C.D. Burr

The most vocal Christians never mention the Beatitudes. They demand the 10 Commandments be posted in public buildings. That's Moses; not Jesus. No one demands the Beatitudes be posted anywhere.
Blessed are the merciful in a courtroom? Blessed are the peacemakers in the Pentagon? — Kurt Vonnegut

I appreciate your use of "often" in this sentence. The Methodist Church split over the slave issue and more recently the gay issue. Hate is often easier than love, which begins with empathy. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Period. I share your frustration with "religion."

Religion CAN be harmful to kids--especially the Christian nationalists, who have hijacked the Republican party of Lincoln, the Constitution, and the religion I grew up in, which was considered "weak" because it preached love. Many pastors & Christians are protesting. I share your frustration!

"I Am Not Your Enemy" a poem by C.D. Burr division, unity among American citizens, enemies, ignorance

🍒Bible Cherry Picking: "Love one another, as I have loved you." (John 13:34-35)

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🍒 Bible Cherry Picking
"If you choose a king, he should follow the law (commandments), read them every day and not consider himself better than others. He should not take many wives or his heart will go astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."( Deut: 17: 14:20)

This is why Ukrainians continue to fight. It's not for buildings and square kilometers of land. It's not because they don't want a different color passport. It's so Ukrainians don't get turned into slaves and their children don't get indoctrinated.

pro-surrender = pro-imperialism and pro-slavery

russia’s ministry of education launched a cartoon for school kids about SVOlodik and NATOlik.
SVOlodik (from “special military operation”) is the “good” soldier.
NATOlik is the evil NATO one.
Propaganda starts early when you’re trying to raise the next generation of war criminals.
#UkrainianView

#UkrainianView
Look at the picture "pride of the nation" camp.

So kidnapped and potentially conscripted Ukrainians are the pride of russian "nation".

Fuck.

My petty gripe of the day: Bluesky doesn't allow editing when I miss an incorrect autocorrect.

Yesterday, I posted a quote by Cherokee writer Joyce Sequichie Hifler. The title of her book of daily meditations is _A Cherokee FEAST (Not Fiesta) of Days__

“Think for a moment of beautiful things- zinnias …puppies…children playing, apple cobbler… a full moon glistening on crystal clear water. When we think of these things it makes us have faith, u wo hi yu ha, that we will have them again.” _Cherokee Fiesta of Days_ Joyce Sequichie Hifler

“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion...

Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,
and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful...

Pity the nation divided into fragments,
each fragment deeming itself a nation.”
--Kahil Gibran (1933, The Garden of the Prophet)

I'm tired of far-right Christians cherry-picking scriptures that focus on hate and kings. With the intention of informing and not evangelizing, here's my cherry-pickin' verse of the day:🍒
"All the Lord requires of you is to do justice and to love goodness and walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8

Before FREE SPEECH: TONGUE SCREW.... A way to silence opponents in the Middle Ages. "Anabaptist Hans Bret's tongue screw was taken from his ashes by another Anabaptist and preserved in the Mennonite church in Amsterdam." Image purchased from the Mennonite Archival Information Database.

"... her name, Mother of Exiles" from the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty, Mother of Exiles, immigrants, Give me your tired your poor, The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus

www.eldersspeaking.org/2025/02/her-...

Wish I could edit the post---, "only smallpox" vaccines were readily available.

In 1926, thousands of people died in rural Tennessee from diseases--measles, influenza, whooping cough, typhoid, and more. Only three smallpox deaths occurred . . . because vaccines were readily available. cdburr.blogspot.com/2025/03/our-...

Reality

Change Facebook algorithms: share and follow posts that inspire kindness or beauty or wonder.....The end of hate speech begins with each one of us. Keep us united.

The warrior...sacrifices himself for the good of others, takes care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity." --attributed to Sitting Bull

Migrating monarch finding sweet zinnia nectar for the journey south

I couldn’t make sense of descendent adoration of slave-owning ancestors, so I wrote a book similar to your intriguing book— Robert E Lee and Me. It gave me the courage to ignore Southern judgements and look for an agent. Thanks for writing unapologetic nonfiction narratives about the Confederacy.

My motto for the next six months: 💪Power through REJECTIONS of my nonfiction narrative: Bad Boys on the Family Tree. . . cdburr.blogspot.com

Since August 1: 1 rejection out of 8 submissions; 7 no response

Please follow... Any other advice?

"Books are a way we leave a mark on the world, aren't they? They say we were here, we loved and we grieved and we laughed and we made mistakes and existed." Brianna Labuskes in The Library of Burned Books.
Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay
#CDBurr, #antebellumTrueCrime, #BadBoyAncestors