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Postcards to say something: 021 – Day Of The Dead
Posted on November 1st, 2009 6 comments
I buried my Stepfather today. He was more of a dad to me than the gene donor.
He was not a learned man, although he was more than brilliant in practical ways. Bush mechanicking and skill with even difficult animals were just two of the things that, like his ears, stuck out.
We had to try a little harder to get along together than is the case for blood-relatives (I’ll excuse my father from this particular comparison), but I thought I knew the man.
His entry into christianity was gradual, as this man had a low tolerance for bullshit. He was apparently scared into the flock by some of that alarmist material Stan Deyo was putting out in the late 70s.
The man I knew was kind. Not a soft touch, and guaranteed to give the “pretend-looking-for-work” bloke some actual hard work to do, but a fair reward at the end. Of course, association with church people influenced him over the years.
I haven’t had a lot of contact with the old man since my mother died. He went to stay with the sister I can’t stand, and I gather he attends her church in the relatively-affluent suburb where she and her unpleasant husband live.
I don’t know what sort of tolerance and charity Affluent Jeebus teaches, being of the sort who thought, even when a believer, that the whole Jesus thing was more about the unempowered.
Still, when the only email I get from him in months is all BIG RED LETTERS, saying:
Good Day and welcome to a brand new edition of :
‘ASYLUM’.
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All you have to do is destroy all your papers or burn your boat once you
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They joined tens of thousands of other lucky winners already staying in hotels all over Australia
Our most popular destinations also include the Baxter’s reef and the world famous Christmas Island resort
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… then I know the man I once held dear has died.
And may they put Anglo Jesus in the ground with him, before I piss on it.
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RePete November 9th, 2009 at 20:46
Hey Black
Sorry to hear about the death of your step dad hope the day went as well as these days can go
Almost as sorry to hear about the death of your bio father as someone who tries to follow the example of Jesus I think its totally fucked when religion screws people up like that
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The bad news, RePete, is that he’s not dead yet, just dead to me.
The man I know has died, but something nasty and racist lives on in his place.
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RePete November 10th, 2009 at 11:42
I did get the irony of the situation and agree its probably worse than if he had literally died
Its this type of christianity that has forced me to stop using that name for myself and look for other descriptors a follower of Jesus of nazareth somtimes works
I find it interesting that I feel I have more in common with some people who identify them selves as atheists that manyt people who profess to be little christs (christians)
I hope you dont mind but I think I consider you guys to be the modern day prophets calling the people of God back to right ways of living rather than the profits we find in many churches who seem to be fortune tellers promising better lives to those who serve them
I feel for ya man
Pete
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Careful, Pete. I started realising the biblical Jesus wasn’t the church Jesus, and eventually I wound up leaving ministry training, then finally undoing the entire construct.
Whatever you do, make sure you’re doing the right thing for people. In the absence of anything else hard and fast, it’s a good test of intention.
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RePete November 10th, 2009 at 15:36
I see the problem of doing ministry training when you agree with the biblical Jesus rather than the church jesus probably better of doing welfare or psycology at least then an organisation that does do good in the world might recognise your qualification
My construct has undergone some pretty serious demolition over the past few years although I seem to have found a way to reconcile some of it in a way that tries to make a positive impack on the world around me rather than a negative one
I probably can’t offer a rational argument for my belief the honest answer is probably just that it is my prefered belief and all of it could be wrong
Like you’ve mentioned in some of your comments the spectrum of atheism is as broad as christianity
As for me I just try and understand as many points of veiw as I can and enjoy the opportunities for gracious dialouge
Anyhow we veared a ways of the original post but like I said the form of chrisitity that results in people to becoming less tolerant and compasionate than they were prior to is influence is a contridiction the the entire biblical narative
Sadly I have friends and family who serve this form of christianity wholeheartedly
Pete
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Okay, Pete. Carry on thinking, and keep an eye on your conscience!
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