tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155801121299284106.post7149738817761063054..comments2023-09-28T06:54:16.192-04:00Comments on Mary Jeddore Blakney: Hiding Behind the Christmas TreeMary Jeddore Blakneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009388111980715114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155801121299284106.post-6140967138286685262012-12-19T10:23:40.282-05:002012-12-19T10:23:40.282-05:00I fell to my knees because I believe with all that...I fell to my knees because I believe with all that I am that God exists. I asked Him to care for those who were left behind after this tragedy, and love the souls of those who had been taken from us by a mad whackjob with a gun. <br /><br />I don't confuse religion with faith. People call me a Christian because I am a believer in Christ and an ordained minister. However, in depth, I am not, because Christ is a conglomeration of letters to make a sound to describe an idea of the Creator of All that Is.<br /><br />I am a devout believe in Him, The God, the One Who Created All that Is. He sat beside me as my son died and told me my little boy would grow up happy and healthy even after doctors asked me to sign organ donor cards. My son didn't stay dead and is now 22, happy and healthy and eating me out of house and home.<br /><br />In my time of need, God came to me. Religion didn't show up, God did.<br /><br />Like you, I am horrified, saddened, even sick, by the tragedy that struck our nation. It was another tragedy inside our country's borders in the 50+ years I have lived here. It has happened before and it will happen again. No law will stop it, no injunction hold it at bay, and no amount of protests can protect us. It tears at my heart to know it will happen again and even more that there is nothing we can do to stop it.<br /><br />Where good people are, the insane nutbag will find a way to hurt. When people live, innocent will die. It sucks but it is true. While it is my belief we should stop trying to find ways to kill each other, the ever inventive madman will find a way. <br /><br />That being said, it is my contention that there will never be anything we can do to stop the violence, rather we must find a way to lessen it's hurt and salve the pain after the fact, while still looking for ways to prevent it from happening as much as we can.<br /><br />Christmas is wonderful, I love it more than any holiday. Not only because of what it represents, but because my son was born on Christmas Day. Where we're differ, I believe, is I see Christmas for it's deeper meaning, not it's religious roots. Religion was created, and is corrupted by man. Faith in God is a gift from Him. To me, the real meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the giving of one's self to another, to sacrifice me for you.<br /><br />Like you, I wish none of the tragedies around the world happened. But time has just one direction. It'd be great if no one died today because someone bombed the shit out of a Mosque or Religionman, who wants more land because his religion says they deserve it, doesn't shoot his rocket propelled grenade at some school.<br /><br />But, as I pointed out, entropy flows just one direction. In that I can not change what has happened, I change what I can. I volunteered with other members from my church to go to El Tamarindo to help with clean up back in February because they needed help. I volunteer at least four times a year and demand my kids do the same, not because of my "religion" but because of my faith.<br /><br />My solution is as unfeasible as yours. I think religions should cease believing they know what God truly wants and how only they can give the secret solution to getting into heaven, and start preaching about how we as a civilization, can better help those in need, those less fortunate, those without the means to help themselves. <br /><br />Faith that people can make a change is, for me, a more feasible goal that getting any religion to change.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471031003463685677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155801121299284106.post-89124604635530957202012-12-19T00:04:22.059-05:002012-12-19T00:04:22.059-05:00So true, Louise. Any ideas on how to get more peop...So true, Louise. Any ideas on how to get more people to do that?Mary Jeddore Blakneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009388111980715114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155801121299284106.post-12013489868609229932012-12-18T23:27:12.657-05:002012-12-18T23:27:12.657-05:00The first step is to admit there is a problem.
Lou...The first step is to admit there is a problem.<br />Louise Sorensen<br />louise3anne twitterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com