God's Protection? (part 2)

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

I’m sentimental. I love peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Seasons come and seasons go. You remain.
Change is the only constant – other than you.
Life and death feed each other. You fast, steadily.
Our lives last but an instant. You are beyond time.
We make vain efforts to outlive death. You will see to that.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I hate it that I get no reception here in Gethsemane.”

[I guess the prayer-as-phone-line-to-God metaphor never worked for Him…]

D. Blog: Protecting the Holy One (part 2)

I, too, would like to protect God from false notions of what God is like, from what appear to be blasphemous ideas: that God condemns to hell, that God hate gays, that God would destroy the human population with flood or fire, that God would directly “cause” tragedy or disaster, that God favors one gender over another, one nation over another, one culture over another, one religion over another.

Jesus is reported to have said many things that make sense. That the most important things in life are to love God and love our neighbors – this seems primary. I notice there’s nothing about protecting God, just loving God.