Quip of the Day: You May Have Noticed

A few passing comments have suggested that I have been in “A MOOD” lately via facebook, twitter, and this blog. That may be a very very small part of it, with my uncertain job situation and my own inner turmoil over what to do about PhD studies. God is working with me on that.

But this is hardly the entire story.

What I do not like is readers twisting my words to make my position to be a straw-person. I think my tone has become more DIRECT and focused, as I may have found the ONE thing I want to do, which is to dismantle the Prison-Industrial Complex. The target is concrete, it has a face. I no longer have to talk in the abstract about white liberal racism or conservative theological hegemony. I see it in the faces of the students I substitute teach for. I witness what the P-I c stands for as I walk through elementary school doors and notice metal detectors. My posts have not been polemical, I have tried to avoid personal attacks, I am not calling anyone names. I am just trying to tell it like it is, in a consistent fashion. I have been lenient with the left and moderates this month but their days ‘a-comin, trust me. I am not anti-anything; I am first and foremost, pro- Jesus the Messiah, the Liberator and Reconciler of all of creation. I am pro-free will theism, I plan to start ending my silence about my continuationism and pneumatology [it is important], I believe more in participation and being over laws and regulations (even though the two do go together), and I affirm individual uniqueness (THE IMAGO DEI) of all human beings.

I think because I have an “enemy” I see that is worth defeating,  that my turn towards a more clear objective in my blogging and writing makes it seem more “serious” or “harsh.” It’s not the case. I’ll still blog on science fiction and I’ll still do memes with pop culture references Jeremy won’t understand. Poor Jeremy.

I just don’t understand how I am supposed to preach the Gospel, God’s Victory Speech, to people when they are on death row or in prison for life because of 3 strikes and you’re out laws.

RodtRDH

Formerly known as Rod of Alexandria, Rod the Rogue Demon Hunter Preacher of Hope | Black Scholar of Patristics | Writer for Nonviolent Politics. Destroyer of Trolls. It must be that angry puppy.

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