Wednesday, December 25, 2013

EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT...





EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT...

Ah, 'tis the season..

when the Broken Clock of COGdom actually gives us the correct time.

Yes, Viriginia, Christmas is indeed a holiday arising from ancient pagan (non-Christian) practices, Saturnalia and a whole sleigh-full of other traditions and symbols, and has very little if anything to do with Jesus being born in the Middle East 2000 years ago.

So all of the anti-Christmas articles up on RCG, UCG, PCG and all of the other WCG shrapnel groups are basically right as far as that goes!

But not to worry, Christmas will soon be over, and theological mishmash will again be the order of the day! :-)

And who cares, it's still a fun holiday for all, and yes even for absolute atheists :-)

Merry Christmas, Merry Xmas, Happy Holidays, and everything else!

A Banned Reader

Christmas 2013




For 13 years now I have been decorating a large church for Christmas services 
with over 3,500 people attending. 
 I remember the first  time I ever attended a Christmas service after leaving the cult.  
It was sensory overload.  It was visually and audibly stunning.  
Glorious music, choirs, magnificent grand processions, 
Rabbi's reading Hebrew scripture, the Gospel stories, and so much more.

That strange, unexplainable event that occurred over 2,013 years is filled with mystery, awe and wonder.  What ever may have happened in that cave centuries ago has had an impact thousands of years latter that cannot be ignored.  I revel in the mystery of an event that cannot be rationally explained.  I don't want or need pat answers like the Church of God has for everything.  The unexplainable cannot be explained  no matter how many COG leaders claim to have all the answers.  

May the unexplainable mysteries continue to disturb and attract you 
to something bigger than our wildest imaginations could ever imagine!