01. Don't buy into the mental mayhem, propaganda, and all the attempts to protect good old-fashioned greed. Yes, greed is old-fashioned, and yet there is nothing good about it. Oh, the captains of industry will assure you differently, that "Greed is Good" because it creates much wealth, many jobs, and expands technology and opportunities in abundance all about the globe. Religion will tell you differently, that greed is indeed good, because it gives people hope, so send in those dollars.
But the fact is, because of money, people will sell you a lie. More insidiously, they will FEED you a lie. And that lie tastes GOOD, the perfect complement to breakfast, or with a side of applesauce.
It is reported in the news that American pig farmers don't want to report the outbreak of Swine Flu in their herds, and why? Because some idiotic dolt in a high place might decree that the poor suffering pigs should be "put down." Just think about it. Killing all them good, tasty pigs. Someone decrees these sick pigs should be killed...
...and burned.
02. It is not simply just a matter of eating a big hunk'o flu virus, and BLAMMO, you have the flu. No, it has a lot more to do with your responsibility as a human being, your role as a steward of this planet, and the fact that your body really is a Temple of God, a Temple of the Holy Spirit (whether you like it or not, and whether you choose to keep that temple holy or not, and regardless of your belief or unbelief). You are a highly functional piece of equipment, much more complex than a Ferrari sportscar or the most highly developed computer system, and it matters, very much, what materials you utilize to main your cellular production, the building blocks of your temple. You truly are what you eat.
The people who mimimalize the priceless worth of their own physical bodies, are the very same that minimalize the whole concept of "global warming," trivializing both as sophomoric red herrings and wildest of geese chases. It doesn't matter what you eat, and we can do whatever we like to the planet regardless of the consequences. In truth, they believe (and call it truth) that there are no consequences.
They ain't undah de law, the law of logic, or goodness, or clear thinking, personal accountability and responsibility.
03. If your body really was the Temple of the Holy Spirit, would you really lead a pig into that temple, and kill it, and offer it before God? Would you call out to God: "Lord! Bless this offering!"
Or does the thought of doing that horrify you?
If God told you that something was an abomination to Him, would you laugh, and patiently inform that if you cook it well, that it is NOT an abomination to Him? Is that what you would tell Him?
Would you patiently teach God that the worms inherent in pork are good, that they are full of vitamins, antioxidants? Could you remain patient with such a One when He stubbornly informed you in return that He does not change?
Could you love a God like that, that sticks to His guns, won't take back His Words, when you KNOW that your tradition is good, that you know more than what the Bible teaches plainly, that we as Christians know better than the Bible writers, that we can do anything we want because we are "under Grace," and not "under the law?"
All Articles © 2009 Douglas Christian Larsen
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