Risen Jesus v. Tomatoes

[logovo]

We're late in planting tomatoes this year. Last Sunday we finally were going to get to it, but forgot it was a religious holiday and so Mr. L's family wanted to do something. *sigh* I was cranky about it, but got over it - sort of. Religious beliefs really do blow my mind* and its hard for me to not get pissy when they poke into my life even a little bit.

But anyway, tomatoes. Getting the soil in containers ready for a couple of determinate plants (bush-like), but the big thing for us this year is the area we've set up specifically for indeterminate plants, with a trellis and the best sunny spot in the garden. I hope the weather is better than last year, when we had the coolest summer in my memory remember, and our tomato plants were kind of sad looking.



*For some weird reason Mr. L gets Time magazine (yes, I know, quaint!) and the cover a couple of weeks ago was "What If There is No Hell?" - and I kept thinking how grown adults actually spend time debating this and yes, mind blown again.

Comments

[rodo]

Heh, I can't forget religious holiday thingies at home because my mother is very Christian, so even attempting to do garden work on a Sunday earns disapproving glances and a "On a Sunday? Really?"

The whole hell thing is even more baffling for me because not all Christians actually, you know, believe in hell. My mother is Lutheran, and I think she explained "hell" as "being away from God", which doesn't actually sound all that hellish to me.

[logovo]

Thankfully that was my mom's reaction only around the week of Easter, but she seemed to do most religious things because she wanted to set a good example, more than from actual belief. As soon as we kids rebelled and stopped going to church, she stopped going too.

I remember that concept of hell! But it was said during some kind of Catholic adult class. I don't remember that clearly now, but I do remember thinking it made a lot more sense that the eternal torture chamber thing. I also remember that in this way of thinking souls were not send to hell by God, but damned themselves by turning away from God's love. Got God off the hook somewhat, although I don't quite get how it worked for those who were righteous, just not Catholic.

[rodo]

If I remember correctly, it doesn't matter how good a person you are, if you don't believe in God (and that Jesus died for our sins), you're fucked. At least in my mother's version. It also means that heaven is full of not so righteous douchebags who happened to believe.

[logovo]

That sounds about right, although I don't remember how they justified billions of innocent people being sent to an eternal torture chamber. It might have been one of those convenient nonexplaining explanations - "God has his reasons!"