Really Bad Ideas

I have had some really bad ideas in my time.  We will not recount them here.  Many of them no doubt began with something like, "Hey, wanna see somethin'?"

You have had some really bad ideas in your time, too.  Don't be all smug and feeling superior to the rest of us...we've all...all...all had some really bad ideas.

Radium and phosphorus toothpaste was a really bad idea.  No kidding, it was a real thing.

Infusing toilet paper with lotion was a really bad idea.

New Coke was a really bad idea.

You want more proof of really bad ideas?  Ok...but remember, you asked for it:
-Billy The Big Mouth Bass
-Mood Rings
-The Flowbee
So, you see what I'm saying here, right?

That going-over-the-falls-in-a-kayak thing is a really bad idea.

And, sadly, some folks have posited some really bad ideas about God.

"There but for the grace of God, go I," is a really bad idea about God.

"God said it, that settles it," is a really bad idea about God.

"God loves me more than God loves you," is a really bad idea about God.

"Christianity is the only way to God," is a really bad idea about God.

Believing that God had anything to do with the murder and genocide accounts in the Old Testament, is a really bad idea about God.

"God never gives you more than you can handle," is a really bad idea about God.

Accepting the notion that God will eternally damn any part of creation as a result of temporal sins, is a really bad idea about God.

And so, wanting to avoid really bad ideas about God, let me suggest this (paraphrasing a New Testament writer):

If its noble,
If its pure,
If its lovely,
If its just,
If its admirable,
If its excellent,
If its praiseworthy,
Well then, if its any-or-all of those things, then its a really good idea about God.

And really good ideas beat the heck outta really bad ideas every time!

Oh, BTW, Motorola's Razr cell phone was a really bad idea.  Not joking, it was known as the MotoRazr.