John 3:16-27 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Begotten? I thought that this god was three entities who have always been there, wherever 'there' is. I looked for a definition of 'begotten'.
Begotten: To generate or produce offspring through procreation. Begotten is the past participle of the verb 'beget', which means to generate or produce offspring through procreation. It refers to something that has been brought into existence by a parent.
There is no mention of a Mrs. God anywhere that I can find. I hope that God the Father didn't bonk that bird! Actually, that's unlikely because, as I understand it, the three entities have been around forever. All three of them.
The story goes that God the Father got a lady called Mary pregnant without actually performing the routine that usually happens. It is called an immaculate conception - well, they do say that this god CAN do anything. Suddenly, after this god has been around for eternity, one part of 'him' becomes 'the son'. Suddenly 1/3 of 'him' is a dad. Okay, one could argue that the son was brought into existence by his parent Mary. But God the Son was evidently around for an eternity before this happened.
Sounds like a story of convenience to me. If you don't believe this weird story, you're in trouble. I'd like to talk to this John guy.
If this was TC's blog, there would now be a discussion between him and John.
The Curmudgeon: Hi John. I hope you don't mind me calling you John. I don't know your surname. Call me TC.
John: No, that's fine, TC. How can I help you?
The Curmudgeon: Well, the question is, when did God the Son become God the Son? Was it when God the Father plonked him in Mary's tummy?
John: You are too tangled up with terminology. It's the end result of the story that matters. Those who choose not to believe are going to Hell for eternity.
The Curmudgeon: But you can't just make up a story to support that!
John: Well, I got chosen to write in the Bible. I've searched the book and haven't come across your name as a co-author.
The Curmudgeon: Parli merda! I learnt that from another blogger around here.
John: I'm guessing that's Italian. Us bible guys used different languages.
The Curmudgeon: Perhaps a lot was lost in translation?
John: I wasn't in on that part. I just wrote what God told me to write.
The Curmudgeon: How did he tell you?
John: God works in mysterious ways.
The Curmudgeon: Okay, okay, I don't need this shit so early in the morning. This is not even my blog! I'm going back to sleep. Let Richard write his own bloody blog!
John: Okay. Nice to chat.
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That's it for this morning.
Ciao tutti.
14 commenti:
Ha ha, you got me.
I read right through to the end looking for "something interesting for a Wednesday morning".
This would have worked better 29 days ago though.
Did that conversation really happen, Geon?
Rick Tim Bagno
No comment from Robert yet.
I'm sure he probably agrees, deep down, with what you have said.
Rick Tim Bagno
Hey, The Wine Guy, who has kicked TC out of the office? I hope it's not his Agony Aunt.
I enjoyed this post. Good to see TC involved. 🤣😂🤣😂
Phillip Edward Nis
Ha The The ha! The The Well put The The Phillip!
The The The Guy
Yes, I thought that Robert might have enjoyed this post.
Good to see TC in action. Post sharing!
Bin Hire
We have a power outage. Probably no post this morning.
Ummm yerrr that's kind of alright. To be honest I don't understand how the begotten part works either. But I'm not so presumptuous as to say that it isn't true. I can't even get my mind around how eternity works for a start.
WAITING FOR DAWN.
I was going to sleep in a bit this morning but Shelley woke me just after 5 to tell me that the power was off. I lit two candles and found a flashlight. The 'torch' on my phone is really handy too. Dawn is slowly approaching now. We're in for some rough weather today. Big winds and heavy rain. Sounds like a good day for violin practice. Robert tells me he's back practising Paganini. I won't be joining him because I already have a very busy practice schedule. Morning is arriving slowly.
Ciao tutti.
Just listening to Fr Roach's reading of St Faustina's diary. In it she has a vision of the beauty of God , but the message is that we will never understand God. We can only ever get to know God by His attributes. The greatest of which is His mercy!
His mercy? Remember the great flood? Evidently Hell is overflowing. Mercy?
That sounds like something said about Trump by one of his sycophantic enablers.
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