"So much, and no more! Never more than a spot! Or something will happen! You never know what!"
My father likes to quote John 8:32 – “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
I am sure you can already guess that I find that statement, in and of itself, to be a large pile of yellow baby shit. He spouts it with ultimate conviction. He uses it like a mantra that somehow empowers him with supernatural wisdom. It was only recently that I hypothesized as to why this one verse was so damn important to him. “The truth shall set you free.” - Baby shit.
This is a perfect example of a great idea in theory, but in practice it becomes a childish excuse for being incapable of making decisions on your own. Children’s books do the same thing. Follow this order, follow it well, for if you stray " something might happen, you never know what.”
So, why John 8:32? Because he wants it to absolve him of his poor judgment. He wants to believe that telling the truth was more important than tempering action with wisdom. He had no right to tell me the truth. It wasn’t done out of love or respect for honesty. He did it for his own benefit. It served only to satisfy his own conscience. I suppose that in his mind telling the truth did set him free, but knowing the truth sure as hell hasn’t set me free.
I am sure you can already guess that I find that statement, in and of itself, to be a large pile of yellow baby shit. He spouts it with ultimate conviction. He uses it like a mantra that somehow empowers him with supernatural wisdom. It was only recently that I hypothesized as to why this one verse was so damn important to him. “The truth shall set you free.” - Baby shit.
This is a perfect example of a great idea in theory, but in practice it becomes a childish excuse for being incapable of making decisions on your own. Children’s books do the same thing. Follow this order, follow it well, for if you stray " something might happen, you never know what.”
So, why John 8:32? Because he wants it to absolve him of his poor judgment. He wants to believe that telling the truth was more important than tempering action with wisdom. He had no right to tell me the truth. It wasn’t done out of love or respect for honesty. He did it for his own benefit. It served only to satisfy his own conscience. I suppose that in his mind telling the truth did set him free, but knowing the truth sure as hell hasn’t set me free.
posted by Sylow_P | 2:51 PM
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The only thing that verse does for me is remind me of when Calvin decides to tell it straight to Moe the Bully about something and in the last panel Calvin is in front of a demolished locker in a crumpled pile with pain stars circling him and he says "The truth shall set your teeth free."
Hope that helps.
You know what? This entry reminds me of the last entry... you say you're mad at something (that idea about the truth) or someone (Jesus), but what it seems that you're really mad at is a couple of people using those good things to their own ends.
I get pissed when someone uses something good like pancakes for evil purposes as well. But I sure do love me some pancakes.
I know that it doesn't tie up loose ends and I know that I won't ever get to say all those pithy things to the person who deserves to hear them, but I gotta tell ya: I feel so much better after I kicked my Monster out of my life for real. I haven't cried about her since I heard she went to jail.
Be free!
Isn't that in part due to the inconvienient jail term? You can't tell me that didn't help you put the monster in its place.
And yes, it is the same. The same shit I think about (nearly) every morning at 2:30am.
Yeah, I'm bored with it too.
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