Greetings good citizen, we need not travel too far back in the mental time machine to arrive at an, er,'epoch' where Saturday was the equivalent of modern Friday.
Before the invention of timepieces [but after the creation of calendars, the church needed that 'day of collection' to happen regularly!] Saturday was the sixth workday instead of the first day of the weekend.
Ever wonder why the day of worship is universally set at a seven day interval? You'd think it had something to do with the high mugwump's desire to eat regularly but we don't have to travel too far back to arrive at a time when church attendance was MANDATORY. Those were days when all a holy men had to do is walk up to the prosperous and SUGGEST they had a need and bang, he got it! Which is to point out that 'buying the stairway to heaven' is as old as time itself.
We could add to that the observation that the separation of church and state is in fact a 'self-inflicted wound'...and a long time coming. [Yet there are those today who believe the lawlessness and disrespect so prevalent in modern society is due to our 'walking away' from...and let's be real here because these are the same people that bring you 'paranormal witness and other ghost stories on Fox Network as well as being the same people who would claim to speak for] 'God'..
Fox, ghost stories, aliens and Republicans...what a mix! Throw God into the pile and your batting a thousand.
But I digress..a tiny bit.
Past as prologue good citizen. What was has given way to what is...just as what is will yeild to what will be.
You know that little survival guide I hinted to you about...I'm going to share a slice of it here...because it's an important point. [preview]
A point that comes from the chapter titled 'The Superstitious Peasant'.
You may not be one but it's not hard for you to pin the tail on which one of your acquaintances will embrace their inner 'god fearing, holier than thou, surrender to God' Monkey.
God ain't too popular these days because when things turn to crap (like they have) it builds an airtight case against the 'all knowing/all loving [but man he's pissed! (because of YOU)'] Spirit in the Sky.
The superstitious peasant is still reading his/her Bible [just in case...A-hole doesn't really believe this horsecrap but s/he's fearful and hedging his or her bet. Inexplicably, they use the same mental calculus of, okay, I'm bad...but I not as bad as most and that's got to count for something come judgement day]
So when the pretense of civilization vanishes, GOD will come bounding out of the closet like he was there all along! Worse, his followers will be rabid with the idea that the collapse was all 'the unbeliever's fault!'.
Take that one to the bank, good citizen. The superstitous peasant is everywhere and still spouts 'the word' whenever something displeases them. {This has NOTHING to do with Spirit in the Sky although they think it does...and you can't argue with a sick mind.)
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If you're outnumbered, good citizen, dig down and dredge up your inner Jesus Freak...if it's one on one, hit the crazy SOB with the heaviest thing you can find the second they turn their back...although if you've been 'less than discrete' with flaunting what could be considered, er, 'graceless behavior', your sudden ephipany better be damn convincing...(especially if you're surrounded.)
The hope here is the others in the group 'going along to get along' will back you up...and Freaky will be forced to stand down from her urge to make an example of you...because Jesus is LOVE!
There, reader loyalty has brought you information you otherwise wouldn't have considered...and it entertained you as well...until it happens, then you're gonna have a holy cow moment.
And those of you familiar with my writing know I don't ordinarily pull those f-bombs but this bad boy isn't behind the 'firewall of make-believe decency.'
That said, thank you for letting me inside your head...I hope I left it in better condition than when I arrived!
Gegner
Before the invention of timepieces [but after the creation of calendars, the church needed that 'day of collection' to happen regularly!] Saturday was the sixth workday instead of the first day of the weekend.
Ever wonder why the day of worship is universally set at a seven day interval? You'd think it had something to do with the high mugwump's desire to eat regularly but we don't have to travel too far back to arrive at a time when church attendance was MANDATORY. Those were days when all a holy men had to do is walk up to the prosperous and SUGGEST they had a need and bang, he got it! Which is to point out that 'buying the stairway to heaven' is as old as time itself.
We could add to that the observation that the separation of church and state is in fact a 'self-inflicted wound'...and a long time coming. [Yet there are those today who believe the lawlessness and disrespect so prevalent in modern society is due to our 'walking away' from...and let's be real here because these are the same people that bring you 'paranormal witness and other ghost stories on Fox Network as well as being the same people who would claim to speak for] 'God'..
Fox, ghost stories, aliens and Republicans...what a mix! Throw God into the pile and your batting a thousand.
But I digress..a tiny bit.
Past as prologue good citizen. What was has given way to what is...just as what is will yeild to what will be.
You know that little survival guide I hinted to you about...I'm going to share a slice of it here...because it's an important point. [preview]
A point that comes from the chapter titled 'The Superstitious Peasant'.
You may not be one but it's not hard for you to pin the tail on which one of your acquaintances will embrace their inner 'god fearing, holier than thou, surrender to God' Monkey.
God ain't too popular these days because when things turn to crap (like they have) it builds an airtight case against the 'all knowing/all loving [but man he's pissed! (because of YOU)'] Spirit in the Sky.
The superstitious peasant is still reading his/her Bible [just in case...A-hole doesn't really believe this horsecrap but s/he's fearful and hedging his or her bet. Inexplicably, they use the same mental calculus of, okay, I'm bad...but I not as bad as most and that's got to count for something come judgement day]
So when the pretense of civilization vanishes, GOD will come bounding out of the closet like he was there all along! Worse, his followers will be rabid with the idea that the collapse was all 'the unbeliever's fault!'.
Take that one to the bank, good citizen. The superstitous peasant is everywhere and still spouts 'the word' whenever something displeases them. {This has NOTHING to do with Spirit in the Sky although they think it does...and you can't argue with a sick mind.)
[/end preview]
If you're outnumbered, good citizen, dig down and dredge up your inner Jesus Freak...if it's one on one, hit the crazy SOB with the heaviest thing you can find the second they turn their back...although if you've been 'less than discrete' with flaunting what could be considered, er, 'graceless behavior', your sudden ephipany better be damn convincing...(especially if you're surrounded.)
The hope here is the others in the group 'going along to get along' will back you up...and Freaky will be forced to stand down from her urge to make an example of you...because Jesus is LOVE!
There, reader loyalty has brought you information you otherwise wouldn't have considered...and it entertained you as well...until it happens, then you're gonna have a holy cow moment.
And those of you familiar with my writing know I don't ordinarily pull those f-bombs but this bad boy isn't behind the 'firewall of make-believe decency.'
That said, thank you for letting me inside your head...I hope I left it in better condition than when I arrived!
Gegner
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