Some Food for Ought

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I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really
foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]:


"I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I
don't accept His claim to be God."

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Why Ought and Not THought?
Because Desi is not a didactic writer. He'd rather you remain ignorant for that state is bliss that to force any food -- even it is manna from H'aven! -- down your throat. It's not like I'm selling Mary Popins' medicine that goes down your oesophagus "especiallydociously" smooth way washed down by witstaker or gifter chocs.

Ought suggests that since There was no sequet after te Lord of The Ring trilogy, and Steven Spielberg did not follow up with any spiel overdrive on the GSC gigantic screen, I felt it's persuasive you know that CS not only gave you a Christmas offering two Christmases ago (Chronicles of Narnia, you don't know?), Desi ectracts an incidental thought of his that you Ought to take like good medicine. Good for the soul&spirit, even if thy body grows weak in the wintry cold. Yes, the great floods are reminiscently upon us in its first tide, do you think Malaysians deserve more?



"I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I
don't accept His claim to be God."

That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was
merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would
not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic --
on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg --
or else he would be the Devil of Hell.

You must make your choice. Either this Man was, and is,
the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse ....
You can shut Him up for fool, you can spit at Him and kill
Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him
Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing
nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has
not left that option open to us. He did not intend to.
-- From Case for Christianity, by C.S. Lewis


DESIDERATA: As I have stated several times, I tread with trepidation every time I wandereth like a half-past-six into the territory of eternal God versus mortal Man.
If you have any Comments which are not blasphemous in the tiniest iota, Post them with humility that the good spirits dwell with YOU (TIME-honoured guests) and Desi's soul not be disturbed. I would invite mGf yan nigh Catsville (or Mr Coww if I can persuade him to come out of reclusive rejuvenation) to answer thee.
Otherwise, Silence is indeed Elegant and Eloquent
lest one show ignorance of the indecent order
which is already in great abundance in Negaraku.
So cease and desist in adding more to any *BS.

* This subject is under much scrutiny by this scribe for the rest of 200S'X,
and if he is motivated after the dawn of a nu'e year, Desi will share.
Take care with a warm caress,
Merry Christmas to my ER of the Christian faith;
Followers of other faiths, Be As Jolly Okay!:)
~~ Desi, knotty as usual



PS to folks in Equatorial clime, wanting to hear Wintry chime:

WINTER

Cold lies the lifeless earth,
the birds are gone, and through
the naked trees the shrill wind
whistles. Though the world
outside be chill and dead, may the
world within us resound
with gleeful songs, and our hearts
be warm with hope and love.
And may many an evening's
merriment, beside the
hearthstone's cheerful glow, make
sweet the passing time.
~~ Max Ehrmann

from THE DESIDERATA OF HAPPINESS