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    Pure Words

    The reading I chose today (using a random method to select from the six readings for tuesday is
    Pss 11;12

    for behold, the wicked bend the bow;

    they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart

    As for most psalms these psalms make hardly any sense on the surface. They seem to be about wanting God to do very bad things to bad people and good things to good people with a little bit of frustration that God is letting all the badness go on for a little bit long. I can relate to that. You don’t have to look too far to get upset about injustice in the world or find people you disagree with. It does seem that God is standing idly by letting it all go wrong. To me it seems a bit extreme that their tongues are to be cut out which would tend to turn off most modern readers I think. Some might like to update the text to things like ‘O LORD when will you cause this guy to be publically humiliated on TV and shown for the fool he/she is’.

    The words of the LORD are pure words,

    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

    Well I think we’re talking about quality metal here and I’m also thinking about those watered steel japanese samuri’s. But what are the words of the Lord? Are we talking about the bible or the idea of truth itself? I’d tend towards thinking that there is a truth that we associate with God which we think is pure and holds the keys to justice and attaining peace or the end of ‘vileness exalted among the children of man’.

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    Posted: January 4th, 2005 under Bible Bashing.
    Comments: 2

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    Time: 15/3/2005, 8:52 am

    [...] ow where this call would lead them. But they went like moths to a flame, attracted by the pure words of God, the embodiment of truth that was Jesus. Hope, peace, forgiveness, fairn [...]

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    Time: 14/1/2008, 10:08 pm

    [...] I started writing this blog in January 2005, probably as a new years resolution. I remember at the time, I wanted to get really serious about my religion, start reading the bible daily, saying morning and evening prayer and also letting the world know about something exciting that I had found: a way of expressing Christianity in social justice, compassion for others and peaceful meditation. I thought that people ‘out there’, especially the left wing blogging community might be interested to hear an alternative to the usual right wing bigotry that seems to be associated with Christianity (I was wrong about that: a great many non-Christian bloggers prefer Christians to be complete arse-holes as it makes them an easy target) [...]

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