Visiting my mom recently I heard a remark, made to her, that truly disturbed me.
My mom (82) has lived a life of chronic pain from rheumatoid arthritis for as long as I can remember. With her crocked and deformed hands she can no longer hold a drinking glass. Her shoulders are frozen in place, making it almost impossible to reach for anything. Added to this, she has been on kidney dialysis, 3 times a week, every week, for almost 2 years. Each dialysis session is 4 hours long.
The remark (made by an openly christian, home nurse) went something like this:
Isn't it marvelous how many people you have brought to jesus because of your suffering? (This statement was made on palm Sunday and the nurse had just been to church services.)
What a horrible thing to say! Why has my mom suffered, decades of pain, so others can find jesus? I would've loved to get on my soap box, but out of respect for my mom, I bit my tongue.
Do people really believe this crap?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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2 comments:
I'm sorry you had to hear that. I don't understand how people can hear themselves say things like that and not immediately think, "Whoa, that sounds crazy." And, sadly, I do think people believe that their god is such a wonderful guy to give your mother the gift of pain and suffering.
They don't "hear" what they say, just parrot whatever they've been told. Religions don't encourage thinking for oneself. I was 50 years old before I learned how to think for myself.
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