Christians seem to me to be the sort of people who like to create an ‘us’ so they can make someone else a ‘them.’
Just so.
Not said by me, alas, nor by Mr Strange Land, but by my cousin-in-law, that is, my husband’s cousin’s husband. He is a quiet, thoughtful man, of great intellect and insight, who I have come to admire more and more as we have all grown older.
In one of those two degrees of separation moments that are so common in New Zealand (and Adelaide too, I might add), my husband’s cousin and I were friends before I left school and went to university, where I met my husband (to be), completely independently of my friendship with her.
Apologies for the somewhat slack blogging of late; aforesaid said cousin and cousin-in-law and their children have been staying, and we have spent the days and evenings in their company instead of in the e-world.
A friend refers to the limited degrees of seperation in Melbourne as “there are only 12 people!”
just so.
perhaps. but let’s remember that the origins of christianity made this a necessity.
widows and slaves were the other, and christianity gave them something to belong to.
However, at times Christians devote themselves to worthwhile activities that illuminate the human condition and tear us away from unwholesomeness.
I am, of course, referring to the illustration of the Book of Revelation entirely with Lego blocks. It’s a must see.
H/T: Personal Failure
It could also be called, contemporary Whakapapa.