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Name: eric
Birthday: 10/5/1968
Gender: Male
Interests: God, krys, my kids, Mosaic Alliance, cooking, coffe, passion, technology, cloudy skies, sunsets, the stars, candy canes, Christmas, Asian Decor, candel light, reading, music, swimming, paintball, art, redemption, people different from me, Sociology, Anthropology, Risk, Mystery, dense fog, the ocean, the Bible, and Jewish mysticism.
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Member Since:
6/26/2005
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| I have not posted here in ages, or much of anywhere else for that matter. I have been living in beautiful San Diego for about a year and a half now. I still love God, but am no longer attempting to plant a Mosaic. SCMosaic did some amazing things and I will always be grateful to God for that time.
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| DIRTY CHRISTIANITY PART III
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I love looking at all of the nativity scenes that are set up during the holiday season. They are beautiful. There is something magical and mystical that always draws me to them.
However, the truth is no one really knows what it looked like. But this much I know, giving birth is a gut wrenching and dirty experience. Even in the most sterile of environments it's dirty.
Our Great High Priest entered this world covered in blood.
I am currently re-reading the Torah. There is so much that I don't understand. When a priest is consecrated why do they cover his right ear lobe, thumb and big toe in blood?
What I did take away from my reading is that being a priest is a dirty business. Every day there is sacrifice. At the end of the day you went home a bloody mess. You were tired cause you couldn't sit down. There were fires that could never go out. That meant day and night someone was chopping and gathering wood to feed the insatiable fires.
We are all called to be priest of God. I don't see the image of priest as someone who sits in an Ivory Tower. It's someone who is willing to get dirty. | | |
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There is this type of christianity out there and it needs to be banned. It's in the same category as porn, it's poison to the soul.
The school district in my town wanted to extend benefits to same sex couples and unmarried heterosexuals living together.
A bunch of pastors wanted to get together and show up in force to protest this proposal. I got a call from a pastor and was urged to attend.
I declined.
Looking back, I am still shocked by all of the hate that was coming from the "Christian Community."
I think it was a great proposal and I'm glad to see that it passed.
When I think of benefits, I think HEALTHCARE. I think everyone should have healthcare.
If someone is sick they should get help regardless of their morality. That is just basic human compassion. I don't imagine all of the Gospel/Rescue Missions and Soup Kitchens in the heart of our urban areas turning hungry people away based on their morality.
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