Come back to see the song that is coming.
“If anyone has a right to put their confidence in their own identity, goodness, love for people and justice, abilities, intelligence, physical prowess, attractiveness, cleverness, earning capabilities, effort, gender, ethnicity, spirituality, character, potential, or accomplishments…
I have you all beat – by an immeasurable distance….
However…
Whatever things were ever gain or advantage for me — ever — those things I have ejected or let them blow away for the sake of…
In fact, I’ve gone even further than that, I now recognize the sobering reality that all those attributes were, basically, – – – – – – – -” [vulgar word that refers to cow excreta, which I would like to use here to offend the same kind of people the original author of this quote wanted to offend, and for similar reasons, who need to be offended at this point, but there are sound reasons for me now to hold back].
Loose, interpretive paraphrase of Paul the Apostle in New Testament, Philippians 3:4-10
Do you care about justice? Fairness? The mistreatment of the unfortunate? Jesus Christ was the very best person who ever lived, and He was murdered by a mob running through the streets celebrating its own virtue. However seriously you have taken Him in the past, take Him more seriously — now and forever.
Let’s help each other do so, if you’re interested,
From your brother jerk