There is a church by my house...I think its a baptist church.
Anyhoo...there is a sign outside of the church that changes every couple of weeks. This week it reads "God planted us a garden, it is our job to keep it weeded"
Isnt that a little Nazi-esque...or am I just reading it all wrong?
2007-09-10 19:53:38 · 23 answers · asked by Adrianne 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its a bit scary.
Perhaps they only meant that the garden was symbolic of the individual, and its up to you to keep out doubt and sin.
I hope thats all that meant anyway.
If its a baptist church, it could mean the community is the garden. That would be bad if thats what they meant.
2007-09-10 20:00:00 · answer #1 · answered by hypno_toad1 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You could be reading it right. It may mean that we are personally his garden and that we must keep the 'weeds' out of our own personal lives. The Nazi-esque translation would be to say that the world was the garden and it needed to be 'de-weeded.' I doubt that the church means anything malicious by it. You could always go down there and ask the staff what they intend it to mean.
2007-09-10 20:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by SDW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It refers to God creating the world as a perfect place and the need to maintain that world. It has nothing to do with removing any people or particular person. It is a generalization, probably from the standpoint of the person that wrote the phrase, being the sin and depravity seen in the world.
Actually, many churches put out those signs, it is to attract attention and make people think. Most of the phrases are gathered in books and newsletters and distributed throughout the denomination or as a ministers aid in christian bookstores. In my neighborhood the same signs are by a Presbyterian Church.
2007-09-10 20:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by US_DR_JD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a metaphor. Our life is the garden. The weeds symbolize things in our lives that keep us from growing.
Nazi-esque? Where is your mind? Since when were Baptists associated with the Holocaust.
2007-09-10 20:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Crysslynn 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your right....that does sound strange if you dont actually get the message (inside)....what they mean (the context) is speaking of a Christians spiritual life....not the "world" in general! Its actually a simple analogy used alot in sunday school w/ the kids....here I copied one lesson objective-it explains.......
"To teach the kids that:
God is like a gardener and we are like his garden.
God wants us to grow spiritually.
In order for plants to grow we need to weed the garden.
In order to grow spiritually we need to weed the sin out of our lives.
Sin can destroy a Christian just as weeds can destroy a plant.
Weeds can be deceiving"
Hope that helps (PS...you should go in an tell the pastor to clarify his message- :-) Blessings
2007-09-10 20:03:27 · answer #5 · answered by Bagels 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a metaphore. God planted us a garden as in God created the Earth for us, but weeds will try to grow in the garden and eventually take it over. In the same way, temptation and sin try to take us over and if we let it they will destry us. So we need to weed the garden, and remove the temptation and sin from our lives so that the world will be a beautiful garden.
Or something like that...
That's just my opinion, but I may be wrong
2007-09-10 20:02:14 · answer #6 · answered by Lumberjack 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sortof does seem a bit like that. but depending on if u actually listened to the message; maybe its talking about weeding out the false prophets, or being aware of false prophets so that we arn't deceved when they come along to mislead us.
or its that God created a garden, and we need to keep it healthy so it will grow bigger and better.
2007-09-10 20:13:42 · answer #7 · answered by ejostrom07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be interpreting it differently than they way they meant it. I'm guessing they're referring to the Garden of Eden - God created it to be perfect, but humans allowed sin (evil, wrong-doing, whatever) to enter, like a weed. They mean that God has set things up to go well for us, but it's our responsibility to keep doing what we're supposed to.
2007-09-10 19:59:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That does sound a little creepy. I've never been to a Baptist church but I hear some are very flamey people.
2007-09-10 19:58:40 · answer #9 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How in the world can that seem nazi-esque? You sort of have to get into a racist state of mind to think of it like that. It could mean keep your body pure, it could mean take care of the planet. ever tried asking one of them? It was probably what they were talking about for those few weeks so next time you see some of them going in ask them about it. Babtists aren't racist, they may be a little hostile towards other religions(mormons), but they aren't racist.
2007-09-10 20:04:12 · answer #10 · answered by turkey 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋