Weight a Minute!

I weighed 8 lbs and 13 ounces when I was born.  That was the least I have ever weighed this side of the womb.  34 years later, I am weighing in at the most I have ever weighed: 204.6 lbs.  I weighed 204 lbs. once before back in 2007, as well.  Since then, I've usually teetered around 195 though have dipped to as low as 185 at times. It's clear that a sedentary occupation contributes to my weight.  When I have been in a more physically-laborious job role, I have easily kept the weight around 190.  But, I mostly sit in a chair all day anymore. When my weight gets brought up in conversation, many people are surprised...

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Religious Right

In recent news, a Kentucky high school graduation included a student-led prayer despite some objections by a handful of students.  The prayer itself, however, was very well received and was followed by a standing ovation.  One of the six known students to have objected to the school's principal, an atheist, has made his plans of contacting the ACLU known.  The article states that he feels that the public prayer violated the civil rights of students who are not Christian. The ACLU's website makes it clear that they believe that graduation prayers are unconstitutional regardless of who leads them.  Their site states the following: Think...

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Unity in the Community?

I learned this week about a religion of which I wasn't previously aware.  It is called Bahá'í Faith.  Practicing members are called Bahá'ís.  The founder of the religion chose the name Baha’u’llah (Glory of God) though was born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí.  If you have trouble reading all that, you're not alone.  The religion was born out of Persia (now Iran) in the mid-nineteenth century and as such all the names are Persian. I'll be exploring here what they claim to believe and will follow it up with what I think about those beliefs.  However, I do want it known that this isn't an attempt to smear a religion. ...

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Age of the Earth

When entering "age of the earth" into a Google search, the near-instant result is 4.54 billion years.  That's a pretty long time.  I suppose anything could be possible for that given time period, right?  Planets could form.  Elements could be created out of pretty much nothing.  Life could spring up out of virtually nowhere.  That life could evolve over time and somehow turn into say, you, for instance.  Right? This view is accepted by many people, including many, if not most, Christians.  I, too, once believed such a way.  My belief wasn't based off having been convinced by the evidence but rather...

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Have you ignored this bible verse?

This coming Sunday is Mother's Day.  I had a good talk with mine about a month ago.  We were talking about how I had recently had a conversation with an agnostic who was tossing "commands" in the Bible at me to which some churches don't adhere in an effort to discredit what Christians say about the Bible by first establishing that they themselves don't follow it.  Some of the verses he tossed at me, I needed to do some quick Internet research in order to answer better.  But, they were all answered and I noticed a softening in the speech going back and forth.  He appreciated the answers and was obviously reevaluating...

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Frowny Town

I saw this last week and laughed out loud.  I loved that someone properly captured the absurdity of this address to the press.  In case you don't know where this image originated, it was from the moments after Congress failed to pass a bill that would have required background checks for all gun transfers specifically at gun shows and online sales (of course, neither the cat nor the elderly puppet were actually there)(and by elderly puppet, I'm not referring to Biden). The President was introduced by a father of one of the murdered students from the Newtown, CT incident.  I take no issue with any facial expression that he might...

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Possession to Effectiveness Ratio

I saw this meme shared the other day on Facebook.  I like it because it does have some truth behind it, though not quite the whole truth, of course. Recently, my wife and I both individually read the book Jantsen's Gift written by Pam Cope and Aimee Molloy.  I bought the book at the Dollar Tree because it looked interesting and you can't really go too awfully wrong for a dollar.  I won't go into detail about the book because I'm bad about making that go on seemingly forever.  So, instead, I'll just say that it was a wonderful book about an average woman from Joplin, Missouri making a very over-average global impact. ...

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Free Will

The Garden of Eden.  Most people are somewhat if not very familiar with this story whether they are readers of the Bible or not.  For those of us who hold that it is an historically true location and event, we may differ on how we view the Garden in our minds. I, for one, always pictured it as a little forest teeming with animals of all kinds.  In the center of this little forest was a large beautiful tree plump with juicy fruit that was practically begging to be eaten, despite the fact that it was forbidden by God to do so.  Since, the Bible doesn't specifically mention any other fruit in the creation story, it never...

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Writing Down

It seems that there is a trend happening here with my blog writing.  Am I tired of it?  Is it not fun for me anymore?  Did I just not have anything worthy to write about? The answer to all of these questions is no.  I guess, I just haven't been spending that much time on a computer save for the time spent working.  And, I've neglected something that I've really enjoyed doing to make more time for other things that I really enjoy doing. So, it's May of 2013 and this is my second blog for the year.  While a third of the year has passed us by already, I've set a lofty goal for myself of writing more blogs in 2013...

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Hypocrisy on Both Sides of the Fence

I saw a re-post shared on Facebook yesterday that brought to mind an ironic hypocrisy among many politically left-leaning individuals.  I thought that I'd take a moment to point that out. Many liberals decry the existence of the U.S. Naval Base Detention Center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO).  And they do so rightfully.  It should be a universal outrage, no doubt.  How can a freedom-touting country allow it's government to create a prison in which people can be held indefinitely without trial?  It was placed in Cuba, so that the laws and protections of the U.S. somehow wouldn't apply.  And, we're supposed to...

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