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bursting the bloodied vessel

bursting the bloodied vessel
Written by Cathoel Jorss,

Does god want us to live in a cage? Doesn’t god want us to be good because we’re free?

A very respected and dear friend of mine just got asked to pull down a photograph she had posted, of the blood vessels and nervous system of the human body. The request came from someone who found the photograph “distasteful and annoying.” My friend’s response, very courteous, was: stop trying to censor science and trying to censor me, and if you find this offensive, just don’t read it.

Who on earth gave people the idea that to follow god, they had to shame and shroud themselves, cover their faces, cover their minds. Who depicted this terrifying and, frankly, terrified god as a cowering punitive petty scoutmaster, jealous of everybody’s knowing. It is such a sad facsimile of the open exploration, the happy curiosity, the sense of blessed appreciation and wonder that should be our response to this natural world in and of and around ourselves, however we feel it came about.

15 comments on “bursting the bloodied vessel

  1. Cathoel Jorss says:

    Yes same post where you were part of the conversation, mon frere. I lassoed it floating over Brisneyland, on a mid-winter tropical breeze. Ahoy!

  2. Cathoel Jorss says:

    Peculiar, isn’t it, Alexandra? You would think a true follower of a true god would find more constructive, perhaps more charitable projects to get exercised about.

  3. Cathoel Jorss says:

    Perhaps Hugh they were waiting in vein? Rita, thank you very much. I appreciate your kindness & your sharing. Cx

  4. Cathoel Jorss says:

    I agree, Daniel. But doesn’t it seem like the least-faith-in-humanity route to the social contract? A reliance on external carapace to keep us from wrongdoing, rather than inner light? Isn’t one of our strongest desires to avoid harming other people, to reduce suffering?

    NB Daniel & Jon I was in the States during the approach of the last supposed Rapture. Astonished me how bored the sandwich board wearers in Times Square looked about it all…. But I loved that mischievous people were laying out empty pairs of shoes & suits of clothing on their front lawns, sole remains of persons who had supposedly been Taken Up.

  5. Mark says:

    Exquisitly put Cathoel and applicable to so many themes at this current time.

  6. Cathoel Jorss says:

    This is late because I wanted to check with her before broadcasting the location of my friend’s work. Jehn’s luminous photography can be enjoyed at http://www.infinitetiny.tumblr.com – a paradise of the large in the small.

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