Last week this Facebook post caught my eye.
When I watched the video, my first thought was WOW! Good on Heineken. Prejudice needs to be questioned. And then I looked for the bias behind the Beer Ad. It was subtle and it was there. If you’re in denial about climate change…you need to get with it. If you’re struggling to accept the LBGT community…you need to get to know them. If you’re a Trump supporter…you need to resist his slick business ways and hold onto the “good things” like the beer summit that Obama prompted.
I like to think that I am open to all points of views. In saying that, I also know I offend those who have less open views. I think it is important to love all people. Not all people hold that view. Some people I love and admire greatly, think some people are mean and nasty and undeserving of love or respect.
In many of my posts, I put forth the idea that Simon the Cyrene was the Spiritual Father who carried the Cross of Jesus. Mark’s Gospel 15:21 says that Simon the Cyrene was the Father of Alexander and Rufus, a red haired person. Yet tradition argues that Simon was most likely black because Cyrene was a Greek North African colony. Others argue there is no proof that Simon was black just because he or his ancestors came from there. Moreover, people may assume that Rufus is male and assume that Simon was white because Rufus is a masculine Latin word for “the red-haired one” and it is unlikely a black man could father a red-haired child. Others may argue. “Who cares?” Still others may insist. “The Bible is not racist or sexist.”
So how can we all be right? In last week’s post I posted that 1 Peter 2:22 has probably caused the most arguments than any other. I then brought up Paul’s opinion that believers are put right with God through faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 3:22). I failed to mention that Paul’s and Peter’s assertions have been used to demonize non-Christians and to convert them to the “politically” correct religion.
I also suggested that the Truth was a Tender Lie. I supported this idea that originally came from the TENDER LIES album of singer song writer DONSTEWART. The stance that many people of faith now take is one of equivocation. They simply put themselves on the fence and say…”the Truth is a mystery.”
Well the Truth is often a mystery. Mysteries intrigue many people who seek to unravel and reveal them. For as Jesus once said. “Nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light” (Luke 8:17). Still others like to create mysteries and do their best to keep the Truth hidden in a Gordian knot. While still others silently lift up a mirror and let people see the Truth for themselves.
Why do you think the Heineken Beer commercial ad posted by Globe Today went viral? Is the Truth prejudiced? Is the media? Is the Truth a mystery that cannot be unravelled. Did you notice? When you click on the ad presented by Globe Today the picture of the black man and the red-haired woman is nowhere in the actual ad. That’s what caught my attention. Thanks for the lift Globe Today. Cheers!
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