The imagery of the first three lines makes me nauseous, but that doesn't make it untrue.
markvans
· 1 year ago
I love it. I hope you are ok with me adding this image to go along with your poem. It is a digital redoctoring of a banksy stencil I found.
joet
· 1 year ago
nice work. strong images. i like it.
oharaville
· 1 year ago
The image is a perfect embellishment, and appropriately inappropriate. Thanks, Mark.
jurisnaturalist
· 1 year ago
I have been trying to convince street=corner preachers and youth-group leaders that consequentialist arguments in favor of the Christian life are entirely out of place. We don't believe in Jesus because He promises a perfect healthy life. We don't abstain from fornication because we might get pregnant or get an STD. We don't abstain from drugs because we could get addicted or hurt our bodies. We don't give to the poor in order to be blessed by God. We practice the Christian ethic in response to the One who called us. We live the peculiar life because He gave His life for us. Brethren, we are not utilitarians! Nathanael Snow ndsnow@gmail.com
hewhocutsdown
· 1 year ago
Pragmatism and utilitarianism OCCASIONALLY intersects with Christian faith, but as jurisnationalist mentions, not nearly enough to marry them together.
This poem is a frightening stark look at the baseline foundation of a consumerism-based utilitarian gospel. No thank you.
jurisnaturalist
· 1 year ago
That's juris "naturalist" not "nationalist". Yuck! Nationalism is bad, pagan at its root. Natural Law attempts to uncover human nature as it is, and to allow the best rules for coexisting to emerge spontaneously.
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We practice the Christian ethic in response to the One who called us. We live the peculiar life because He gave His life for us. Brethren, we are not utilitarians!
Nathanael Snow
ndsnow@gmail.com
This poem is a frightening stark look at the baseline foundation of a consumerism-based utilitarian gospel. No thank you.
This poem is great.
Anyone know a good church in the DC Fairfax area?