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Friday, September 29, 2006

good and Devil

HAH! So you think I finish already. No way, hosay. Only half the story. The other half is the devil. When you ask a Christian where the devil comes from, he will tell you this story: how God made the angels, and Lucifer was the anointed one, most perfect and most beautiful. Then he - Lucifer, not God, so stupid - got too proud and wanted to be God also. So kena punish. Something like that. But, I tell you, I read the Bible backwards and forwards, inside and outside (look at cover, mah), still cannot find this story. This Ezekiel 28, actually for King of Tyre one. Never use the word devil, or satan or Lucifer at all. Christians will say, read between the lines. Aiyah, only paper between the lines. God want to say something, say to my face. Why must read between the lines?

And then, go back to story of Adam and Eve. Satan come and tempt Eve. You think never have God's permission? I think God send him, ok. You look, everywhere Satan appear, God knows already. Like in Job, God take bet with Satan, right? Conspiracy theory. Even Jesus says "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it." So God makes you sick to glorify himself. Ok-lah, joke.

I tell you, from what I read in the Bible, everything the Devil do, God already knows and accept. So, why like this? I tell you. Use equation:

Good (Innocent) = Baby
Good >> Evil = Hero

In this world, there are only two kinds of people we all love (and I think God loves also): the baby and the hero. That's why Jesus bless all the meek and weary and mournful and so on. They are like babies, suffering and innocent. But if you want to grow up, know good and evil, then you must become hero. Where got hero never overcome evil, I ask you? Anywhere you find story about hero, surely fight with the devil. Don't need Bible. Any story in the world you look see got hero, hundred percent fight devil.

This is what Jesus means-lah. You must fight devil. Kick ass. You become hero, you are salt and light. You tell people only Christians go to heaven, other people go to hell, this kind of salt give me also I don't want. You tell me Jesus die for me, this kind of light who wants to see? You fight devil, become hero, everybody wants to be like you. Long long ago, during Roman times, Christians die eaten by lions. Not scared. Heroes, right? Like this only can convert Roman emperor. You think Roman emperor converted by preaching, meh?

This Jesus, big time hero. Not only protect the poor and weak, even his enemies, he protect. Other people, if you harm them, they harm you back ten times more. Jesus accept and ask God to forgive you. My kind of hero. You want to be Christian, be kick ass hero. Don't go around condemning other people, or pretend like you poor sinner like every one else. You already saved, got God on your side. Go kick some ass. Become hero. Then you are light of the world and salt of the earth.

No need to be so complicated. You already know, in this life, you want to be hero. To become hero, you must overcome evil-lah. No other way. Don't complain why the world so bad, or why the devil come and tempt you, or why life so difficult. You don't like, be like baby. Be innocent and humble. God loves you anyway. No need to fight. You want to fight, fight the devil. Don't fight other people, they struggling just like you. Don't know why we need Jesus to come tell us this.

So, I think this Satan, ha, poor thing, you know. Get kicked so much by God and all his heroes. So, I think, this Satan, only follow God's plan, right? Not his fault. Without him, how you can become hero? So actually, the devil good, right?

11 Comments:

  • At 7:24 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Your choices with respect to doubt and belief.

    Your choices with respect to living out your doubt and belief.

    Rhetoric without a common ground for discussion is like a chicken floss bun without the bun - it is messy and pieces fly in random directions. I don't mind if you cite more passages in support of each paragraph. But it is too much effort to cite them for you...

     
  • At 11:45 pm, Blogger Trebuchet said…

    The pot may not be able to understand the mysteries of the potter, but we are required to seek his wisdom and share the mind of Christ. How can we? By the grace of God, of course.

     
  • At 2:32 am, Blogger brownpanda said…

    Thank you all for your comments and thoughts. Dear alchemist, you may be disappointed to learn that my primary source is my own reading of the bible. I've always been a figure-outer rather than a study-er. That's why I'm strong in physics and literature but hopeless in biology and languages. So, thank you for your links. I didn't know they exist, honestly. That's also why I think I'm being original when I may be unintentionally repeating what others have said.

    My main heroes in Christian exposition are C. S. Lewis and Philip Yancey. In partcular, Yancey's What's so amazing about grace, and The Jesus I never knew. Many of the other writers I find too complicated. Also, I found Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian most encouraging. He founded his faith on love but not on God nor Christianity. Just goes to prove Jesus was righ, haha.

    Also, my aim is to be provocative, not definitive. So, you may have noticed that some of my links are to great art rather than to supportive arguments.

    I welcome you all to my blog and hope you will continue to post your comments. They, whether positive or negative, are always encouraging.

     
  • At 12:16 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I don't suppose you'd be surprised to know that C S Lewis and Philip Yancey form one whole shelf in my bedside library. *grin*

    Yancey is pretty good at cutting back to the basics. I particular like the one titled "The Bible Jesus Read", which revolves around the fact that of course Jesus' Bible was the Old Testament alone. More info at this link.

    For a more secular view, but with some pretty startling insights from the Jewish perspective, you could try to obtain 'Asimov's Guide to the Bible'. Yes, that Asimov.

     
  • At 5:26 pm, Blogger brownpanda said…

    Actually, I am like completely surprised. I took you to be a more heavy stuff reader. I've got Asimov's guide too, which I think is very good indeed as a history book. I think he's an atheist, despite his Jewish background. But he's always a good common sense kinda guy.

     
  • At 5:31 pm, Blogger brownpanda said…

    Oh yes, I forgot to add. I also have the Dalai Lama's The Art of Happiness. He talks about the universe being somewhat like a child, happy. So, I got this theory that Jesus came to reconcile (and end) all religion (that's for a later blog). I agree with Bertrand Russells lament that religion is one of the greatest sources of tragedy in this world. The other amazing and important book for me is Michael Shermer's Science of Good and Bad. You should check it out if you haven't read it.

     
  • At 5:32 pm, Blogger brownpanda said…

    Science of Good and Evil, sorry.

     
  • At 10:32 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Me, a more heavy stuff reader? *grin* I read almost anything, from Marcus Aurelius to Warren Ellis.

    Michael Shermer would be the Skeptic God, except that he would then have to disbelieve himself out of existence - I read him at least once a month. He has his own website.

     
  • At 3:55 pm, Blogger brownpanda said…

    You mean skeptic.com, or you know of another? He's an infidel, y'know (I think infidel is more appropriate than apostate, don't you - as in someone who commits infidel-ity). I'm a little disappointed in him - I always thought the only point of denying God is to embrace libertinism (I mean free thinking, not you know what).

     
  • At 3:59 pm, Blogger brownpanda said…

    Dear petitmoi, you called me intellectual. I am so insulted. And this despite all my efforts...

    ...it took me this long to realise the putdown. Maybe there's still hope for me.

     
  • At 6:30 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    they say that what you don't know won't hurt you...

    but what you do know...allows you to rescue the innocent and the ignorant.

    thus we must advance from ignorance to knowledge, while still maintaining the faith. =)

    but of course, you already know that, you already are that, dearest daddy.

     

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