The Bible According to Misfit
By Keiti | February 5, 2008
Welcome to a new feature I’m going to add to my blog - The Bible According to Misfit.
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve neglected my spiritual life over the past couple of weeks - I’ve been so caught up in going to Scotland and the day-to-day craziness that I’ve put it on the back burner. Two things instigated my decision to include Bible-related posts on my blog.
The first has to do with grad school - I’ve been considering different topics of study and I have them narrowed down to three: 1 - Gothic Children’s Literature, Folklore/Fairy Tales, and Gothic imagery in the Bible.
*enter the sound of a needle scratching over a record*
Yes, that’s right - Gothic imagery in the Bible. I can hear the screaming protests now, but yes there is plenty of Gothic imagery in the Bible: plagues, pestilence, piercing, outcasts, the concept of damnation, the devil, chaos, destruction, magic (miracles), cannibalism (the transmutation of the sacrament), the evil that human beings do to each other - and those are just the ones off the top of my head.
The other prodding was from a post by ohamanda about reading the Bible more - she always has great insight which is what brought me to her site in the first place.
So, I thought I’d kick off these posts by giving you a little background of what I believe:
1. I believe in God
2. I believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins
3. I believe that creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive
4. I believe that people use the Bible as an excuse to inflict great pain on other human beings
5. I believe that everyone’s path to God takes different forms
6. I believe that there is a very big difference between being spiritual and being religious
7. I believe being spiritual is far more important than being religious
So those are my basics and my jumping off point. I haven’t decided what, if any, order I’ll be approaching topics.
Knowing me, I’ll be flying by the seat of my pants, as usual.
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’m going to be very interested in what you have to say!
(btw, I just realized I’m way behind on your blog…maybe my bloglines isn’t working right…)
February 5th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
There hasn’t been too much going on around these here parts - unless you count the fact that I’ve been an anxiety-riddled freak.
