Madam Mim
One Big Modern Mess
- Joined
- May 30, 2013
Jackie couldn't help but snicker at B.D.' s assessment of sex. Men and women, sure. "We'll try," she promised when he joked about getting kicked out of his house.
She frowned when he declared himself a Universalist, explaining that he believed that all paths lead to God. "Even for heathens like me?" It wasn't a challenge, more a mere curiosity.
"No such thing as a heathen," he replied bluntly, pouring water from a pitcher into the pot. "God is truly omnipotent, isn't He?"
"Sure..." She didn't know what omnipotent meant, but it sounded like something a god could do.
"Well then that means He reveals Himself to us in ways we can personally understand, according to our life experiences and our culture. For you, He may have revealed Himself to you in the guise of White Painted Woman, or the Monster Slayer instead of the Holy Trinity; instead of in hymns you may feel His presence in your spirit dances. Or maybe He explained to you the hand of the Devil through your stories of the Coyote or the Owl." B.D. laughed that deep, comforting laugh at Jackie's plain surprise. "Told you, didn't I? God is in everything." He grinned and put the pot on, then groaned as he sat in one of the hardbacks and nudged a box with his foot over near the rocking chair where Jackie had been hovering. "Go ahead, stay a while. Rest your leg."
Carefully she lowered herself into the chair and propped her leg up, then poured a generous portion of the whiskey into a glass and passed the bottle to B.D. "So what's a Mohammedian? Mormons I heard of; they come 'round every six months or so to try and get us to come to Jesus with their holy underwear. Never heard of 'em before though."
"They believe in the teachings of the prophet Mohammed," B.D. explained, pouring a moderate amount of the spirit for himself but saving the majority for his guests. "They believe that Jesus was not the son of God, but a revered prophet, and that Mohammed was the final prophet."
She frowned when he declared himself a Universalist, explaining that he believed that all paths lead to God. "Even for heathens like me?" It wasn't a challenge, more a mere curiosity.
"No such thing as a heathen," he replied bluntly, pouring water from a pitcher into the pot. "God is truly omnipotent, isn't He?"
"Sure..." She didn't know what omnipotent meant, but it sounded like something a god could do.
"Well then that means He reveals Himself to us in ways we can personally understand, according to our life experiences and our culture. For you, He may have revealed Himself to you in the guise of White Painted Woman, or the Monster Slayer instead of the Holy Trinity; instead of in hymns you may feel His presence in your spirit dances. Or maybe He explained to you the hand of the Devil through your stories of the Coyote or the Owl." B.D. laughed that deep, comforting laugh at Jackie's plain surprise. "Told you, didn't I? God is in everything." He grinned and put the pot on, then groaned as he sat in one of the hardbacks and nudged a box with his foot over near the rocking chair where Jackie had been hovering. "Go ahead, stay a while. Rest your leg."
Carefully she lowered herself into the chair and propped her leg up, then poured a generous portion of the whiskey into a glass and passed the bottle to B.D. "So what's a Mohammedian? Mormons I heard of; they come 'round every six months or so to try and get us to come to Jesus with their holy underwear. Never heard of 'em before though."
"They believe in the teachings of the prophet Mohammed," B.D. explained, pouring a moderate amount of the spirit for himself but saving the majority for his guests. "They believe that Jesus was not the son of God, but a revered prophet, and that Mohammed was the final prophet."