ShE's NoT yOuR aVeRaGe MoM: Now, who is G-d?

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Now, who is G-d?

God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers ~ Yiddish Proverb

*Disclaimer* I am not feeling well, for some reason that translates into being overly opinionated , You've been warned!

I saw something completely ridiculous today as was I scrolling down the newsfeed of my Facebook page. I "follow" several pages for celebrities and various groups and businesses and all of these have content on Facebook. Honestly, I ignore many of them (except maybe the news organizations I follow), but today there was a post from a ridiculous page called I "heart" being a Mom. In fact it was the quote I used above only different, the author had purposely spelled out G-d instead of God. As you can imagine, there were a flurry of comments about the purposely misspelled "God" and the absence of it in people's lives and whatnot. It annoyed me too honestly, but maybe not for the obvious reason you would think. I believe in God, but would never be offended if someone else didn't or even believed something totally opposite of me. I was more annoyed at this page administrator's feeble attempt to be "politically correct" than anything else.
Political correctness has seriously gotten out of hand in my opinion, I might be able to understand the omission of the word or a letter if the word itself were used in offensive way. To purposely massacre a saying just because it contains the word "God", is ludicrous! It's like not saying the Pledge of Allegiance because it contains the phrase, "One Nation Under God". Since when has the big guy upstairs been so controversal?
I'm not naive folks, the last question is just an example. God himself has the power to cause quaking of fear amongst his staunch followers and the power to evoke cries of prejudice among the atheist crowd. How can you get more controversial? The mere whisperings of his existence within the earshot of mass media is enough to raise the hairs on the backs of the necks of the all powerful, enforcers of "political correctness".
I was annoyed enough to comment on their ridiculous page, "Now this is a prime example of the overindulgence of the notion to be politically correct, to remove a letter from a perfectly good and decent proverb in fear of "offending" someone in purely ludicrous." And then I did the mature thing, I deleted their page. ;0)

4 comments:

Cara said...: Ahh, the power of a block button. :); January 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM
jgirl said...: How very true. ;0); January 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Jill Elizabeth said...: Although it's not a terribly common practice, there are those who feel that spelling out God is tantamount to taking His name in vain, and they use a hyphen out of respect and reverence, not political correctness.; January 21, 2011 at 11:35 PM
jgirl said...: How funny Jill, I had an entire discussion over that on my S.N.Y.A.M. FB fan page!; January 22, 2011 at 8:37 PM

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Being Gluten-free rocks!

Honey Lemon Barbecue Sauce (gluten-free)

3 tablespoons clover honey
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons brown mustard
1 tablespoon garlic powder

Recycled Chicken Enchiladas (gluten-free)

2 to 3 pieces of leftover cooked chicken
small can of diced green chilies
1 lrg green onion (chopped)
1 can black olives (halved)
1 can black beans
1 can authentic red chile enchilada sauce (Las Palmas)
1 package corn tortillas or Frito's corn chips or 5 minute rice
2 to 3 cups of shredded Mexican blend cheese
sour cream

Heat chicken, green chilies, and onion in skillet over medium heat...stirring occasionally. Add black olives and black beans and red chile sauce, simmer for 10-12 minutes on medium/low heat. Wrap in corn tortillas and cover with cheese and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Serve with sour cream. OR serve over bowls of Frito's corn chips, cover with cheese and sour cream. (kid friendly) OR serve over instant rice with shredded cheese and sour cream.

Ham and Potato Soup (gluten-free)

1/2 large onion (chopped)
1/4 margarine or butter (soy butter works as well)
2 tablespoons Bob's Red Mill all purpose flour (gluten-free)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dill
2 cups water
4 to 5 medium red potatoes
1 lb cubed ham (or turkey ham)
2 cups milk (dairy or soy)

In the bottom of your large soup pot combine margarine and onion and saute till onion is translucent. Remove from heat and stir in flour, salt, pepper. Add water and potatoes and return to medium heat. Stir in milk and bring to a boil letting simmer about 5 minutes or until sauce starts to thicken. Add cubed ham and garlic and dill and reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer 25 to 30 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Serve when potatoes are no longer firm.

Pumpkin Bread (Gluten-free)

(I actually converted this recipe from a traditional pumpkin bread recipe, if you don’t need gluten-free just use regular all-purpose flour and enjoy)

1 can (15 oz) of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

1 2/3 cups sugar

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons pure vanilla (not imitation)

4 large eggs

3 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-free All purpose Flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground cloves

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ raisins or chocolate chips if desired

Move oven rack to lower position to ensure tops of loaves will be in the center of the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of (2) 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½ loaf pans or (1) 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan, (Pam spray works)

Mix Pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs in large bowl till blended. Stir in the remaining ingredients (minus raisins, or chocolate chips) until blended. Stir in raisins or chocolate chips. Divide batter evenly between pans.

Bake 8 inch loaves 50 to 60 minutes, 9 inch loaf 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack.

Loosen sides of loaves from pans. Remove from pans and place topside up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature for up to 4 days, or refrigerate for up to 10 days.

The best vegetable soup ever, no kidding (courtesy of the Today Show) *this recipe is naturally gluten-free as well!

Mark Bittman, New York Times columnist and author of "The Food Matters Cookbook"

Ingredients

3/4 cup olive oil, more or less
2 onions, peeled and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 celery stalks, peeled and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch parsley, washed and chopped, thick stems discarded
2 or 3 cabbage leaves, chopped
1 bunch chard, preferably white, washed and chopped
1/4 cup tomato paste
2 cans white beans (such as cannelloni) with their liquid if possible

Preparation

Put about a third of the olive oil in the bottom of a deep pot and turn the heat to medium.

Add half the onion, carrot and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften, which takes about 10 minutes.

Add about half of the remaining oil and repeat the process, seasoning with salt and pepper as you go.

Add the remaining oil with the parsley, cabbage and chard and cook, stirring occasionally, until everything is softened but not browned.

Add the tomato paste and stir.

Mash the beans so that they're about half mashed and half more-or-less whole. Add this mixture to the pot, along with any bean cooking liquid and enough water to make the whole mixture stewy but not watery.

Continue cooking, tasting and adjusting the seasoning as necessary, until all the vegetables are very tender and the soup is hot. Serve hot or warm.

Serving Size

Makes about 10 servings

Impossible Pumpkin Pie

3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup gluten free baking mix ( I like Pamela's)
2 table spoons margarine
1 13 oz can evaporated milk (or 1 1/4 cups Coffee Rich)
2 tea spoons gluten free vanilla
2 eggs
1 16 oz can pumpkin
2 1/2 tea spoons pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350. Beat all ingredients until smooth-1 minute in blender. Pour into a lightly greased 9 or 10 inch pie pan. Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, checking at 45 minutes.
Optional: add 3/4 cup chopped pecans in mixture before pouring into pan. Garnish with whipped cream.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Now, who is G-d?

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