I wish to add the initial clarifying point
that I do not hold any of these to be true. They are subtle misrepresentations of
what we as Catholics believe; notwithstanding that these are views sometimes
held by Catholics. Meditating on each of these points should lead you into an
understanding of why each one of them is erroneous. If any of them cause
confusion, scandal or upset – please let me know. J
By ‘Bad’ I mean maladjusted, wrong,
inexact, misplaced, misdirected and generally counter – Catholic. they are most
often found amongst Catholic ‘groupies’ – those who wouldn’t necessary consider
themselves a follower of Jesus (what’s his twitter address again?), but they do
‘like’ his pages from time to time.
If
Jesus could do it; we can do it!
Jesus raised people from the dead, so don’t
ask questions like “Have we got enough resources? Of course we’ve got enough
resources; go charge those guns.” If we haven’t got the food, we’ll multiply it
– if we need to cross water, we won’t walk – we’ll run. We’ll do even greater
things than Jesus did! He said so!
Say
what you are thinking
Jesus said stuff he needed to say even if
it drove people away! Say whatever you think God is telling you to say. Throw all the gays, prostitutes and porn
stars off a bridge! Its important that your thoughts are in line with your
actions: The biggest problem in the world today is that people aren’t starting
the fires they are talking about.
You
can never spend enough time on your knees.
You can never pray enough! Get on your
knees or spend eternity wishing you had. What is prayer? Don’t ask stupid
questions, just do it? Don’t ask DO What?
Just do it. Is God asking you to be face down in the chapel? Of course he
is. Leave the baby to scream for her food. It is okay, you’re praying.
Do
Bad people go to hell?
No. Maybe. Yes. I don’t know. Hell? okay.
Heaven – sort of. What? You can’t say bad people go to hell. That’s a
misunderstanding of the whole thing. Unless you’re not forgiving; or you talk
about God too much. Then you definitely go to hell. I remember Jesus didn’t
like Pharisees. But apart from them, it’s empty.
Stick
a Jesus Plaster on it!
You have cancer? Accept Jesus, you’ll be
happy. You’ve lost your faith? Accept Jesus, you’ll be happy. You find that
difficult? Well then you aren’t accepting Jesus! Accept Jesus, and your life
will be one long plastered on smile...
God
loves me because I’m special
Does God love you too? I don’t know. He’s
loves me, but I’m nice. You, I’m not so sure about. Are you nice? I think you’ll
need to prove that you’re nice to God before he’ll love you. Like, really love
you. I mean, he kind of loves you, because he made you. But really love you? No
idea. I know he loves me though. I’m nice.
I’ve suddenly realised that I could
probably go on for hours. Is it helpful? Let me know. If it is, I can blog about each of the attitudes, or simply do a whole bunch more, if it isn't - I'll stop...
