Recently I have had a number of conversations regarding the inconsistency between some of our purported beliefs as Christians in community and the way we carry out those beliefs. It seems that while the gospel of grace is preached as an intellectual ideal to the point of exhaustion, we have not figured out what it is to exercise it as a practical principle in our every day lives. And so it is from this that I have begun to compose a new series of social commentary of which this is the first. The rest is still in various stages of development.
blue religion preaches truth suppression
this murder system solution clouds enlightened faces
sheds human blood -- addiction
teaches counter chance vilification
To be completely candid, I typically don’t like to include interpretations of my work. However, in trying to maintain the stated goals of this blog I will provide a brief explanation which will hopefully give the reader a greater understanding of the concept which I am trying to depict.
The first line opens with “blue religion.” I could have chosen one of a hundred different adjectives; however I chose the color blue because it represents the two of the major institutions to which I have been subject (my schools, need it be explicitly said). This provides the context from which I write. “Religion” more specifically refers to the brand of Christianity to which these “blue” institutions ascribe – that being as was mentioned above, an ungraceful gospel. As you will see in the next line I have termed this “blue religion” a “murder system solution” which sees its mission as truth suppression. You see, “blue religion” isn’t concerned with the truth, but that everything maintain the status quo. There is no room for growth, especially at the cost of “the rules.” And so, those who see this and seek to set right the balance of the system are suppressed – hence the “clouds enlightened faces.” Further, this “murder system” not only suppresses those who would wish to change it, but it also unremorsefully sacrifices those individuals who have violated its principle of conformity (submission or obedience they would call it.) Many of these individuals are then put out in the dark on the street left to fend for themselves. And while that statement is meant to be physically figurative, intellectually and spiritually these individuals are many times lost for good. They are sacrificed for an image, a regulation, and in the name of God (though I doubt He would approve.) The last line is a further description of what the “blue religion” does – that is, it teaches a gospel of “counter chance” and not a gospel of grace.
