It's Brother Larry I'm starting to worry about. Germans and Irishes probably can't do much about their respective (but different) conditions. Some people have such a strong delusion about the world or their function within it that you'd think there was extra retarding force operating. As always I look for the Christian perspective and here it was easy to find. Isaiah was the first Biblical text I read all the way through (I was about 7 or 8) and I took notes. As a result I've always found it easy to remember God's comments on abomination, many of which dear to German and Irish hearts were covered.
ISAIAH 66
1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
It's easy to say, "Oh it's not their fault –
they can't help it," but God is clear here. They chose their own ways and find abominations delightful. That is a choice. It would be possible to advance out of the quagmire by acknowledging God's voice and trembling at His word. Surely, given the benefits of Eternal Life and of sins forgiven, it's a no-brainer?
UNLESS – and it's a big unless – a retarding force had been applied.
How long does anyone remain in a room once drunken Germans turn up? Long enough to hear anything they have to say? No. And the Irish when pickled to the gills are even less intelligible! Hence my concern.
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Originally Posted by BrotherLarry
…she talks about those bitch penguins
…smacked her hands with a ruler
…thinks her rosary keeps evil spirits away
…never leaves without it
…keep calling up to me
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That level of familiarity with conversation topics from either group suggests a considerable time in their company. It's as though an opinion is taking root that maybe they
can help it. That would be an opinion that contradicts God and almost certainly a cross-contamination of popish ideation, if it were true, which I hope it is not, but let's face it who would voluntarily endure such babble to such an extent? Not only to decipher the words themselves but actual content? I know I couldn't. I'm going to make a prayer request for delusions not to migrate across the language barrier in this case.