Thing 002: "Fwd: Thinking of You"

[omteddy2006]

I received an e-mail from my mother-in-law this morning. It was a forwarded e-mail sent from her iphone with the subject line "Thinking of you." It began with a biblical quote and the salutation "Dear Woman of God" and ended with the instructions, 

Now you're on the clock Tell nine sisters you love them, including me. Get going girl!  Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet.

MIL had forwarded it to nine people as instructed. I was the ninth on the list.



Yes. Yes, I can see how you were thinking of me (and in what order).



Delete.


Please comment if you feel the same as me on these things. I think I've made myself perfectly clear in the space between the lines. Note the amount of space between the lines. :P

Comments

[thymelady.livejournal.com]

American Christianity has gotten completely out of whack.

The sad truth is that it put the US, all of the US, in a very bad light. That's bad in itself, USA is so big and diverse. But things like this is what the news says about the US here, all the time. The extent does still baffle me, though. Preaching is one thing, having the audacity to say 'God wants you to...' in a situation like this makes me very uneasy. :-/ I'm sad to say that a person like that would scare an ordinary Scandinavian. Not that our secular ways are the best: we know far too little about religion in general, which makes us do unforgivable blunders on a daily basis all over the world. Still... gaaah, it makes my skin crawl. And I shouldn't judge anymore than they do. *shakes head* I'm worried.

[omteddy2006.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to say that a person like that would scare an ordinary Scandinavian.

I must be an ordinary Scandinavian then! That's actually a relief as there are plenty of times when I do not feel like I fit in over here.

It has gotten worse since I started home educating my son. The homeschool community attracts A LOT of religious-types and I am definitely in the minority there. It's hard, but I presevere as a "maybe, maybe not" spiritualist who just wants everyone to get along. I may be going to Hell, but I'll try NOT to take anyone with me (unlike the vocal, placard-carrying ones who are happy to send people that way...)

[thymelady.livejournal.com]

X-D Come to the north, we have cookies!

Your reasoning raises so many thoughts. Heh, they can't all be put down. But what is sin, what is Hell, what is religion. So many people here say 'I believe in something, a benevolent force of some kind'. Loads of people, myself included, feel this force in nature. That doesn't make us Wicca or heathen in any way. (Our drinking makes us heathen.) Love, says the New Testament, is the answer.

No matter what religion, I will always react with mistrust when anyone takes it upon themselves to judge others 'according to God's word'. To me that is quite blasphemous, to be honest. o_O