Saturday, 10 August 2013

A Double Minded Man

A friend quotes a passage from the Bible to me if and when I change my mind about any matter: "A double minded man his unstable in all his ways",(James 1:8) I am warned.
 Once I actually looked at that friend with some degree of disdain, not so much because of what was quoted at me, but because my friend deeply believed that I was unstable in all, every single iota of my ways, including my trustworthiness, at any time, any place and any manner. I am simply  an untrustworthy person because  I have the courage and good common sense to change my mind when I see reasonably fit, or when I am uncertain, or if I think I need to chew over a matter a bit more, or simply because following through with a particular idea, at that time, might not be in my best interest.
 I am not going to stick to any plan simply because someone tunnels passages of scripture from the Bible or any book, at me.
 I observe, though, that there are far too many who end up at the bottom of deep, bloody misery, because they simply gulp down passages from Bible without resorting to any of their own basic common sense and reasoning capacities.
Actually, there is a passage from the Bible which many (too many) think means that they are not supposed to think : "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. " (Proverbs 3:5)
I have been at pains to make it clear to people (who would have crucified me already had I been living in the 14th Century) that I have no problem with the Bible, simply because I have no problem with any book, (and I know it shocks some people who just cannot imagine persons having no problem with any book) and it matters not what that book says or what it is about.
 A book is an innocent, guiltless and harmless instrument. Powerful and influential people are the ones who often use the writings of books for their own wicked and selfish purposes, creating danger and problems for many.
 So often when  I hear an eligible, lovely, beautiful woman who refuses to accept the love, attention,care and affection of an intelligent man who is interested in her, a man who works with or around her; a man who clearly understands how to treat women, comes from a decent family, went to school and completed his education, who clearly, barring any debilitating accident or illness would obviously make a good partner for her, yet she cannot think of accepting him, or  even getting to know him deeper and better, because the scripture says something about an "unequal yoke" (2 Corinthians 6:14) I ask her one simple question: "Are you an ox or an egg?"

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