Family scattered, but a nice day on the lake with chair, book, and camera; baked beans, burgers, and slaw waiting in the wings. No news and strictly limited social media is such a relief after the week's events.
Who knew that an all-incompassing, deep-seated, and burning anger lurked inside of so many? I was overwhelmed and unsettled by it. Organized religion against individual spirituality, conservative against liberal, bloggers gone mad, church leaders divided, close-mindedness and ignorance of the issues, uneducated opinions everywhere.
I cringed as I listened to one local church hierarchy on youtube. To both sides of gun control. To insane murder and the burning of black churches. To blaming the modern-day southerner for sins against humanity. To the degradation of Ramadan and the whole of Islam. To the lack of understanding of the meaning of "all men are created equal." To almost everything.
I cried as friends and strangers alike professed to be open and loving but turned on each other, hiding behind hateful articles and dreadful accusations written on posted signs. For God's sake, if one must be hurtful and belligerent, one should at least do so in his/her own words.
Science is science and brings to mind, "Be still and know that I am God."
Government is government. "Give unto Caesar...."
The organized church is a manmade institution with a bloody, despicable history.
I, myself, choose to live by the words of the New Testament written in the red ink. "...Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me,"
