My Life Goes On 2004

From my reading chair in my main room I can see the park across the valley where people have brought their dogs out. The dogs are running, chasing each other, clearly having a great time.

The clouds are beautiful today.

I'm sad and sorry about the presidential election results and what it says about the United States. I fear many more will die as a result. The rich will continue to get richer, there will be more poor. Things will get worse before they get better. The silver lining is, I suppose, that Bush has to deal with some of the mess he's created. But it's sad to know that half the country sees the world in black & white, good guys & bad guys. Particularly sad that some of my dearest friends are seen as bad guys and are now to be legislatively told in many states that their love is not legitimate. Hatred for homosexuals and support of wars are the most shameful things about many so-called Christians in this country. I truly don't know how that hatred is reconciled with "Love thy neighbor" and "Thou shalt not kill".

But then what do I know about theology? I guess there's some clever trick to it.

Well, at least I live in the right city. A lot of good will be done here in the coming years. We can only hope it will teach some other communities ways to be more supportive of all citizens.

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My Life Goes On

From my reading chair in my main room I can see the park across the valley where people have brought their dogs out. The dogs are running, chasing each other, clearly having a great time.

The clouds are beautiful today.

I'm sad and sorry about the presidential election results and what it says about the United States. I fear many more will die as a result. The rich will continue to get richer, there will be more poor. Things will get worse before they get better. The silver lining is, I suppose, that Bush has to deal with some of the mess he's created. But it's sad to know that half the country sees the world in black & white, good guys & bad guys. Particularly sad that some of my dearest friends are seen as bad guys and are now to be legislatively told in many states that their love is not legitimate. Hatred for homosexuals and support of wars are the most shameful things about many so-called Christians in this country. I truly don't know how that hatred is reconciled with "Love thy neighbor" and "Thou shalt not kill".

But then what do I know about theology? I guess there's some clever trick to it.

Well, at least I live in the right city. A lot of good will be done here in the coming years. We can only hope it will teach some other communities ways to be more supportive of all citizens.

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