Thought For The Day

Traditional Hunting

The Japanese used to be prolific whale hunters. The practice is dying out. Whales are protected more now than ever before. Perhaps that is best.

Old traditions die hard.

In one former whaling area the hunting boats are all gone, “But every year, citizens don traditional clothes and take to the water in traditional boats, ceremonially using traditional harpoons to hunt a ‘whale’ which is made of metal and powered by an outboard motor.” (BBC News, Japan)

I couldn’t help but think of some Churches who no longer hunt the oracles of God. Instead they are doning the traditional “cloak of self-righteousness” for a few minutes of following a tradtional self-serving approach to prosperity and a traditional happiness based on hedonism.

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