I just have to wonder when it became okay to try to break a person's spirit in American society today? When did it become an excepted practice to "make examples" out of people? After some experiences over the last several days I'm deeply concerned that this seems to be a standard practice in business today but I see it in other places too. While it is important to make sure people understand what's acceptable and excepted there is a long way to trying to break a person down in front of others to set the example. This is not respect, this is not love. This is not a good way to teach anything. This goes against every aspect of the Divine that is in every living, breathing thing. This world is already hard enough to live in and then we intentional inflict more harm. The other thing that worries me is that often times people watch this sort of thing happen and don't speak truth to the power. Instead of hiding in cubicles, pretending not to hear and see why not say this isn't right? Why not stand with a person instead of sending emails or letting the gossip spread? I pray that I have learned my lesson and pray that society will change and encourage spirit instead of trying to break it.
In a conversation with a more conservative Christian then me (take in mind I call myself a bed-wetting liberal and I’m also a big time Process Theologian) the person started rambling off scripture quotes (proof texting really) to make a point. I have never claimed to be a great memorizer of anything. And even though I have read the Bible many times and own many copies of the Bible, I am still not a person who can just pull out scripture references in mid conversation. I do have several verses that I turn to and love dearly but I can’t tell you word for word what John 2:5 or Ruth 1:4 says. This got me thinking, why do Christians really feel the need to qualify their faith based on the amount of scripture that they can recite from memory? While it may be very handy to be able to quote scripture in a variety of situations, I believe that this can be dangerous. Proof texting (pulling scripture, from any religion, to support an argument without careful and learned consideration for its cont
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