Okay, boys and girls, today I want to talk about sh*tholes!
When God made the world, there were no sh*tholes.
Then, God made people.
And people made sh*tholes.
We didn’t do it on purpose!
Sh*tholes are just what happens when we’re selfish.
We think we’re smarter than God.
When we elect dictators to rule over us…
…we get a sh*thole.
When we refuse to take responsibility for our behavior…
…sh*thole.
When we rage against Donald Trump for using the same language we’ve used to describe him…
…sh*thole.
When pastors preach about their own virtuousness…
…sh*thole.
When Haitians and Africans are esteemed on the basis of their nationality…
…sh*thole.
When congregations tolerate political rhetoric and virtue signaling in place of biblical truth…
…yeah. That’s right.
Boys and girls, we’re all sh*thole people.
Africans, Haitians, Russians, Americans, Scandinavians…
…all of us.
Does that make you angry?
I’m not surprised.
Sh*thole people get mad when they hear the truth.
Boys and girls, the Gospel is meant for sh*thole people.
Exclusively.
“…perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sh*tholes Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8 (Branyan paraphrase)
You’re not better than Donald Trump.
Haitians aren’t better than Donald Trump either.
We’re all in the same place, kiddos.
A sh*thole.
But we don’t have to STAY there.
Quit listening to the blustering self-righteousness of “Pastor” Watson.
Go find a real preacher.
God didn’t invent sh*tholes.
And He doesn’t expect you to live in one.
22 Responses
Amen Preach that and thank you!
“When God made the world, there were no sh*tholes.”
So when did they come from? If God is truly the author of all that exists, then logic dictates that God must also be the creator of “sh*tholes”.
And the good book agrees:
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7, KJV)
Correct. God created everything.
Nice job!
Atheists are good examples of the evil that God has created…
(That’s what Ron meant, right?) 😉
He’s right in that it’s logical to conclude that God created evil. Hopefully, he’ll spend a little time contemplating the implications of that conclusion.
Yep… I’ve considered it myself…
As a parent, I consider it every time I think about the four beautiful, terrible humans I’ve helped create… And I do what I can to help them choose more light-and-peace than “calamity.” (That’s the Hebrew word sometimes translated “evil.”)
Meanwhile, in another area of the interwebs, jim and diggety-dug are losing patience with me for AGREEING with their claims about basic morality.
Good times!
Ark is supposed to be reflecting on his own mortality. Stop distracting him. 🙂
Wonderful, and truly medicinal, writing. I find this counteracts the nausea sustained from exposure to snowflake meltdowns! 👏
(This is a refrigerator post.) 😊
Thank you, John.
This made me laugh out loud.
Well said sir!
Truth is brutal. Great post!
Your god made the world, did he?
If any God exists there can only be one. That is philosophically, theologically and rationally necessary. God is not like your psych meds that come in all different kinds.
I’m not interested in playing “which god” with you. It is a grade school argument raised by philosophical neophytes. Read some books and get some new thoughts.
Interesting.
I suppose a Muslim might offer the same argument.
Or even a Hindu.
Which comparable mythological book/s would you suggest? I am presuming you have actually read the bible and fully digested its contents?
Yes, educated Muslims WOULD make the same argument. (That makes them smarter than you.)
Read ANY of their books. You will be infinitely better off by doing so than when you’re looking for attention on Theist blogs.
He’s still playing “which god is the real god?”
His brain doesn’t work at higher levels.
I noticed.
And he can’t stick to the topic of the post to save his life…
I’m getting work done today. No time to feed his addiction. 🙂
Why would that make them smarter than me? I already stated that they would make the same argument. You need to read more carefully Amanda.
So how do you differentiate between their ”right” god and your claim to the same?
I have a Qu’ran on my bookshelf and have read some it.
What sort of attention do you think your father is after when he carpet bombs his favorite non-religious blogs with his incoherent drivel?
Sorry, I know next to nothing about your idiot President … other than he is an idiot.
But you seem to like him for some reason.
Are you able to help your daddy’s addiction in a similar fashion, Amanda?
“I suppose a Muslim might offer the same argument.
Or even a Hindu.”
LOL! Don’t forget atheists!
Sometimes, the shortest route to the truth is blunt and crude. While I can hear the murmurs coming, “John, that’s just not you!” or, “Do you think that kind of language is really beneficial?” I remember something the apostle Paul said,
“I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (I Corinthians 9:22)
When people are living in sh*tholes, you got to go there to share the truth.
Thanks, John, for going there, just don’t stay too long. I hear the stench tends to cling after awhile.
Can safely say that that’s the most original version of the Gospel I’ve ever heard. Bravo.