The most radical and forward thinking of Americas Founding Fathers was Tom Paine. He published his pamphlet COMMON SENSE on Valentines Day 1776 and said:
"Soon after I had published 'Common Sense' in America, I saw the
exceeding probability that a revolution in the system of government would be
followed by a revolution in the system of religion... The world is my country,
all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
America was founded by Dissidents, rebels and revolutionaries NOT neo-cons or
conservatives-and that also goes for Christianity.
Christians are suppose to understand that GOD IS LOVE, and in First Corinthians
13 we learn that:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps
no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with THE TRUTH!
It always protects, it always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love
never fails.
As Dorothy Day said "Love is not the starving of whole populations. Love
is not the bombardment of open cities. Love is not killing. Our manifesto is
the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers."
About 2,000 years ago, when Jesus was about 33, he hiked up a hill and sat down
under an olive tree and began to teach the people;
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of
heaven."
In other words: it is those who know their own spiritual poverty, their own limitations
and sins honestly and trust God loves them in spite of themselves who already
live in the Kingdom of God.
And there is only one sin-SELFISHNESS-putting ones self-first.
How comforted we will all be, when we see, we haven't got a clue, as to the
depth and breadth of pure love and mercy of The Divine Mystery of The Universe.
God's name in ancient Aramaic is Abba, which means Daddy, as much as Mommy and
He/She: The Lord has said, "My ways are not your ways. My thoughts are not
yours." -Isaiah 55:8
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The essence of meek is to be patient with ignorance, slow to anger and never
hold a grudge. In other words: how comforted you will be when you also know
humility; when you know yourself, the good and the bad, for both cut through
every human heart.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they will be filled."
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