAN!!!”, the Christians would have been all over him in one thread or the other. I ask myself, what’s the difference?
Sedondly, did Jesus get a cut of the winners cheque?
mm