Noticed my fans are dropping off. There are a lot less people viewing than there were. Perhaps I have just become too boring. Or perhaps when the viewing figures were high, that's when the NSA were looking, and now even they are finding me boring. Ah well, there's nothing I can do to make my life more exciting - it is what it is, as they say.
Went to the Senior Centre this morning where Fr Clark gave the second of his two talks on the History of the Bible. He is an excellent Bible scholar and has done a tremendous amount of research on the subject, but the Senior Centre is not the venue for his scholarship; it would go down well at Emmanuel, and I have suggested that. The congregation at Emmanuel accept that the Bible has evolved, as Biblical scholarship has evolved, but most fundamentalists down here in the Bible Belt believe every Word was dictated direct from God.
Dr Laura Schlesinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call into her radio show. She said, as an observant Jew, that homosexuality is an abomination according to Lev 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance....end of debate. The following response was an open letter to Dr Laura posted on the Internet. (and I am just extracting a few of the questions).
Dear Dr Laura
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I do need some advice from you, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.
1. Lev 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
2. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10) it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. Can you settle this. Are there 'degrees' of abomination?
3.I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age what do you think would be a fair price for her?
4. I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
5. Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
I think I have probably made my point.
A few days ago there was a major news item. I wonder if you got to hear it. Someone wanting to discredit the Governor of New Jersey, or one of his associates, ordered traffic cones to be put down on the Washington Bridge, connecting NJ with Manhattan. This resulted in one of the worst traffic jams EVER.
In this country apparently, someone can put traffic cones down on a highway for no apparent reason, and motorists just accept it. Some people were in that traffic jam for 6 hours.
I commented to someone that the gumption it took to jettison tea into Boston Harbour was sadly missing on the Washington Bridge. I think the motorists should have hurled the traffic cones over the bridge. There wouldn't be enough police in NJ to arrest and process hundreds and hundreds of motorists. What a story that would have been, it would have gone down in history, and traffic cones would still be bobbing along the Hudson River - or whatever river that is that flows under the Washington Bridge.
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