It's oh so quiet

[eumelia]

Thought I'd give you a slice of life.

Had a very busy day, brother and I drove to Tel Meggido to be with my sister Leigh, her family (seeing as it was to celebrate my Nephew's third birthday)and walk around the archaeological ruins from the various Bronze and Iron Ages which litter that part of our fair country.
It being the end of Sukkot Holiday and just before the rains (we hope) start.

Tel Meggido is a.k.a Mount Meggido which is a.k.a Armageddon.
Needless to say, on top of regular families like ours walking around and enjoying the view and the History of the place there were also American tourists taking a closer look at where the Final Conflict Between Good and Evil is said to take place.
Personally, I'm far more inclined to believe the End will come via some Bureaucratic mishap... or somewhere in the English countryside... either way it would make more sense than taking the word of a brain addled, drug addict martyr who was being completely allegorical and was actually talking about ROME and the Emperor Nero and not the Devil and his workers so much.
And the world keeps turning anyway.

Tomorrow the parental units are returning from China, and normality will be restored in the Barron house-hold, I'd like to think my brother and I kept it together very well, after all there are no dirty dishes in the sink, and the washing machine is spinning mightily on.

I have to admit it's been a weird summer what with barely seeing my parents, me being away and them being away multiple times... it seems there's finally going to be a reprieve of traveling and everyone will be doing what they have to in their lives.

Mummy will go back to the teaching with no break until December.
Daddy will go back to the Pharmacy and work the hours he always does.
And me... I'm going to Uni...
Gah.

In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.

וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.

Comments

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Are you calling Jesus a drug addict or one of his disciples? Despite being Southern, I somehow avoided the brainwashings and don't know a damned thing about Biblical history besides the most broad strokes.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

His disciples, St. John the Evangelist... He's the one who wrote Revelations, the last book of the New Testament.
It's also said he had an affinity with psychotropic mushrooms and plants, thus making his hallucinations quite extraordinary.

[nurint.livejournal.com]

Wow, I wonder what a Christian version of "Dude, where's my car?" would look like?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

"Christ, where's my cross?"

[nurint.livejournal.com]

LOL, so bad...

"Christ! What does my tattoo say?"
"Lord! What does my tattoo say?"
"Christ! What does my say?"
"Lord! But what does my say?"
"Christ!! But what does my say??"
"LORD!!!"

(man, I'm so going to hell...)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Where are we going and why are we in a mother fucking hand basket?!!!!!!!!?

[nurint.livejournal.com]

:)

So, when are we writing the script?

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I didn't know any of that; thanks.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Have you read "Good Omens" by Gaiman and Pratchett?
It's hugely funny and can be looked at as a modern interpretation of Revelations.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

I tried to but put couldn't get very far in. Didn't like it at all.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Pity, it's one of my favourites. I always want others to enjoy the things I enjoy :)

A different book, but of the same ilk and truly very funny is "Small Gods" by Pratchett, oh and "Pyramids" too, they both talk about the way religion is used and abused by people and such.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Huh. You mentioning "Small Gods" made me google book covers of both because it sounded really familiar and that was the book I tried reading and I somehow conflated it with "Good Omens". I guess because I love Neil so much and assumed that was the book I tried to read.

I'll pick up a copy the next time I'm at the library or used book store.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, "Small Gods" ain't for everyone, but "Good Omens" is just so funny :)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I find that the more "God Fearing" a person is, the less they know the actual History of their religion or have a very warped perception and interpritation of the text.

These are people from every religion, mind, not just the Judeo-Christian and Muslim variety.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

That's my experience, too. All the people I've known who actually seem to know the details of the Bible are skeptics or atheists. What I meant by my original statement is that I don't even know anything except the pop-culture generalizations that, for instance, a typical American Jew or Muslim might know.