Why do the heathen rage?
"Why do the heathen rage , and the people imagine a vain thing?" -Psalm 2:1 (KJV)
Why are so many people angry? You can tell me it has something to do with politics, religion, or the vanishing of some idealized reality that never really existed in the first place, but that's a bunch of malarkey (and you know it!). Frankly, I'm tired of hearing and reading about people who constantly have some ax to grind, some banner to wave, some freedom being taken away. The last time I looked these same people aren't any less comfortable today than they were yesterday or the day before. I can't understand it.
It seems to me like no one has a positive opinion about anything anymore; nobody is "for" anything--we're all "against" something. What happened? When did we allow our political affiliation or opinion determine our worth? When did opposing views begin to lead to radical, even violent, actions towards each other? It's more than troubling.
While I'm at it, when did we stop caring about other people? Seriously, when did everything become about "me" and "people like me?" When did we decide that talking heads on the television set made our decisions for us? When did we decide that it was OK for opinions to become toxic?
Nevermind those who call themselves people of faith. Honestly, I can't hold the actions of those who hold no claim to Judeo-Christian beliefs against them, but when so many people stand up and claim to be bearers of the name of Christ, just to spew hate-filled speech at ANY other human being...well it unnerves me. Honestly, how can any person of faith complain about something that helps any other human being?
Maybe I'm raging a bit with this post (I am a bit rusty after all). Oh well. I do hope that the tide begins to change, that the diarrhetic flow of hateful rhetoric finds its way to whatever poisonous sea it is searching, so the people of this world may get on with doing good for one another.
CPT
Why are so many people angry? You can tell me it has something to do with politics, religion, or the vanishing of some idealized reality that never really existed in the first place, but that's a bunch of malarkey (and you know it!). Frankly, I'm tired of hearing and reading about people who constantly have some ax to grind, some banner to wave, some freedom being taken away. The last time I looked these same people aren't any less comfortable today than they were yesterday or the day before. I can't understand it.
It seems to me like no one has a positive opinion about anything anymore; nobody is "for" anything--we're all "against" something. What happened? When did we allow our political affiliation or opinion determine our worth? When did opposing views begin to lead to radical, even violent, actions towards each other? It's more than troubling.
While I'm at it, when did we stop caring about other people? Seriously, when did everything become about "me" and "people like me?" When did we decide that talking heads on the television set made our decisions for us? When did we decide that it was OK for opinions to become toxic?
Nevermind those who call themselves people of faith. Honestly, I can't hold the actions of those who hold no claim to Judeo-Christian beliefs against them, but when so many people stand up and claim to be bearers of the name of Christ, just to spew hate-filled speech at ANY other human being...well it unnerves me. Honestly, how can any person of faith complain about something that helps any other human being?
Maybe I'm raging a bit with this post (I am a bit rusty after all). Oh well. I do hope that the tide begins to change, that the diarrhetic flow of hateful rhetoric finds its way to whatever poisonous sea it is searching, so the people of this world may get on with doing good for one another.
CPT
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