Jesus and social constructionism!

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JESUS WAS JEWISH
He went into His father`s business
He lived at home until he was 33
He was sure His Mother was a virgin, and His Mother was
sure he was God

JESUS WAS IRISH
He never got married
He was always telling stories
He loved green pastures

JESUS WAS PUERTO RICAN
His first name was Jesus
He was bilingual
He was always being harassed by the authorities

JESUS WAS ITALIAN
He talked with His hands
He had wine with every meal

JESUS WAS BLACK
He called everybody “brother”
He liked Gospel
He couldn`t get a fair trial

JESUS WAS A CALIFORNIAN
He never cut His hair
He walked around barefoot
He started a new religion

JESUS WAS A WOMAN
He had to feed a crowd, at a moments notice, when there was
no food
He kept trying to get the message across to a bunch of men
who just didn`t get it
Even dead, he had to get up because there was more work for

Acknowledgement: I don’t know who penned this. I first heard it from a dear friend Cecil Wilson and found this version on the web today.

Those of you who know me will realise that I’m not into psychometrics and personality tests. These are limited to what humans know about personality, statistics and the nature of existence – which is not much. I also don’t like how these ‘tools’ are used (in power play) to fix people and place them between a rock and a hard place!

However, this does not stop me from wondering… if the Lord did the Myers Briggs indicator, what would Jesus be?

Published by gohbyname

I am a ‘People Practitioner’ who has, over the years, been swept up by the tidal wave of change that has seen my profession go from being called Manpower Management to Personnel Management to Human Resource Management, and now back, well sort of… to Systemic People Management. I came up with the last phrase because I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with working within the confines of the ubiquitous neo-liberal approach to categorising and organising people. I believe that people are people, not merely assets, human capital or resources. While we do find fulfilment from PRODUCTivity, we are ultimately human beings, not human doings. I would like to transcend who we have become and becoming in a marketized, monetarised world and leave the corporatist worldview that reminds me so much of the allegory of Plato’s Cave. I love God, my family, playing guitar, following Arsenal, travelling and taking and editing photos. This website is a celebration of all these things and more.

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