I had started a post dealing with theology. I decided to take a break and was browsing Christian books for my Kindle. I am, to say the least, SHOCKED at what I found. I decided to write this post instead as a means to get it off my chest and to do what I can to warn people about what they read.
Here are a few descriptions of books that I saw in the Christian section. One book speaks for Jesus who is now warning people that He is coming. It is written in the first person, that is Jesus is speaking directly. One sentence states “this is your LORD….I must come soon.” Unbelievably another book, and I kid you not, states “The book is written by Jesus using a human instrument.” It goes on to state that the books has paintings that Jesus created using that human instrument. I guess it’s a new bible since it is “inspired.” As to a new bible, someone really did create a new bible. He replaced all the names and places in the Scripture with American cities. For instance, Moses is in Alabama. Moving along in that bible, the governor of Illinois asks the nurse why she is keeping the boys alive. She replies that “Illinoisans aren’t like Alabamans.” I could not read any further. There were many more outrageous Christian books that I am not going to list as that is not theme of this post. read more…
A few years ago I participated in a bike race from Rosarita to Ensenada. I went with a friend , another bike rider. We took the charter bus from San Diego that dropped us off at the race starting point in Rosarita. While I planned on returning that same day to the United States, he was going to stay over in Mexico for a few days as he wanted to go and watch a bull fight. During the bus ride, he started telling me about the bull fight and how excited he was to be able to attend. He knew my feelings about animals and the last thing I wanted to hear was about the killing of an animal for sport. My contention was that there was absolutely no justification in taking an animal and stabbing it to death over a period of time simply to entertain people. I told him that it is animal cruelty and that is why it is banned in the United States. I asked him if he would like to see bull fighting in the United States. Astonishingly he said no as it would be cruel. I asked how it could be cruel in the United States and not in Mexico. He answered it was because it a different culture.
