Random Thoughts of the Day by Legion 4/30/16

This needs some explaining. In one virtual world I belong to I post "Random Thoughts of the Day by Legion". This is one of them and for those who follow what I have written you know Legion is me.

Thought: David was a man after God's own heart, hum a ruthless man you killed innocent women and children, had 10 wives and arranges it so Uriah (Bathsheba's husband) dies.

A reading: "The way is not about knowing or not knowing.  When you know something you are not deluded, and when you don't know, you are just mindless.  When you reach the way beyond doubt, it is infinite as space.  It's neither right nor wrong." With these words, Chow-Chu had a sudden enlightenment.  Zen Mondo

Hum, think I need to explain this King David random thought kick.

You see I was watching this PBS special Friday night at lake. It was about the Europeans and when they came over to America and how they treated the Native Americans. How they pushed them off their land, made them into “praying Indians” how they tried to change their religion and their entire life outlook. Well then it occurred to me, the Native Americans and the Celtics are the same. The Celtics got pushed around by the English. England did to the Scots was done later to the Native Americans. Both cultures had a lot in common on their views/etc.

Next that lead me to the crusades and how “religiously sanctioned military campaigns” were waged against all kinds of other belief systems. That then of course lead me to the poor Gnostics and how they got labeled as heretics by the “developing” church led by political powers who felt they knew better than everyone else.

This of course led my thoughts to the Jews and King David's crusade against all non-Jews and his slaughter of women, children, etc., who had other belief systems. Now obviously, all these things lead to my two random comments about David.

It just ticks me off that well-meaning people throughout history and of course today think they know it all, think they are the only “right ones.” I sure do not know all the answers and will be the first to point that out; I don't but don't take my lack of limited understanding of all this as a failing that needs to be fixed, changed, squashed, killed or whatever. Now know I will defend anyone's right to feel totally differently than me to the bitter end, even if I entirely disagree with you.

Is it all clear now as mud?

I know I feel better now I got that off my chest.