Just so you don't think I've lost my bitter edge

[cyrano]

We were out driving earlier this week. One of the things I've noticed that's different here is the large collection of churches. And each one has a readerboard out front, most of them taking advantage of this literary real estate to post some ecumenical bon mot. (Can I use 'ecumenical' there? I'm not certain.)
One of them told me that "Angels are God's special helpers". And I was highly annoyed by this, but it took me quite some time to figure out why. "Special helper" is what you call your six year old child when se doesn't dump legos all over the floor while you're trying to vacuum, and picks up hir own dirty clothes. An angel, on the other hand, dispenses the justice of The Lord with a friggin' SWORD MADE OF FIRE. An angel trumpets the birth of the Messiah. An angel wrestles with a prophet to bring him to task. An angel is a being of righteous power--or in Lucifer's case, less on the righteous and more on the power. If your religion is serious to you, don't try to make it cute.
Okay. That's done. Back to fluffy bunnies and happy thoughts.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I suppose that if the theology isn't really that important to you as a church leader, you should go for making folks comfortable.
Comfortable folks tend to make bigger tithes.