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Christianity: As Misunderstood by Geeks

redcowboyhat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:09:04 +0000

I had to smile at this interpretation of the message of Christianity:

The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

In geek-speak in sounds crazy, yet it is close to the truth. Here’s the translation from geek-speak to Christianese:

cosmic: from beyond earth, outside our galaxy/universe, transcendent God

zombie: body returned to life, resurrection

cosmic Jewish zombie: Jesus Christ, 2nd Person of the Trinity

live forever: eternal life in heaven

symbolically eat-flesh: eucharist, communion, Lord’s Supper

telepathy: prayer

accept as master: accept Jesus as Lord & Savior

evil force in soul: original sin

rib-woman: Eve

talking snake: Satan

magical tree: Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

Complete Translation to Christianese:

The belief that the transcendent God, incarnate in Jesus Christ, was raised from the dead can give you eternal life in heaven if you remember his sacrifice in partaking of the Lord’s Supper and pray, telling him that you accept him as your Lord and Savior, so he can remove original sin from your soul that is present in humanity because Eve was convinced by Satan to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Do You Digg?

redcowboyhat — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:04:07 +0000

I’m a ‘digger’. I get my news socially and digitally via web2.0. Many times you hear about a news story because your friend will say “did you hear that…” or because it is the discussion around the ‘watercooler’ or because you simply overheard a conversation. Now take this phenomenon, put it on the internet and you have digg.com. There are other sites that do this, but digg leads the pack.

Why do I choose to get my news this way? Well, instead of a network news producer telling me what I should know about world events, a group of 325,000 users decide. Very democratically every person has a vote and decides if a story is good or bad. The more times a story is ‘dugg’ the greater the influence it has on society. Granted this is all affected by the users who tend to be more techno savvy (aka geeks) so some stories may be irrelevant. Thus, the need for more people to give their imput.

For awhile, I have read the stories, submitting myself to everyone else’s opinion on the most newsworthy events and most helpful information of the day. While I enjoyed benefiting from the top stories, I have come to realize my responsibility to lend my voice to the crowd, which at times can be anti-God. The simplest way is to digg or bury stories by voting. Next is to submit stories you think others should hear. Whether network or grassroots (blogs), bringing opinions and ideas to the masses that will start to change thinking is part of bringing light to a dark world. Lastly, joining the people around the digital watercooler and commenting on stories.

Do You Digg?

Web 2.0

redcowboyhat — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:36:52 +0000