Bodoh

Bodoh means stupid. I use the word stupid to describe a lot of things. Usually, my stupid is not the stupid people think stupid is. My stupid is more the cute, silly, kinda sweet and amusing kind of stupid. I am probably influenced by the American kids’ cartoons which use stupid so often, stupid becomes the new black.

I use it to describe the Government, the road system, the funny things people do and more. I blog it often and sometimes refer myself as bodoh too. I have been flamed by those holey-moly so-called righteous people who went as far as to remind me that I am a Christian and OMG, a Catholic somemore. Doh, as if I need reminders. They would tell me that Jesus died for my sins and washed them with Jesus’s blood and I should not allow hurtful words like bodoh, stupid, idiot to escape from my mouth because they said Jesus will be hurt.

That puzzled me a lot. Would they want me to keep all the bodohs and stupids in my mind and become a hypocrite or do they prefer me to be truthful and owned up that I am not a saint? Anyway….it is fun when I discovered how many bodoh words are in the Alkitab. I went through the Word of God last night and the letter to the Corinthians and wow, so many bodoh.

Here goes…

Korintus 1:20

Oleh itu, apakah gunanya orang bijak? Apa gunanya ahli Taurat? Apakah gunanya orang yang berilmu? Allah sudah menunjukkan bahawa kebijaksanaan dunia ini kebodohan belaka!

See? It is not a sin to be stupid.

However, I always love this verse. It gives the stupid me the hope.

Korintus 1:29

Allah sengaja memilih orang yang dianggap bodoh oleh dunia ini, untuk mempermalukan orang yang bijak. Allah juga memilih orang yang dianggap rendah, hina dan tidak berguna oleh dunia ini, untuk menghancurkan orang yang dianggap penting oleh dunia ini.

This evening, I wanted to celebrate mass at College General because they are launching the Bicentennial celebration of College General. I am part of the committee in charge of the meals during the four days. Yet, I feel too bodoh and dare not go because I have never been to College General for mass and I don’t want to feel lost there. I guess there will be lots of ‘veterans’ and priests there so I chickened out. Gee, I hope I am the bodoh and not the pandai/berilmu of this world. Bodoh has its privileges, right?

**Do I need to put a reminder that the Allah mentioned above is from the AlKitab?