Why is it that every class I've ever been in, there is always at least one person in it who is completely annoying and thinks they know everything?! Seriously, these types of people must thrive on the attention or something. Why do they even take the class---they know everything already anyway! Why aren't they *teaching* instead?? Oh, that's right, because you DON'T know everything and you are totally obnoxious.
Tonight I started my Spring Festivals class at church. I took the Fall Festivals class in the ---wait for it---FALL! lol anywho, Rick, the rabbi :) gave a brief history about the festivals and a backround/history lesson to start. So...we are moving right along. HOWEVER, this girl off to the side is twirling her pen that has beads hanging off of it the whole time, which is totally loud & distracting me (let alone Rick, I'm sure) and she keeps spouting off comments while Rick is teaching and like saying the answers before he even gets there. So, I think, she's one of "those." Ok great. And to aggravate me even more: she is saying the answers in this tone of voice like "duh, who doesn't know this stuff? Tell me something I don't know." Like she is annoyed and being forced to sit thru this. So---again I ask: why is she even taking this class?? Anywho, Rick gets to the part about how the Jewish religion gets broken up by the Romans, who began the Roman Catholic Church at this time and discouraged Jewish customs; although, they did "adopt" some festivals that are similar, even if "pagan." Jews have Pentacost, Passover, and the Sabbath to name a few. Non-Jews got Easter, Christmas and Sunday. The "all wise and powerful student" started going off about how Christmas shouldn't be celebrated because evergreens are symbols of something blah blah blah. And how easter eggs are symbolic of fertility and -oh- even rabbits are symbolized as sexual beasts blah blah blah. So Rick's all "so I'm a sinner because I celebrate Christmas with a christmas tree?" And she actually says, "Well, yeah, you are hinting at that. I mean you are like playing games, Rick."
My mouth was open and I couldn't believe what I was hearing...I mean, really?! People take somewhat unimportant things and dramatize them. Woah. And the best part was later Rick gave an example of how Jesus goes with the times and changes to speak to a peoples thru their specific culture...hence the now popular christmas trees & chocolate bunnies. One woman also gave this reference: when the Gentiles were sitting down to feast, they didn't wash their hands, like was traditionally done. The disciples asked Jesus why they were doing that and like why it was ok to eat with dirty hands...and Jesus said something to the tune of...it's not what they put in them that is dirty, it's what comes out of them that can be dirty. Good one Jesus!
(Honestly, my view (however unimportant), is it's all about intent...what's the motive? What's the focus? And if the only way I can get my 4 y.o. to see Jesus at easter time is to hide eggs with candy inside, then so be it.)
Tonight I started my Spring Festivals class at church. I took the Fall Festivals class in the ---wait for it---FALL! lol anywho, Rick, the rabbi :) gave a brief history about the festivals and a backround/history lesson to start. So...we are moving right along. HOWEVER, this girl off to the side is twirling her pen that has beads hanging off of it the whole time, which is totally loud & distracting me (let alone Rick, I'm sure) and she keeps spouting off comments while Rick is teaching and like saying the answers before he even gets there. So, I think, she's one of "those." Ok great. And to aggravate me even more: she is saying the answers in this tone of voice like "duh, who doesn't know this stuff? Tell me something I don't know." Like she is annoyed and being forced to sit thru this. So---again I ask: why is she even taking this class?? Anywho, Rick gets to the part about how the Jewish religion gets broken up by the Romans, who began the Roman Catholic Church at this time and discouraged Jewish customs; although, they did "adopt" some festivals that are similar, even if "pagan." Jews have Pentacost, Passover, and the Sabbath to name a few. Non-Jews got Easter, Christmas and Sunday. The "all wise and powerful student" started going off about how Christmas shouldn't be celebrated because evergreens are symbols of something blah blah blah. And how easter eggs are symbolic of fertility and -oh- even rabbits are symbolized as sexual beasts blah blah blah. So Rick's all "so I'm a sinner because I celebrate Christmas with a christmas tree?" And she actually says, "Well, yeah, you are hinting at that. I mean you are like playing games, Rick."
My mouth was open and I couldn't believe what I was hearing...I mean, really?! People take somewhat unimportant things and dramatize them. Woah. And the best part was later Rick gave an example of how Jesus goes with the times and changes to speak to a peoples thru their specific culture...hence the now popular christmas trees & chocolate bunnies. One woman also gave this reference: when the Gentiles were sitting down to feast, they didn't wash their hands, like was traditionally done. The disciples asked Jesus why they were doing that and like why it was ok to eat with dirty hands...and Jesus said something to the tune of...it's not what they put in them that is dirty, it's what comes out of them that can be dirty. Good one Jesus!
(Honestly, my view (however unimportant), is it's all about intent...what's the motive? What's the focus? And if the only way I can get my 4 y.o. to see Jesus at easter time is to hide eggs with candy inside, then so be it.)
don't worry though. they already called me and asked me to not come back next week. i told them the class would be better if they just had me teach it next time....magi melissa
ReplyDeletea ha ha ha...ain't that the troof
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