I like dead languages. I like sick and almost comatose\u00a0languages too (Sicilian), but let’s stick with Latin. Because Latin is awesome.<\/p>\n

Sometimes for yucks I read the Latin Vulgate. I am weird, I get it. \u00a0The reason I like it is because it jars the brain, especially since it’s not my native language^{1<\/a>\u00a0<\/sup>. I have to look hard at things, because I have to grab the dictionary a few times every verse.<\/p>\n}

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What I like about Latin is that it’s precise. Texans get this, because you<\/em> isn’t the same thing as y’all<\/em> which isn’t the same thing as all y’all<\/em>. \u00a0In English, we get you<\/em>, and you<\/em> alone.<\/p>\n

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So here I am, reading Corinthians and I run across this awesome verse.<\/p>\n

Temptatio vos non adprehendat nisi humana fidelis autem Deus qui non patietur vos temptari super id quod potestis sed faciet cum temptatione etiam proventum ut possitis sustinere.<\/em><\/p>\n

Or in the King’s English (literally):<\/p>\n

There hath no temptation taken you but \u00a0such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which ye are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.<\/em><\/p>\n

So big deal. \u00a0Yes, it is<\/em> a big deal.<\/p>\n

This is a scripture that I used to dislike. Maybe I hated it, I dunno. It was one of those chestnuts thrown out when a person is having a tough time with a problem, or struggling with a demon of some sort. It was thrown at people with addiction problems, which usually made them feel like garbage because obviously they weren’t able to have the faith to overcome their demon.<\/p>\n

In short, it was a scripture that pious people used to attempt to make people feel simultaneous better and\u00a0worse. Usually worse.<\/p>\n

The modern translation of this verse is “There’s nothing God will ask you to do that you can’t, and if you can’t do it, you’re defective. Unlike me. I got this.”<\/p>\n

This is why I love Latin. Here’s a rough translation:<\/p>\n

…but God is faithful, who\u00a0will not suffer all y’all\u00a0to be tempted above that which all y’all\u00a0are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that all y’all\u00a0may be able to bear it.<\/em><\/p>\n

In short, it’s all about all y’all<\/em>. \u00a0We are all in this together. Individually, we’re not able to bear everything that is thrown at us. Together, as a group, a church, a community, we are.<\/p>\n

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The word religion gets a bad rap, because it is tied to the crazies. \u00a0Ignore that. Religion is (wait for it) comes from the Latin word for binding together again<\/em>. It comes from the same root word as ligament; <\/em>something that connects things, and align<\/em>, to make things fit together in some sort of order.<\/p>\n

Religion should be about binding ourselves together to allow us to achieve a common goal; for Christians, it’s coming to know and emulate Jesus. For Buddhists, to bring the sangha<\/em> (community) together toward enlightenment, together. With a few exceptions, religions are the manifestation of a philosophy, that together we can do better than we can apart, so long as we show up to the game to love and support, not to judge.<\/p>\n

After church today, I find myself thinking about the people who are struggling with problems that they can’t solve themselves. \u00a0That would be, let’s see…everyone<\/em>. We’re all struggling in one way or another, and I think it’s time to get rid of the judgement and just help bind ourselves together.<\/p>\n

So give up your judgment to Judge Judy, she’s paid to do it. \u00a0We few, we happy few, let’s just support all y’all<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\n

Canoelover<\/p>\n

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