So, I'm thinking about changing my God.
(Oh come on, what were you thinking about this afternoon?)
I think I'm going to change my God from Yahwey to Haashch????ti??.? Now before you just click away, let me explain.
Yahwey gave the tribe of Israel the most valuable piece of property in the Middle East.? Long after the OPEC nations runs out of oil, Israel will reside on the only access to the Mediterranean in the Middle East. (Pricey property, right?)? In return for this gift, the tribe of Israel has spent the last 3,000 years (King David united Israel in 1005 BC) fighting over this land.
The Navajo God, Haashch????ti??, gave the Dinetah the Navajo Nation.? No one in their right mind wanted that property.? So while most Native American tribes were shuffled off some remote uninhabitable location, the United States Government couldn't find a more uninhabitable place for the Navajo.? So the US Government told the Navajo to go home.
Yahweh's gift?
Haashch????ti??'s gift?
That's not to mention Uranium, Coal, the only road from Utah to Arizona and all the money that can be
Now before you send me nasty email, Israel is also a beautiful country.
Sorry, wrong picture...? (I'm trying to be funny here....)
Back to my late afternoon point:
- 3000 years of war or Uranium, Coal, road, casino?
- Yahway or Haashch????ti??
Which would you choose?
Such a beautiful mind you have Claudia. hee hee! :)
Posted by: Jill | January 30, 2008 at 02:26 AM
If I adopt your God, leaving the same God behind (I was busily working while you were doing this), would they revoke my circumcision and put my foreskin back on? The answer to this is critical to my decision.
Posted by: The CEO | January 30, 2008 at 02:39 AM
You've convinced me!
Posted by: Mr. Fabulous | January 30, 2008 at 03:01 AM
Jill - You mean like the movie "Beautiful mind" about a schizophrenic?
The CEO - Good question. I suppose it depends on what you want/think and what Mrs. CEO wants/thinks. I'm not sure who the god of circumcision is.... Maybe we should ask him.
Fabbie - Hurray! Oh sorry - erm - go in beauty. (That's what Tony Hillerman says that the Navajo nation says in the Navajo way. He wouldn't lie would he??)
Posted by: Open Grove Claudia | January 30, 2008 at 05:26 AM
well, that blue water is awfully pretty, isn't it?
Posted by: claudia | January 30, 2008 at 07:06 AM
I plead the 5th.
Hey, FYI. In the next few days, I'll have a new blog design, avatar and name. So, when you stop over, just know it's me and don't leave, k?! k. have a nice night. (Soon to be "Foster me up" - the name of my book...that I'm writing.) *smooches*
Posted by: Rhonda | January 30, 2008 at 07:18 AM
The water is very beautiful indeed! The photo before that really surprised me as I scrolled down..I am glad I didn't jerk or else I might have been shot.
Posted by: grace | January 30, 2008 at 07:53 AM
I've heard the theory that the Dine (Navaho) are one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It seems like they could get together and come up with some mutually profitable God and homeland.
Maybe they could bond over sheep. The Dine are big on sheep, and everyone knows that in the Holy Land, shepherds watch their flocks by night.
Posted by: heart in san francisco | January 30, 2008 at 08:10 AM
you forgot the almighty dollar.
Posted by: furiousball | January 30, 2008 at 03:26 PM
Claudia - Israel is a beautiful country. So is Northern Ireland, Lebannon, South Africa - you can see the theme here - they are some of the most beautiful place on the planet. Amazing, isn't it?
Grace - I found that photo under Googling Israel Beautiful. Interesting, eh?
Heart in SF - I think a Navajo person would laugh at that statement. They are a fascinating people. Funny, social, polite... and still struggle like a third or forth world country.
FuriousBall - Hmm.... As always you point to the obvious. We do have to give up THAT God before we can embrace the others. Sigh. Such work.... ;)
Posted by: Open Grove Claudia | January 30, 2008 at 03:58 PM
Humorous post. I was once with a Jewish family during Yom Kippur and the mother said something to the effect that they were the Chosen Race and then added that after all the Jews had been through, she wished that God had chosen some other people. Well, I believe in a God that is full of Grace and love. Sadly, the suffering and the strife comes from man. God gave us all paradise but we are killing it.
Posted by: lone grey squirrel | January 30, 2008 at 06:18 PM
It was meant to be laughed at.
The Navajo are also amazing painters, weavers and jewelry makers with some of the best artistic sensibilities in the world.
Life on ALL the reservations is like Third World countries with the worst medical care and schools in America. The way our first citizens continue to be treated is a national disgrace.
Posted by: heart in san francisco | January 30, 2008 at 06:48 PM
Very good reflection. It made me smile too. :-)
Posted by: Nononsense girl | January 30, 2008 at 06:57 PM
As long as Yahweh doesn't require a circumcision-reversal, count me and the Mrs. in.
Posted by: The CEO | January 31, 2008 at 04:25 AM
Anything is better than Moloch the hot-handed, Mars the bloody or whatever's the name of that rip your heart out Aztec deity.
The Norse gods are sort of cool but they have a dismal future ahead, 'ccordin' to all the myths. So nah.
Honestly, I would find it much easier to worship some kind of a Goddess. Just feels much more natural to me, since the mortal equivalents are so utterly worshipable, than to adore some divine bearded man. Men smell funny.
Posted by: ECD | February 01, 2008 at 04:50 PM