Jesus loves you…
May. 26th, 2009 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
compilerbitchBut I don’t.
You see, I have my own moral compass. This is not an easy path, particularly if you really mean it.
Jesus would have forgiven you…
But I won’t.
Not for this. Not for selling out like that, not for forgetting the basic message of your own religion and giving in to the hatred of the people who would seek to control you.
But, what about Leviticus? What about Paul?
Well, what about them? Leviticus was an extreme homophobe with a bizarre dislike for seafood. Paul was a misogynist. I see no evidence that Jesus was any of those things. What, are you telling me that you don’t believe in Jesus? That you prefer the opinions of a couple of hangers-on (who, it should be said, never met the man Himself?)
Jesus would probably have forgiven you for that, too.
Oh right, it’s in the Good Book.
So who put it there? Was it Jesus?
No, it was the centuries of church leaders who sought to control you and your ancestors.
So why did you let them?
Oh, that’s right. They had a bit of a liking for burning people at the stake for disagreeing with them. Not being burned at the stake is a good plan, in my opinion.
But, this is 2009. No stakes around here. No public crucifixions.
You are allowed your own moral compass. No one is going to burn you at the stake for it. Jesus will still love you.
So, evolve yourself a spine. Do the right thing. Stop listening to the people who would control you through their hatred and your fear.
Do the right thing.
Then, I will forgive you.
You see, I have my own moral compass. This is not an easy path, particularly if you really mean it.
Jesus would have forgiven you…
But I won’t.
Not for this. Not for selling out like that, not for forgetting the basic message of your own religion and giving in to the hatred of the people who would seek to control you.
But, what about Leviticus? What about Paul?
Well, what about them? Leviticus was an extreme homophobe with a bizarre dislike for seafood. Paul was a misogynist. I see no evidence that Jesus was any of those things. What, are you telling me that you don’t believe in Jesus? That you prefer the opinions of a couple of hangers-on (who, it should be said, never met the man Himself?)
Jesus would probably have forgiven you for that, too.
Oh right, it’s in the Good Book.
So who put it there? Was it Jesus?
No, it was the centuries of church leaders who sought to control you and your ancestors.
So why did you let them?
Oh, that’s right. They had a bit of a liking for burning people at the stake for disagreeing with them. Not being burned at the stake is a good plan, in my opinion.
But, this is 2009. No stakes around here. No public crucifixions.
You are allowed your own moral compass. No one is going to burn you at the stake for it. Jesus will still love you.
So, evolve yourself a spine. Do the right thing. Stop listening to the people who would control you through their hatred and your fear.
Do the right thing.
Then, I will forgive you.