Love Thy Neighbour as Thyself

So in Australia during the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras a new play is going to be performed. A play called Corpus Christi. A play that depicts Jesus as a man infatuated with Judas and who even preforms a marriage between two Apostles.

Now understandably many people are upset about this play, I'm just not sure that I'm one of them. I understand how it could offend the "sensibilities" of some people. I can even see how some would think that it is an attack on their religion. But is it truly?

The playwright himself is a Christian (in the article he "claims he is Christian" like someone who writes something like that play couldn't really be a Christian or something). If that is a way that he views the Christ story is that really a bad thing?

It's not like the Danish cartoons who were draw by non-Muslims and portrayed the Prophet as a terrorist, bringing harm to others.

I cannot believe that a man loving a man, or a woman loving a woman, would bring harm to others. Nothing in this world would change my thoughts on that.

And this will be the point when people start saying (if they haven't already) "But it's a sin. The Bible says so". Yes you are right the Bible does say so. In Leviticus, where it also says not to eat shellfish, or to work on the Sabbath. So who gets to choose what rules stick and what rules don't?

When I first came out I told a friend who I thought I could trust. She told me I was going to Hell. When I told my Psychiatrist about that he said that 10 percent of *all* species are gay. He also said that God doesn't make mistakes.

So can we be sure that Jesus wasn't part of that 10 percent? Can we be sure that he was? No and no. So instead of debating about what Jesus liked why don't we focus on what Jesus taught, for example, (a quote that also appears in Leviticus) "love thy neighbour as thyself".

"Then said Jesus ... Go, and do thou likewise." Luke 10:37

Don't just preach it, do it.

Honeydew Melon

So why is eating healthily more expensive than eating crap???

Would someone mind explaining that to me?

I mean if you get things from the salad bar here at school you pay $1.11/100g. Do you know what it really is that you are paying for? Water. Water is what makes fruits and veggies so heavy. Maybe sugar too. But mostly it's water.

So I got a salad and a fruit bowl for lunch today. Cost me $7.50. The person ahead of me got a personal sized pizza, a small bag of chips and a drink for $5.50. Why is that?

Upon further inspection of my fruit bowl I got 15 pieces of honeydew melon, 3 pieces of muskmelon (cantaloupe) and 1 grape. That's right one, single, solitary grape. cheapskates. So I'm gonna sit here and eat my honeydew melon and fume.

Tolerance

Do any of you know what it's like to be afraid to kiss the person you love because you might get beaten up?

I do.

I'm not asking for anyone to like it, accept it or love it. Tolerance, that's all I'd like. For people to be tolerant. So that I can be who I truly am without fear. Without wondering if someone is going to say something rude to me.

I don't know... I just want to not be afraid.

Trends That Should be Brought Back

1. The Top Hat

I don't know why but I just feel like there's something so distinguished about it. It looks so much better than the ball caps or toques everyone insists on wearing. And no, I'm just saying that just guys should start wearing them again. Heck, I'd like to wear one.


2. The Cape

While it may seem a little odd I just feel like it is so... powerful almost. I was walking once and my jacket was flowing around me like a cape and I just felt so important. A black cape, that's what I would like... to go with the top hat.

3. Dances

I don't just mean holding each other around the waist and swaying back and forth to the music. I mean dances with names and steps that everyone know. Like the Charleston, or the Foxtrot. I think that I am part of the first generation that actually doesn't have any dances. It'a just really pathetic actually. To see an example click here.

4. Radio Shows

They're so much better than TV. I mean you actually get to imagine what's going on. My favourite is The Shadow.