I wanted to use this vehicle (thedoctorsinn) to vent about a parking ticket, and hopefully, do something clever with the “whole thang” – like juxtaposing God with a parking ticket – but I couldn’t pull-it-off tonight…being 2 bottles of wine into the whole scheme of things; having visited Meat Master Carlos; watched the Dodgers and Lakers win; listened to a little PERFECT CIRCLE; and, now sitting with MIKE OLDFIELD’S “Ommadawn” – I decided to get back to the God Thang…
So…WE are all God, either putting Ourself back together, or, enjoying the journey back and forth to what it is we wish to be. I think the American Indians came close to what it’s all about with their conception of the Great Spirit. The Australian Aborigines seemed to know something about something as well! Heck! Even the Buddha seemed to make a-whole-lot-of-sense with the whole Enlightenment thang (but if he truly became as fat as he is depicted – I have to maintain reservations about that fellow).
By now it should be obvious to any sentient being that Jesus was an extraordinary political opportunist. I don’t know if he came from Qumran or not – but I am pretty sure that he hated the Romans and the Roman occupation of Judea. One has to wonder why the Romans leveled Qumran after the Christian riots in Rome?!
If I calculate correctly – Christianity has had an approximately 2000-yea-run; I believe the Greek Gods (and later Roman renditions) had about a 3,500-year-run; the Egyptian panoply must have had at least that; and, Jesus’ Daddy – well, Jesus’ Daddy may be 6000-years-in-the-running. And it’s Jesus Daddy that I am most concerned about in this here essay that’s entitled “The God Thang: Part 2”…
If I have my thinking cap on straight – it’s Jesus’ Daddy who is Jehovah, or, Yahweh – or whatever. And this is the God who did the whole “eye for an eye” and “tooth for a tooth” thang: when the Jews were claiming themselves as the “Chosen People.” But this Jehovah…who decided to schtumpf Mary to get a son onto planet Earth (or was it an angel who schtumpfed her as a God proxy – during the time of the Roman occupation of Judea – [whew, I’m a bit tired already]?) — is the One I am most interested in.
THIS is the God who people live for, kill for, and, die for. This be Jesus’ Daddy (as-far-as-I-can tell). I think Graham Nash captured the irony (or hypocrisy) of it all in CS & N’s “Winchester Cathedral.” And we just can’t believe it all…
So the God Spirit – that is all living things – will fight against itself: with the various factions claiming that they have the true line on what we’re all about; like any used car salesman. Lordy – don’t let the Big ‘Uns be nothing more than used care salesmen…