The World's Coalition of Frenemies
In today's Los Angeles Times was a piece by their in-house pundit Doyle McManus, titled "A Coalition of Frenemies." I didn't read it, but I can predict what he'd say. Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't mean to be presumptuous, not at all. But surely he'll talk about how the bestest of bestest diplomacy is required, one that tries reeeally hard to get conflicting interests to just jolly well get together to defeat the common enemy, that dratted Islamicism -- errrrrgh do we reeeally hate that Islamicist threat errrrrrrrgh...
Oh brother. What's new.
It's all just the latest idiocy from World blappers getting their cues from World megaphone holders many of whom are the most eloquent and erudite blappers in the most revered media and education institutions, and people like McManus just labor to try to sound the most boffo.
But nothing changes. People wage war with one another, often in large groups, often asking Caesar to join their skirmishes, and they always have, always will -- it will never change.
It is the World.
Oh, there are two ways it will change. One, for the individual when he discovers the breadth of his own reprobation and comes to Christ to find authentic freedom. And two, when Christ returns again to separate the wheat from the tares. The only way anyone can be wheat is to be covered by His blood and clothed with His righteousness. That's it.
Otherwise you're right there in with all the tares.
Thing is, a lot of those tares are dressed very nicely and authorized to spew piddle like McManus bilges into the mainstream, essentially arranged to keep people in that state of constant warfare however marble-encased the shit really is. The interactions among the ivory tower shit-flingers is not very different than that conversation between Sir Bedevere and the witch hunt slaverers in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
In fact, I use that scene as a pretext for a take on it all, my latest at the webzine, here. Would love for you to read it, see what you think, share with me your thoughts.
Would also like to invite you to consider the One Who Is Understanding.
Oh brother. What's new.
It's all just the latest idiocy from World blappers getting their cues from World megaphone holders many of whom are the most eloquent and erudite blappers in the most revered media and education institutions, and people like McManus just labor to try to sound the most boffo.
But nothing changes. People wage war with one another, often in large groups, often asking Caesar to join their skirmishes, and they always have, always will -- it will never change.
It is the World.
Oh, there are two ways it will change. One, for the individual when he discovers the breadth of his own reprobation and comes to Christ to find authentic freedom. And two, when Christ returns again to separate the wheat from the tares. The only way anyone can be wheat is to be covered by His blood and clothed with His righteousness. That's it.
Otherwise you're right there in with all the tares.
Thing is, a lot of those tares are dressed very nicely and authorized to spew piddle like McManus bilges into the mainstream, essentially arranged to keep people in that state of constant warfare however marble-encased the shit really is. The interactions among the ivory tower shit-flingers is not very different than that conversation between Sir Bedevere and the witch hunt slaverers in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
In fact, I use that scene as a pretext for a take on it all, my latest at the webzine, here. Would love for you to read it, see what you think, share with me your thoughts.
Would also like to invite you to consider the One Who Is Understanding.
Comments
Post a Comment