Smart Religion?
Earthly thinking can never understand the Bible.31 total reviews
Comment from Ekim777
Isn't it a Middle Class world all over. I feel so insecure, behind the vast world of appearances . It's like slipping along shifting sands with a mufti-story building sagging over us, warning us that no one is safe without solid moral values. We can't even trust the elbow that bumps you in the crowd. It's as simple as that. -'' Oh High Joe; I was just thinking about you." -Ekim777
reply by the author on 21-Jul-2015
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Isn't it a Middle Class world all over. I feel so insecure, behind the vast world of appearances . It's like slipping along shifting sands with a mufti-story building sagging over us, warning us that no one is safe without solid moral values. We can't even trust the elbow that bumps you in the crowd. It's as simple as that. -'' Oh High Joe; I was just thinking about you." -Ekim777
Comment Written 21-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 21-Jul-2015
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Thank you
Comment from Walu Feral
G'day Dennis. Superb work once again mate. This is a very profound letter and this message is sent out with much power and grace and also a great deal of elequence. Very well done Sir. YBIC, Fez
reply by the author on 21-Jul-2015
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G'day Dennis. Superb work once again mate. This is a very profound letter and this message is sent out with much power and grace and also a great deal of elequence. Very well done Sir. YBIC, Fez
Comment Written 21-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 21-Jul-2015
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Thank you my friend!
Comment from Pantygynt
So that was why Judas betrayed Christ; he was acting on thee advice of a promotional consultant. The poor man has been vilified ever since for being a traitor, for his avarice, his name used as a personification of treachery, when his only crime in reality was to put his faith in a promotional consultant.
That just shows how we must believe what the good book says - "Thou shalt have none other gods but me" Please accept my apologies for quoting from the no unfashionable King James version but that was the one I was brought up on and the poetry is way better than version published since.
I must apologise for talking about poetry on the prose section of the site, but I am in reality just a poor poet taking a break here. Honestly, I'm just testing the water here with my toe, not trying to walk on it.
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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So that was why Judas betrayed Christ; he was acting on thee advice of a promotional consultant. The poor man has been vilified ever since for being a traitor, for his avarice, his name used as a personification of treachery, when his only crime in reality was to put his faith in a promotional consultant.
That just shows how we must believe what the good book says - "Thou shalt have none other gods but me" Please accept my apologies for quoting from the no unfashionable King James version but that was the one I was brought up on and the poetry is way better than version published since.
I must apologise for talking about poetry on the prose section of the site, but I am in reality just a poor poet taking a break here. Honestly, I'm just testing the water here with my toe, not trying to walk on it.
Comment Written 20-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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The "poor man"? Judas? Really? Sometimes people get tagged villain who really are. With all the advantages he had in following Jesus, the Bible clearly says Jesus knew Judas never believed in Him. All the sermons, all the healings, even the raising of dead people...Judas ignored it all and sold the Lord for the price of a slave. His name has ever since been deservedly synonymous with traitor. You can read about this in your King James Bible for sure. Thanks for reading and comment, Dennis
Comment from winespiller
A very interesting read. I really enjoyed the letter format. There's just something so different about it, making it easy on the brain. Good work here.
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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A very interesting read. I really enjoyed the letter format. There's just something so different about it, making it easy on the brain. Good work here.
Comment Written 20-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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Thank you! Very kind of you and appreciated here...Dennis
Comment from mfowler
This is a very creative extrapolation of Gospel stories and events into a creative format. By writing to Judas, ultimate betrayer of Jesus, and rescinding services as PR consultants, they offer the kind of shallow advice to Judas as is at work in society at large today. 'Image is everything', indeed. It's also nothing and the shooting star with the non-specific agenda (one understood only by fools)went on to change the world. Yes, very clever, faith based, and an excellent example of how the word of God can be presented in ways that shake up thought. Also, this is very well written.
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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This is a very creative extrapolation of Gospel stories and events into a creative format. By writing to Judas, ultimate betrayer of Jesus, and rescinding services as PR consultants, they offer the kind of shallow advice to Judas as is at work in society at large today. 'Image is everything', indeed. It's also nothing and the shooting star with the non-specific agenda (one understood only by fools)went on to change the world. Yes, very clever, faith based, and an excellent example of how the word of God can be presented in ways that shake up thought. Also, this is very well written.
Comment Written 20-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 20-Jul-2015
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Thank you for the kind words...much appreciated. Dennis
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Hello Deniz,
I found your story, Smart Religion?, confusing.
I understand is a corporation, probably representing non-believers in our world. The letter is addressed to Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Hello Deniz,
I found your story, Smart Religion?, confusing.
I understand is a corporation, probably representing non-believers in our world. The letter is addressed to Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
Comment Written 19-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Well, for starters, it wasn't our world really but it did transport the "spin doctors" back to the time of Christ. Familiarity with the Bible helps...I don't mean that as a put down, I simply don't know your background. I'm willing to explain more but you have to give me more than what you have so far. Best to you, Dennis
Comment from Halfree
Read this and reread this. I thought the choice of the name of the responding company "Banal...." was a little too much... What the author implied by using banal was that anyone not believing as the author might believe was empty headed and any argument one might offer as a non Christian to the contrary, was banal and of no consequence.
I do think the is pretty well written and as such I will give it a four star rating; could stand some tweaking, reference the second paragraph. I am supposed to review the writing and the skill of the writer not the theology; I think this needs some more work.
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Read this and reread this. I thought the choice of the name of the responding company "Banal...." was a little too much... What the author implied by using banal was that anyone not believing as the author might believe was empty headed and any argument one might offer as a non Christian to the contrary, was banal and of no consequence.
I do think the is pretty well written and as such I will give it a four star rating; could stand some tweaking, reference the second paragraph. I am supposed to review the writing and the skill of the writer not the theology; I think this needs some more work.
Comment Written 19-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Glad you got my point. It pays to reread for sure. Thanks for reviewing.
Comment from Michaelk
Amazing. That's all I can say. Absolutely amazing. I love these parodies with a moral to them.
You did a wonderful job of referencing biblical events from the standpoint of your fictional advisers. I love how you twisted everything into the viewpoint of the Pharisee's, thereby making fun of their ludicrous viewpoints.
Your last paragraph was a hilarious thing of beauty.
A wonderful, funny post.
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Amazing. That's all I can say. Absolutely amazing. I love these parodies with a moral to them.
You did a wonderful job of referencing biblical events from the standpoint of your fictional advisers. I love how you twisted everything into the viewpoint of the Pharisee's, thereby making fun of their ludicrous viewpoints.
Your last paragraph was a hilarious thing of beauty.
A wonderful, funny post.
Comment Written 19-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Thank you so much...very kind of you. Little did they know God was walking among them...may we realize the fact more and more...Dennis
Comment from Ben Colder
Please forgive me, but I am still smiling at this letter. It brings to surface something to consider. I was thinking about the one leopard man out of ten who turned back and thanked the Lord. Wonder what they thought about that?
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Please forgive me, but I am still smiling at this letter. It brings to surface something to consider. I was thinking about the one leopard man out of ten who turned back and thanked the Lord. Wonder what they thought about that?
Comment Written 19-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Smile away, no problem...yes, they didn't realize God walked among them....blessings, brother.
Comment from abbasjoy
Love this tongue in cheek commentary on Jesus' life and the disciples he hung around with. Really, this sounds very much like how Judas must have felt and thought.
The irony of this sentence is not lost on the reader. "You have your whole life ahead of you." Judas chose to take that life for granted and did away with it through suicide.
The signature is so perfect "I Be Sowise".
Loved it.
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Love this tongue in cheek commentary on Jesus' life and the disciples he hung around with. Really, this sounds very much like how Judas must have felt and thought.
The irony of this sentence is not lost on the reader. "You have your whole life ahead of you." Judas chose to take that life for granted and did away with it through suicide.
The signature is so perfect "I Be Sowise".
Loved it.
Comment Written 19-Jul-2015
reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015
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Thank you for reading and commenting so nicely. I am encouraged. God bless you, Dennis
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You are most welcome.
