Dating Jesus

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

A preacher who never opposes war is a false prophet.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

If I didn’t know better, I might think you care only for me, for my state, for my country, for my religion, my race, my species, my planet. All have received abundant gifts as a result of the course of life’s evolving. But while I know all of my situation in life is blessed, the blessedness can only continue as I am mindful that I hare your bounty with the rest of the world the world to which you expressed your love through Jesus the Christ.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I think we should date other people for a while.”

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D. Blog: No Rapture for Me

I suppose God could pull off a rapture like that envisioned by some Christians, improbable and fantastic as the notion is to me. But it’ll never happen. It makes less sense than the Star Trek fictions or the group that thought a passing comet meant they would be taken away from Earth. That escapist stuff has a place, but not in reality.

The more realistic apocalyptic scenarios involve things of our own human doing: nuclear war or radioactive and other toxic wastes, climate change, the end of the oil age. I’ll keep my focus on those very tangible threats and ignore the imaginary ones.