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I was here... read your thoughts and am not sure what I think... except I do agree that some of the emails circulating leave alot to be disired... and just like spam... my life would be a lot better off with out them!
As for how I ought to treat the enemy... I am not sure who the enemy really is... I know that the terrorists certainly are... but there are a lot of folks who love to give their spin on things that are doing as much or more damage than the terrorists... and are certainly playing right into the hands of the terrorists.
No... I did not say anything about the liberal press and television spinmasters!
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2006-09-26 21:41:15 Posted by Bob ()
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I was here as well, although it took me a loooong time to wrap my mind around what you are saying and why. On the one hand, the intent to titilate and entertain by the use of such "shock mail" is truely abhorant. On the other hand, if the intent is to get my attention, even if they are trying to "put my nose to the grindwheel", I cannot outright condemn it, although I could question it.
I have gotten the same treatment about items where I am in line with what the people who sent it are trying to support. Abortion opponents are notorious for some of the shocking images they will send out. I agree with them on the fact of how horrible abortion is, but I really don't like my nose being put into it. But I think that is the point. I am not supposed to like it. Many trials that God brings upon me for my own good are not things I really like. You point this out in your post following this one.
As for seeing the planes go into to the Trade Center, I feel that many will try to forget and totally put it out of their mind, so I don't think that is outright wrong. The movie "The Passion of Christ" was/is quite bothersome in similar ways, and yet I would not tell someone to not watch that movie because it was too extreme and blunt. Sometimes peole need to be reminded, or they will repeat the same mistakes again and again. Maybe making the mistakes is a partial answer to why bad things happen to good people. I certainly think that is sometimes the case. God reminds us if we fail to remind ourselves.
Sorry, but as to "What would Jesus Do?" I think the answer would be the same for many Americans. We are desensitised to the point where only the truely extreme messages even have a chance to get through. I think if he were in my house even, he might throw my television set out the window in much the same wasy as he overturned the tables of the moneychangers in front of the temple. Maybe I need to consider getting rid of the darn thing.
I do clearly see that the ends do not justify the means, but at what point "shock mail" truely crosses the line, I cannot say for sure. Christ was known to say things to the Pharisees and others that was downright offensive for his time. Vulgar, even! So he might not condemn this as much as you might think he would.
And that does not say that it is not good to oppose some of this crap. It most certainly is not good to just sit there an let it wash over you willy nilly! When I get similar stuff to justify terrorism, or any other extreme beliefs such as Militant Gay Rights, or Get us out of All Wars Right now, I have a hard time not being angry. I do consider whether or not that is righteous wrath, or evil rage, and because I am not certain, I qwell it. If it is indeed righteous wrath, I am quenching God's Spirit, so this is not something I do lightly. I do it fearfully at times, and this may a place where I am ruled by fear. The fear being that I might be angry for the wrong things at the wrong times.
You are a retired Police Officer. Having been on the job as long as you have, I can only assume that somewhere along the line you made peace with being the "Sword that the Ruler Weilds." What you did was essential, and not something that just anyone can do. Soldiers bear much the same burden, although they are much more likely to have to really weild that sword in their line of work. The support is needed for them as much as it is for the police.
You must think for yourself. In that you are correct. You must reject the messages that some of these people are trying to drill into you. Some of those messages, if not most of them, are downright supportive of all sorts of evils, both obvious and sublime. But it is enough to drive one mad sometimes, is it not?
Yuk! I am still at a loss at how to handle this completely, but I can't help feeling that just trying to ignore it all is really not the right answer. But maybe it is. And maybe it depends upon the person.
Yeah, I'll still be thinking about this for a while.
Many Blessings,
Mel
2006-10-04 01:14:34 Posted by Mel ()
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