RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS CAN BE DIVISIVE AND OFFENSIVE AS LIDL HAS DISCOVERED
Religion is responsible for so much heartache, bloodshed and cruelty that its symbols are often a toxic intrusion to otherwise communal harmony.
The cross itself is an ugly symbol of oppression, torture and murder, ironically perpetrated by those against Jesus, leading to his crucifixion, and at times, by those in support of Jesus, afterwards.
The sanitised and dislocated wearing of a golden or jewel encrusted cross can be both deceptive and obnoxious. Of course many good people wear one innocently, without thinking about such associations, but it creates the dilemma in which Lidl has found itself.
God has no need of any such material representation of loyalty, commitment or belonging, especially when it becomes an identity badge that triggers the fragmentation of communities into conflict.
God, whatever that sound means to different people, can want only one thing alone, that would be acceptable from an ethical perspective, and that is for us to live in peace together.
If only we could find a way of being content within our humanity, without the need of any further appendages, qualifications or descriptions.
I am a human being, as are you and we are one, and must live as one.
Perhaps in time, such symbols and divisions will be the historical remnants of a previous dislocated age, long fallen into disuse, that can be studied but that play no part in our common life.
For my part, I would prefer Lidl to use photographs that only inspire unity and peace.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/protest-over-lidl-s-disappearing-cross-vw28575cq
The cross itself is an ugly symbol of oppression, torture and murder, ironically perpetrated by those against Jesus, leading to his crucifixion, and at times, by those in support of Jesus, afterwards.
The sanitised and dislocated wearing of a golden or jewel encrusted cross can be both deceptive and obnoxious. Of course many good people wear one innocently, without thinking about such associations, but it creates the dilemma in which Lidl has found itself.
God has no need of any such material representation of loyalty, commitment or belonging, especially when it becomes an identity badge that triggers the fragmentation of communities into conflict.
God, whatever that sound means to different people, can want only one thing alone, that would be acceptable from an ethical perspective, and that is for us to live in peace together.
If only we could find a way of being content within our humanity, without the need of any further appendages, qualifications or descriptions.
I am a human being, as are you and we are one, and must live as one.
Perhaps in time, such symbols and divisions will be the historical remnants of a previous dislocated age, long fallen into disuse, that can be studied but that play no part in our common life.
For my part, I would prefer Lidl to use photographs that only inspire unity and peace.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/protest-over-lidl-s-disappearing-cross-vw28575cq
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE IS INNOCENT-HE HELPED STOP A PAEDOPHILE
http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man.
To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression
is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 4:25 PM
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