venerdì 14 novembre 2025

It appears that I might be naturally stupid.

 


Robert has returned to blogging and he tells us three interesting things.

1) "Naturally stupid are all men who have not known God..." Wisdom 13:1-9

Well, I thought I knew God once, when I was young. I was subjected to a lot of crap by Catholic priests, nuns and brothers (Marist Brothers). I remember, in much younger years, chanting to myself, "I love Jesus and I hate the Devil." This is called indoctrination - the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically. Stupidity must pay off, because I was able to escape the clutches of the Catholic church. 

2) "In the Gospel Jesus talks off being ready." 

To 'talk off' means to persuade someone not to do something. Maybe Rob was just struggling with grammar when he wrote this? That begs the question, why didn't God correct him? Hey, it's not a good look for God.

3) Luke 17:26-37..."on that night two will be in one bed, one will be taken the other left".

What, in God's name, does that mean? Is that telling us that either a wife or a husband will die before their spouse? I would have thought that was pretty obvious. Maybe, as Peter suggested in a comment, God is talking about two gay men? Peter asked if God could be gay.



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I need to get some double bass practice done this morning. I can't really elaborate on that. I guess I'll just go and get the practice done.

Ciao tutti.

6 commenti:

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Yeah, pretty stupid.
I guess that makes me a moron especially as I never went about reciting little religious ditties.
I guess Robert still does, smart boy.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Hey!
Do you get a reward for running over stupid pedestrians in Wellington?
They wouldn’t last 5 minutes in Whangarei.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Welcome home! Great to have you back!

Rob ha detto...

Ditty: short simple song, hymn. Yip. I like ditties. I'll go and sing some now at 5.30 pm Mass.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Just watch out for those pedestrians*.



* Mind you, there'll be a lot those (thinkers) at Mass.

Anonimo ha detto...

Grammar is important. Especially when you're in Wellington.