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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-10-19 01:10 PM

I can’t help but see
the similarity
between the
life and times of Jesus
and the way things are
today with us
If we can stop and remember
the political climate
of His day
and how the
Church was State
and had its way
Religion ruled to exclusion
of them and those
unfit and unclean
Then along comes
this Nazarene
saying the church
is terribly mistaken
and that those
rejected souls
have not been forsaken
In fact he made it
quite clear
to the masses
that came to hear
That God was
all about love
and that He
had come to fulfill
God’s rules
And He thumbed His nose
at the status quo
and said this is the way to go
I’ll show you how
to know the love of God
and his peace
that you can share
with one other.

Today we have churches galore
each one being very sure
they have the right recipe
for salvation’s Christianity
The Government is
legislating morality
to take up the slack
and lead the attack
against modern
perceived perversion
Christ’s message still
left to fulfill…
Love each other
inside and out.
Don’t hate…
let God sort’ em out

LGR©10/19/11

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-10-19 01:54 PM

God is also a God of vengeance, and will smite thee down, or so it says somewhere. Still, there comes a time when a stand must be taken, to believe or not to believe. One thing is certain, religion can be something other than peaceful, there is a certain religion around who like to cut peoples heads off. Christianity had its own bloodied hands with the Crusades, etc., today it is another religion that is raising -- to be blunt -- hell.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2011-10-19 02:01 PM

yep...The funny part is we are always so sure we have God on our side. Will we never learn? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2011-10-19 07:37 PM

I often wonder who's side organizations and individuals would take if Jesus was here on earth at this moment...would they believe in Him or press for his crucifixion...James

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2011-10-20 08:31 AM

I'm glad you read this and you were able to track my thinking. I wonder about that too.
Thanks for the input Michael.

Lori

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

5 posted 2011-10-20 07:28 PM

Amen.

Indeed, we are repeating documented history. As to James question, I have no faith in humanity. I believe we would crucify Him all over again, which in effect, we are already doing in how we, (we being humanity), live.

Just my two cents.

Glad to see this post.

Michael

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2011-10-20 07:47 PM

Thanks Michael, means a lot hearing it from you.

Lori

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2011-10-20 10:35 PM

"Let God Sort'em Out"

Oh, He will.... soon.

Nice write.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

8 posted 2011-10-20 10:54 PM

JL, guess we do seem to be going to heck in a handbasket.

Lori

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2011-11-01 06:42 AM

Brava, Lori! I love your deeper thoughts in this work. Religions and the fundamentalists in all of the religions are indeed a tremendous threat. They all speak of love as the number one rule and yet only a small number of believers live by that rule.

To live love like Jesus tought us (and other enlightened beings throughout the world) begins with each of us, trying and trying again to reach the ability to love unconditionally and to contribute to the peaceful co-existence of all of humanity, by applying justice to all of our actions.

It is a vast and complex matter! And we are slow in evolving, sadly.

Peace and love.
Margherita

[This message has been edited by Margherita (11-01-2011 08:03 AM).]

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

10 posted 2011-11-01 02:30 PM

I'm sitting in the Amen corner!

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