Whatever you do, don’t leave the church 2
17th Sep 2009
Hello lovely people
There has been much conflict in the Anglican Church over the past few years about accepting gay clerics. I cannot understand why and how one’s sexual organs and how you choose to use them are of so much concern to the church. Surely the church is about faith and what happens in your heart and mind?
Anyway, a proposed solution is to settle for two styles of Anglicans – those who accept gay people and those who do not accept gay people. Then the church’s agenda does not need to be questioned. The point is that the number of bodies should keep growing, because for every person who gets disillusioned and leaves, there should at least be a replacement.
The Hindu faith also designed a compromise. In the Hindu faith there is no Christmas celebration, which meant no Christmas presents at a time when most other religions exchanged presents.
However, in 1985 a five-day festival named Pancha Ganapati was created by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami along with elders of various Hindu groups. During the festival of Pancha Ganapti Hindus create and decorate a shrine in the main living room of the home.
The focus of the shrine is a statue of Lord Ganesha. Each day the children of the home dress the statue in a different colour. This is a very recent appendage to the ancient Hindu faith, but why not?
Problem solved, and people can get and give presents like the rest of the world – and the retailers are rubbing their hands at the prospect of all the new customers.
Compromise is such a mighty tool that it can even change a person’s race. In Judaism a child’s race, and by default their faith, is determined by the mother’s race, and by default her faith.
When a Jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman, the woman can “become” Jewish by going through a programme of accepting the Jewish faith. Problem solved – and let’s not talk too much about the racial classification and rock the boat. What is important is that the man is retained, and the woman expands the faith by bearing children of the correct “race”.
Speaking of Judaism – I heard a lovely story the other day about compromise on an individual level. A Jewish merchant visited some old (Christian) friends and business colleagues on his rounds. He happened to arrive at a time where the family were ready to have their supper, and with typical hospitality they invited their guest to share.
But then the hostess started apologising because the meal included pork sausages and she wanted to be hospitable but did not want to offend her guest. The Jewish merchant solved the problem by laughingly saying “But Ruby, must you give it a name?” as he took his seat at the table. Good for him!
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Love and Light
Elsabe
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