Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Daniel #013: Next you state that, ―The point is that some sex is not sacred‖ … Well,
personally, I don‘t think that any sex is sacred. Yes, for the very few who can actually focus
their attentions & their intentions fully & lovingly on their partner while having intercourse, a
sacred form of Lovemaking might very well be possible, and yet this is such a rare capability that
it would indeed probably be better for folks to abstain from sex completely – a contention with
which Jesus himself happens to fully agree … Consider:
―For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have
been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the
sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let everyone accept this who can.‖
~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 19:12)
Daniel #014: You then bring us even further from the point at hand by asking, ―,But
who is your advocate?‖ … Well my dear Friend, for starters, Jesus Christ is my Advocate!
Yes, Mahatma Gandhi – and Martin Luther King Jr. – and Peace Pilgrim – and
Krishnamurti – and Buddha – and Kahlil Gibran – and St. Francis of Assisi – and Rabindranath
Tagore are all advocates of the same Life I have chosen to live, and yet Jesus is far and away my
personal favorite. I have been literally following the Way he proscribed in the Gospels for
eleven years now, and its brilliance hasn‘t failed me yet!
Lucy: Jesus is in a league of his own. He was unlike any of these other men you
mention … It is so sad that you don't know who he really is, Scaughdt! You may be trying to
live as he did, but you don‘t know him!
Scaughdt: I fully agree with the first part of your claim, Lucy (It‘s probably best for us to
simply ignore the errant arrogance of the latter half of this particular comment from you – don‘t you think? I mean,
where do you get off telling anyone else that they don‘t know the ―real‖ God or the ―true‖ Jesus?!?!) … Indeed, St.
Francis & Peace Pilgrim remained true to
The Way for longer stretches of time than
any of the others mentioned here, and yet no
one walked it as extremely or as purely as
Jesus did in the Gospels … Now if we all
(including you & yours) would just go forth
and do the same – if we would all just have
the courage to listen to what he said in the
Gospels (about Love – about our enemies –
about generosity & selfless service – even about
himself), things would be so incredible! As it
stands, unfortunately ... not so much.
And yet humanity is getting there
nonetheless, and I have faith that we will
make it yet!
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