Saints Depend on Sin

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

My contract with government contains nothing that requires me to kill other people. My contract with God requires that I not kill other people.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You leave clues for us to find so we will trace them back to you.
You fill our lives with mini-mysteries (a book lying in the street, a newspaper marked at a particular article, a woman crying in a subway car) so we retain our alertness and interest in life as we experience it day by day.
You give us an open future, inviting us to find it overflowing with wonders.
You prompt our imaginations to speculate about the great unknown that lies beyond death.
Faced by this multitude of mysteries, I am led to adopt a stance of faith, that as the author of mystery, you know how it all resolves. Well.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Sure, she’s a saint. But why perpetuate the horrible conditions that required her to be a saint to the dying? Now she’s a dead saint and the people she cared for are still dying because of those same horrible conditions.”

[He could have been talking about any “Good Samaritan.” We turn them into saints rather than correct the conditions. But He never said this.]

D. Blog: Five More Things Earth Can Live Without

5. The Deadly Seven (sins)

4. Acid Rain

3. The NRA

2. Granite countertops

1. A “World Record for the Largest Custard Pie Fight”
[There is such a thing!!! How about calling it the “stupidest way to waste tasty food when millions of people are hungry”?]