Apologies to Jesus

Sorry. I realized that that last thought in the last post was kind of snarky. I certainly don't think Jesus IS a dick. I was just surprised in the Book of Matthew about some of the things He says and does. He gets pissed off at a fig tree just because He's hungry and it doesn't have any figs, for goodness' sake! But He has this reputation for being all smiles and sunshine and groups of multi-ethnic children singing Kumbaya. In fact, one of the reasons I'm reading the New Testament is because at St. Mary's the Easter sermon was on how Jesus was all about "hey, all of this Mosaic law is unnecessary because there should be NO BARRIERS between you and God!" That message really resonated because that is exactly what we're trying to do in Luna's Wheel, a point that hit home for me even harder because of recent events in Dani's life.

So I decided to read the New Testament, and specifically the four Gospels, because I wanted to hear exactly what Jesus has to say on this subject. So far, I'm disappointed. He doesn't seem to so much sweep away Mosaic law as extend it. He says, "you all know that adultry is wrong, but I'm telling you that just thinking lustful thoughts about someone is just as bad and you mght as well gouge your eye out!" I'm sorry, Jesus, but that's just not helpful. He also talks about leaving your family and job and friends and trusting in the Lord to provide for you, lilies of the field style. But that seems really irresponsible to me. And He says you should obey the Commandments and honor thy father and mother, but then He denies His own family when they say they need Him, saying that His disciples are His new family. Then there's His total lack of patience with the disciples, who are the most useless bunch of losers, I know, but you'd think He could be a little nicer to them. He is Jesus, after all. Anyway, it's just weird, and muddy and confusing and unhelpful and not at all the Jesus I thought I knew. If any Christians can clarify this for me, that'd be cool. Or maybe we get to see the softer side of Him in other Books, I dunno. Anyway, I'll keep reading in the hopes that I'll get some answers. Also, sorry about what said in the last post, Jesus.

Coming up: some things I DO believe!

First post

So I was thinking tonight about how I often become obsessed with a given topic and then for minutes, or hours or days I have a running monologue in my head about said topic. Basically, my opinions and arguments about said topic. It's often political, and poor Erik often has to hear most of it, usually right before bed when all he wants to do is cuddle a bit and then get some sleep. But then I keep him up until all hours of the night, just spewing out my bottled up diatribe all over the place. But then I thought, "Hey! That's what the internet is for!" So here I am, and hopefully Erik's going to start getting more sleep.

Of course, I come home and start this blog and then I'm confronted with a blank page and I totally freeze. I need to remind myself that NO ONE is going to read this, and that it's just a forum for spilling the crazy. (That phrase was coined by either Drea or Ursula, and I am eternally grateful, and either of them can have it back if they decide they want to start a blog.)

Also, when I thought about starting to do this, I was full of hate and I had a whole spiel ready to go all about Gay marriage, I think. But then I saw a couple of movies and ate some ice cream, so now the crazy has pretty much leaked out. Don't worry, I'm sure y'all will get to hear my Gay marriage speech at some point. For now, movie reviews!

Date Night: I liked it. I'm a pretty big Tiny Fey fan and a Steve Carell fan so that's not entirely unexpected. I was a little worried about whether they would have chemistry or if it would just be this awkward Liz-Lemon-is-married-to-Michael-Scott thing, but they are good together. It did seem kind of like three different movies were stitched together like Frankenstein's monster: a romantic comedy, an action flick (seriously, one of the most interesting car chases I've seen in a while) and a raunchy-Apatow-esque comedy. But they were all three GOOD movies, so I'm ok with that.

How to Train Your Dragon: it was awesome. Go see it, preferably in 3D on a ginormous screen.

OK, that's probably enough crazy-spilling for now. I will leave you with one parting thought: I've been reading the Book of Matthew, and honestly Jesus comes off as kind of a dick. I was a little surprised! I'll have to see what the other Gospels hold...

Night!