Funny Things Happen in Heredia...
Okay, so here's the number one thing that is bound to throw off a North American tourist travelling in Costa Rica. There are no such thing as addresses here. There are no street names, there are no numbers, and one only knows where things are in relation to other things. For example, when I get into a taxi and I want to go home, I ask him to take 500 meters west of the fire station and then turn right. Strange isn't it? And how on earth does the mail work?
Yesterday we had our first global issues class, in which we all had to identify a place, religion or language we are familiar with to share with the rest of the class. The three groups who presented were representing the monotheistic religions : Islam, Judaism and Christianity. All were attempting to dispel minsconceptions about the religions, and their doctrines. One of the girls in our class is strongly Christian (her father is a pastor), and she really wants to convey that not all Christians are "bible thumping whackos". Fair enough. However she was challenged to defend why, if as she says Jesus is the "clause" that negates a lot of what is said in the Old Testament, why are contemporary Christians anti-homosexuality. She made it clear she was against the act, not the people, and just as it was getting very contentious and controversial, Nochi, a student from Japan piped up and said,
"Wait, wasn't Jesus Christ gay?"
What else could we do but disolve into laughter. Well... most of us disolved into laughter, and a few people fumed.
Yesterday we had our first global issues class, in which we all had to identify a place, religion or language we are familiar with to share with the rest of the class. The three groups who presented were representing the monotheistic religions : Islam, Judaism and Christianity. All were attempting to dispel minsconceptions about the religions, and their doctrines. One of the girls in our class is strongly Christian (her father is a pastor), and she really wants to convey that not all Christians are "bible thumping whackos". Fair enough. However she was challenged to defend why, if as she says Jesus is the "clause" that negates a lot of what is said in the Old Testament, why are contemporary Christians anti-homosexuality. She made it clear she was against the act, not the people, and just as it was getting very contentious and controversial, Nochi, a student from Japan piped up and said,
"Wait, wasn't Jesus Christ gay?"
What else could we do but disolve into laughter. Well... most of us disolved into laughter, and a few people fumed.
posted by Eva Hathaway at 9:34 AM
2 Comments:
How totally funny ! What a perfect response! "I despise the act not the person" is such a fraud! Jesus never had a word to say about anyone's sexuality. In fact, he chose to hang out with the outcasts. However he had a lot to say about sharing riches. When you come right down to it, the real message of Christianity is "Treat others as you would wish to be treated." So simple. That probably doesn't include nosey people judging your bedroom business.
I wonder which idea you decided to represent. Love, Isolde
I just love the way Nochi thinks. I am glad to hear that people were laughing and not being annoyed with Nochi's comments like they did last year. He is actually an interesting, but spacy person.
That sounded like a pretty heated conversation before Nochi's insertion. I want some thing like that to happen at our center.
Kyle
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