ONE OF MY PET PEEVE
IS THE USING
BY CLERGY
OF CHURCH SPEAK
THE USE OF WORDS
THAT THE LAYMAN RARELY KNOWS
MY LATEST PEEVE IS THE USE OF THE WORD
PERICOPE
WHICH MEANS
AN EXTRACT OR SELECTION FROM A BOOK
ESPECIALLY A READING FROM A SCRIPTURE
THAT FORMS PART OF A CHURCH SERVICE
LITERALLY
IT MEANS
A PIECE CUT OUT
THE SCRIPTURES
ARE GIVEN TO US AS GOD’S WORD
BUT A READING BY SOME
THAT GOD SAYS
HANDLE SNAKES
OR EARTHQUAKES ARE CAUSED
BY HOMOSEXUALITY
OR THE MANY CHURCHES
SAYING
THEY PREACH THE BIBLE
BUT THEY GO FROM SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION
TO THE COSMIC BIG BANG
FROM HATRED OF ANYTHING DIFFERENT
TO DOROTHY DAY
AND DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
IT ALL CAN’T BE TRUE
THE BIBLE IS FIRST OF ALL A BOOK
SUBJECT TO ALL THE SCRUTINY
OF ANCIENT TEXTS
IT IS GIVEN TO US AS THE WORD OF GOD
BUT DID GOD REALLY SAY
STEAL THE LAND OF ISRAEL
OR PRACTICE GENOCIDE ON ITS INHABITANTS
IF SO
IS HE NOT BEING A HYPOCRITE
WHEN HE CONDEMNS CAIN
AND FORBIDS KILLING
IN HIS COMMANDMENTS
COULD NOT THESE READINGS
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
BY THE VICTORS
TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS
IS MURDER
CONSISTENT
WITH A GOD OF LOVE
THE BIBLE MESSAGE TO ME
IS THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS
THAT YOU CANNOT LOVE GOD
WITHOUT LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR
SO ANY INTERPRETATION
OF THE SCRIPTURES
THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN LOVE
IS WRONG
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
CAN WE DO ANYTHING LESS
FRANK A VOLLMER
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