EMail Forwards

This was forwarded to me without the added comments in ( ), which I added. Maybe we should read and discern what is sent to us before passing it along blindly.

Isn't it strange
How a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping? (If you believe what the million dollar ad campaigns tell us, we can feed a family of 5 for a month on $20. If you believe people who are earning middle income livings doing charitable work. If you believe religions who are building new million dollar churches while people go hungry)

Isn't it strange
How 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, And how short they seem when you're watching a good movie? (In either instance my back side hurts and I find that there are very few new plots, just recycled ideas – 30 minutes for each works for me)

Isn't it strange
That you can't find a word to say when you're praying but..
You have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend? (How much do you have to say to people you live with daily-same with God-he already knows it all, so not much to say)

Isn't it strange
How difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible but
How easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book? (How many books do you reread annually and have interest in. It’s the same story and we already know the ending. Maybe it's time to try a new ending to the story and see if something different happens. Let's let him live at Easter instead of crucifying him)

Isn't it strange
How difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others;
But how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip? (Unfortunately there are no “Facts” about God and the information that is available has been around for 2000 years and not new-which means it is not “News” and everyone has already heard it.)

Isn't it strange
How we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but, we question the words in the Bible? (We would be better off if we questioned both-should only believe 25% of what you hear)

(Just looking at the word changes and interpretation changes in the bible that have occurred in my adult life, I can’t possibly imaging what has happened to the bible over the past 2000 years)