Oh, Its Been Far Too Long!

!!!!!! Far too long since I've last written. i've obviously gotten back from Indiana, more than that, I've also managed to get rejected from Reed and will be going there next year. I've also finished my BCIS stuff, and now must take the finals, and pass school for a couple more weeks, and then Im DONE! ^^ Cheerful as always.

Todays thinking is not about Quake, because I say so, but rather about Corintians 1, Chapter 13. Its the one that has "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." in it. Slightly different than Quake, eh? I'm considering adopting this text as one of the fundamental texts of my religion, ZetaChristianism, because it reveals a lot about how the world works. This is just a rough sketch of all the things I think about this passage, I am planning to write an essay or something about it later.

Anyway, first part, verses 1-3 (I'm getting these from here, by the way):

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

I see this passage as being the definative valuation of a human being. If a human being cannot love another, then they may be considered lessened in value. Hence, the racists and homophobes and bigots are among the lowest in the eyes of God, for they hate millions or billions of people, by default. Note: in this passage even if the person posesses strong faith, but does not have love, they are nothing. This is important, as it establishes the grounds for the recognition of hypocracy.

Next,

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Love is established as being all manner of good things, the most important one that catches my attentention is "Love is not evil but rejoices with the truth." First off, 'evil' is opposed to 'truth' rather than something like 'good'. This fascinates me for reasons I do not understand. That love does not delight in evil establishes a method of acting that will avoid evil and tend resove into good- feel love and joy and it will flow naturally from you. I must stop here as my post is getting too long, I may continue later. Or not, depending what I am thinking about. ^^

"Tut, Tut, It looks like rain..." -Milne

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