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Music: “Let” by Jonathan Richard Cring
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And finally, the Z word that should never be spoken or written again is:
A zealot is a person who, though still human, becomes obsessed with a divine calling to be supremely right and to manifest the conviction through:
I have found it
It is good
I am right
It is perfect
You must leave it alone
I will fight you over it
This is what makes a zealot. It is very easy to become a one. It occurs between step 2, “It is good,” and step 3, “I am right.”
For since we wear skin and are prone to error, we should never translate the goodness we experience as being a definitive sign that we’re right.
Everything that happens after that proclamation of rightness is deeper and deeper wells of arrogance drudging up more and more of the filth of selfishness and eventually violence.
Great. This is good. This is a bold statement that is still acceptable. But at no time during your season on Earth are you ever going to be able to say, “I am right.” As soon as you do, you trigger the need to cheat, lie, abuse and curse your way into proving that your profile is accurate.
Zealots never achieve anything except proving that pride goes before every fall.
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When connecting your subject with your object, find the energy to make it powerful.
If “I” is your subject and “money” is your object, what is the verb that joins the two words?
Is it need? I need money?
Much too desperate.
Is it spend? I spend money?
Typical.
Is it love? I love money?
Then be prepared to dig out the root of evil.
Choose carefully.
I value money. Perhaps—as long as it doesn’t become your heart’s mission.
I hate you. That’s vicious.
I love you. Are you prepared for that commitment?
I ignore you. Be prepared to be ignored, and also receive a side of criticism.
I appreciate you. That verb sends a chill down the human spine.
We want to be loved, but it’s so much better when appreciation is included.
It will propel you as you take your subject and journey to your object.
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There was an attempt at a silent meeting of the minds.
Those melting in the desert heat who were over eighteen years of age peered at one another, trying to decide who should speak up next to foil the efforts of the little ingrates. In the meantime, Iz frowned. He had grown weary of the conversation.
Before the inquisitors could come to terms on whose turn it was to interrogate the boys, Iz spoke up. “Here—I have some questions. Listen, if you can answer them, then I will certainly stay silent and receive what you have to say. Let me start with you, Rabbi. Are Ishmael and Isaac brothers—both sons of Abraham?”
The shirt and tie cleared his throat. “Well, actually, half-brothers. Abraham had Ishmael with a slave girl and Isaac was born under the true promise of God.”
“E-e-e-e-h-h-h, there’s the buzzer,” said Iz. “Wrong again. They’re either brothers or they’re not. And actually, Ishmael was Isaac’s older brother. Don’t you think God knew he needed an older brother? Weren’t they supposed to stay together?”
The mullah stepped forward. “My answer would have been quite different…”
“Yes,” Pal interrupted. “I know your answer. I learned it early on. You believe Ishmael was a child of promise, too, and he was mistreated by the Jews and forced into exile, where God raised him up to be equal. But here’s my question, Mullah. Doesn’t that make him the underdog? Aren’t you always teaching that we have to struggle to live up to the same standard as the Jews instead of having our own identity, our own mission?”
The mullah chuckled. “You are so young. You do not understand, and I don’t have the time to educate you.”
“Next question,” said Iz, inserting himself. “This one goes to the guy with the funny collar. Was your Jesus a Jew, and if he was, why didn’t he come as an Arab instead?”
The collar spoke. “By the way, I am Father Shannon, and you’re right. I believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ, and we do believe Jesus was a Jew…”
Pal raised his hand. “So why should I care about him? Why do I want another Jewish guy to be in charge of me, telling me I’m not part of the promise of God?”
Blue jeans interceded. “Actually, according to Christian theology, Jesus was Jewish on his mother’s side, but spent most of his early years in Egypt, as an Arab. Lots of theologians believe God wanted Jesus’s disciples to take the message to the Jews, Arabs and Afrikaans first. Well, they really didn’t. They ended up taking it to the Jews, Greeks and Romans.”
“You see?” screamed Iz. “They screwed up, and because they screwed up, you all got different names for the same things that end up doing nothing for anybody. And Pal and I get messed up because we don’t get to be friends, ’cause you guys can’t even agree on what clothes to wear. One of you’s got a collar pinching your throat, another is dressed like a businessman, you over there—well, you’re wearing a robe like some sort of shepherd, and dude—you’ve got on blue jeans, trying to pretend like you’re young.”
“I hear a lot of anger,” said Blue jeans.
“I see a lot of stupid,” said Pal.
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Social media was set ablaze this week when a YouTube of Tom Brady jumping off a cliff into a lake with his six-year-old daughter became a great source of controversy and criticism.
So in our Cracked 5 this week, I would like to offer:
A. Share a six-pack.
B. Send her to a Baptist church where she learns to be submissive to men.
C. Tell her there is a monster lizard living under her bed.
D. Inform her she is only worth 74 cents on the dollar.
E. Introduce her to his “tight end.”
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Two sons had Father Abraham.
One was born of slave. His name was Confederate.
The other—Union—was birthed in free will.
Confederate worked very hard planting the land, establishing a close-knit home where family was honored above all and faith was treasured. In the household of Confederate, change was feared, opening the door to superstition, aggravation and an unrighteous pride about race.
Union, on the other hand, sat on the cusp of a great industrial revolution, where a man’s work was in a line of assembly, his home perched in the midst of hundreds of other families. Union believed his faith was better expressed by his deeds, and that change was the only way to frighten superstition and dispel racial baiting.
After all, he, himself, was conceived and reared in blue grass but nurtured in a spring field.
But try as he would, Father Abraham was unable to bring the boys to cooperation. They argued, they struggled, and eventually they chose to fight. Just short of the last drop of blood flowing from their veins, peace was sought.
It enraged Union.
It made Confederate defensive, feeling compelled to explain the sinister deed.
Even to this day, the two brothers are segregated, isolated in their politics and their traditions—one believing that life is more a “state of mind,” and the other rallying behind “we, the people.”
Father Abraham had two sons.
I am one of them
And so are you
So let’s just praise the Lord.
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1. Too much interest in ancestry or culture
2. Looking for someone to blame for your setbacks
3. Religion
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