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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast
Marketing
Pure and Faultless Religion
By L. S. Su
Within the last 30 days, there
were 164 Islamic attacks in 26 countries, in which 1572 people
were killed and 1307 injured. This includes the most recent
known incident on 1/14/2016 where five suicide bombers entered
a shopping and restaurant district in Jakarta, Indonesia and
killed two people and injuring twenty. Is this type of religious
practice pleasing to Allah?
Unlike the the Quran where Mohammad
advocated for his followers to "strike them over the necks,
and smite over all their fingers and toes" of those who
disbelieve (Quran
8:12), Jesus Christ advocates something very different and
far more challenging to do. Christ asks his followers to do
something that goes against human nature.
"But I tell you, love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you" -Matthew
5:44
So we see here that religious practices
manifests itself in action. Is blowing yourself up and harming
others pleasing to Allah? What religious practice is pleasing
to God? Can you give me an example of a religious practice that
is pleasing to God? The Christian worldview tells us what specific
religious practice is considered pure and faultless to God.
James, most likely the brother
of Jesus and the leader of the Jerusalem council (Acts 15; Matthew
13:55; Mark 6:3) was one of the first Christian leaders. I'm
defining a Christian as one that is a follower of Jesus Christ.
Shortly after Jesus' death and resurrection, James teaches us
what religious practice is pleasing to God.
Religion that God our Father
accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans
and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being
polluted by the world. -James
1:27
The first part of the passage "Religion
that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to
look after orphans and widows in their distress" is easy
to understand; but difficult to do. I would dare say that most
Christians do not follow these instructions.
Back when James wrote this, orphans
and widows had the least amount of say and influence in society
and often represented a financial and social burden to society.
And yet James tells us that pure and faultless religion is to
help those people who have the most difficulty in getting ahead
in our society. Go help someone that is unlikely going to be
able to help you back? How is that profitable? But the Christian
should be thankful that God didn't have this type of attitude
when he sent his Son to the largest orphanage known to mankind.
What I think is really cool about
this definition of religion is that anyone can practice this
(no matter what your worldview is or even if you don't have
one); and God will find the practice "pure and faultless".
"Around the world, there are
an overwhelming 143 million+ orphan children either in orphanages,
foster care or roaming the streets. To give some perspective
to the enormity of this number and crisis, this is greater than
the entire population of Russia. Amazingly, using 2011 statistics
from the World Health Organization (WHO) if “orphan”
were classified as a “leading cause of death” or
“disease” it would be greater than all other classified
“leading causes of death” and “diseases”
combined.
It is a staggering crisis that too few people even realize exists.
Perhaps the saddest thing about this epidemic is that it doesn't’t
need years of research to find a cure – it ALREADY has
a cure – called adoption! All that is required is for
families to open their doors.
Most of these children have never had loving parents to just
tuck them in at night, share a game of catch, go on a family
vacation or even receive a warm embrace. Most importantly these
children never realize the feeling of belonging and self worth
that comes with being part of a nurturing family. Unfortunately,
many of the children are older than six years old, and with
each passing year, they are less likely to be adopted. Thus,
they will eventually “age out” of the system, never
experiencing the life changing, love that a family provides.
The sad facts are that most of the children that “age
out” will struggle to survive with no support network,
many turning to lives of drugs, violence and crime."
Worldbank.org reports that 29.5%
of the population in Ukraine lives below the poverty line. After
these orphans "age out" the State gives them a very
small sum of money and they are on their own. With no family
support, little education, and the inability for most to get
a good paying job, many are forced into a life of prostitution,
drugs and crime. Many of these orphans will die an early death.
Several years ago, my sister and
brother-in-law got involved with this organization called Project
One Forty Three, Inc., (Project
143) is named for those that it serves — namely the
143 million orphans worldwide. You need to realize that most
orphans have never taken part in a vacation, shared in a game
of catch with dad or gotten “made-up” with mom,
much less experienced the life giving love of being connected
to a family.
Project 143 encourages families
to open their doors by simply taking in an orphan for a few
weeks. My sister and brother-in-law did just that and hosted
a Ukrainian child for a few weeks in their home during the Summer.
It's almost the same thing that happens when people host a foreign
student. They come live with you for a short time and then depart;
and hopefully both parties gain something positive out of that
experience.
My sister after hosting the same orphan on two separate occasion,
she and her husband decided to adopt her. My sister and brother-in-law
already has 3 kids and has opened their home to a dog, chickens,
cats, hamsters, and two pet rats. My sister is often disorganized
and definitely has a time management issue.
I remember while in my sister's
kitchen asking her, "Why are you doing this? You don't
find your life packed with enough stuff to do?"
"I..........just want to save
one child from a horrible life," she replied. "I know
I can do that."
The adoption process required both
my sister and brother-in-law to fly to Ukraine on two separate
trips and actually live there for awhile; because of the slow
legal process. So my brother-in-law gave up all his vacation
time in order to make this happen. The orphanage is several
hours drive from the nearest airport too. So transportation
was a bit of an issue too. It was like landing in JFK and after
getting into the taxi and being asked, "where to?' you
tell the driver, "Niagara Falls".
What made this adoption process
unusual is that my sister and brother-in-law was adopting a
teenager. Most adoptions occur where the child is under the
age of 7. One of the process of adopting a child from Ukraine
is that you need the stamp of approval from the director that
is in charge of that region's orphanages. You also need to remember
that the communist government for several decades has been pounding
into their citizens that there is no God. Religion is an opiate
for the masses. So things are only done for a purpose. And usually
for some type of self serving purpose. .
So the question that the Ukrainian
regional adoption coordinator kept asking in different ways
was, "What is your purpose in doing all this?" or
"What do you have to gain?" or "How do you benefit?"
The answer that it's because we
love this child was simply NOT sufficient for the coordinator.
Then the question turned to "Why do you love this orphan?"
She wanted to know why and for what purpose my sister and brother-in-law
was doing this.
My sister explains that their
religion that my sister and husband follows instructs them "to
look after orphans and widows in need".
My sister quotes James 1:27. There
was dead silence after that sentence as the adoption coordinator
tried to get her head around this answer.
It was definitely a tense few seconds,
but was broken up by brother-in-laws' interjection, "and.....
we couldn't find any widows."
So I am happy to report that I
have a new niece who is adjusting well, learning our language
quickly, and a valued family member. One down, a few million
more to go.
Sources:
Thereligionofpeace.com
Project
143 "Sad Fact"
Poverty
in Ukraine
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