Friday Five: Decisions, Decisions

Time for the Friday Five again. This week Songbird has posted a seemingly simple meme that provokes a bit of thought. She writes:

Since I've been in the midst of a discernment process, I've done a lot of reflecting on how we make decisions. But don't worry, I'm not going to ask you to reveal a dark story about a poor decision, or a self-flagellating story about an embarrassing one. Let's keep it simple and go with five word pairs. Tell us which word in the pair appeals to you most, and after you've done all five, give us the reason why for one of them.

Here they are:

1) Cake or Pie
2) Train or Airplane
3) Mac or PC
4) Univocal or Equivocal
5) Peter or Paul

I bake cakes more than pies, but enjoy few things more than a delicious pie; train is a daily journey with smaller carbon footprint - I also enjoy long distance train especially in NZ; use a PC but really miss the Mac from a previous workplace; I had never even heard of the word univocal so I'm clearly equivocal; and the final decision required a bit more thought.

In a nostalgic Rove-like moment I initially thought "What the!" And then began reflecting. The story of Peter and Cornelius is one of my all time favourites. The way I remember it, Peter was a compliant, careful, rule-abiding person who was confronted by a dream that urged him to break the rules. And to realise that his allegiance was to the law-giver and not the law itself. Which opened his eyes to new experiences and to appreciate that people different from himself could be equally followers of the Way, of the Christ who claimed Peter's love and allegiance. Paul was also a faithful follower who had an experience of a new relationship with the risen Christ. Somewhat more aggressive in his pursuit of righteousness, he saw rooting out opposition with fatal combat as the way to demostrate his devotion to truth. I am way more a compliant, seeking-to-please, reared in a faith with an emphasis on personal piety and a later awakening to the 'social gospel' and issues of justice and equity. Peter I think. Rather than Paul.

Try not to pull on the big cat's tail when you answer. :-)