Questions For God

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them, they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”  They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him.  Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”  And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground.  When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.  Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”  She said, “No one, sir.”  And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.  Go your way, and from now...

. . . do you really mean it when you advise your congregation to read their bible for themselves? Do Christian leaders not know that one of the pitfalls that follows from Christians reading their bibles is that this activity can lead the Christian down the path of discovering the many problems and contradictions found within the bible, which may lead the Christian to ask their pastor for help in "understanding" (harmonizing / minimizing) these problems?   Do Christian leaders not realize that reading the bible  (in depth)  and allowing the bible to speak for it's self , can lead to irreparable damage to a Christians faith in the bible, and faith in the Jesus / God of the bible?  Reading the bible, and questioning what it says and why it says what it says, has lead many a dedicated believer to abandon their faith.  And besides - if reading the bible didn't help these believers in their "Christian walk", then what evidence can you offer that it really does...

Years ago I listened to a short, entertaining story on one of my favorite radio shows - This American Life .   Before you continue reading, please take 4 1/2 minutes and watch the video. ~    ~    ~ My Experience : A few months back (April 2022), after I had scheduled to get my 2nd Covid booster shot, I remembered an experience that I had been wanting to tell my girlfriend for some weeks.  Here is the experience as I remembered it :    I went to CVS back in November of 2021 to get my 1st Covid booster shot.  The lady behind the pharmacy counter asked for my Covid shot record so she could enter my booster information on it.  I pulled out my wallet and handed my card to her.  I then went over to the man behind the partition, rolled up my sleeve, got the jab, then went back to the counter and waited.  The lady returned and handed me my Covid shot record - and as she did she informed me that, due to my card having been lamin...