Islam was a very interesting religion to learn about, especially considering that I had read very very little of the Koran, and heard even less. I never understood the extent of the hatred, blasphemy, and lies it told. If by some miracle I met Muhammad in the desert I would ask him if he actually thought he had an encounter with what he believed ( Read more... )

Through the "Scriptures of World Religions" course we discussed many different religions and different texts of various ideas. One of these texts was the I Ching, though we barely brushed the surface of its depth. I belive the I Ching is a book of riddles, meant to bewilder its readers and baffle them. I believe it's authors intent was to create ( Read more... )

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havent been on here in sooo long. Just thought i'd post a quick update, ive been doing ok lately, currently spring break which i am enjoying, for the first 4 days of spring break i went on a short term missions trip to L.A to help out at this place called the Dream Center. it was amazing, any of you that go to my school can ask me about it, or ( Read more... )

brevity, seeming to have cheated me ( Read more... )

MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD'S DAD WAS JUST TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, HES ISN'T DOING TOO WELL RIGHT NOW, AND I ASK ALL OF YOU, IF YOU DO 1 SINGLE THING FOR ME IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE, PLEASE LET IT BE THIS: PRAY FOR MY FRIEND'S DAD AND FOR HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU

I know Jesus is the only person who will never disappoint me
the only person who will love me NO MATTER what
the only friend who wants to spend as much time with me as i do with him(even more)
I need to stop putting so much faith in "friends"
Jesus is the only savior

youth group 2nite was good? i dont know how i feel about it, they said to get there at 7, i got there and honor wounds was playing? i dont know, i was kinda mad, i had to leave my friends house early to make it on time and it wasnt even worship, it was just some band playing for 30 mins before youth group actually started. me n trevor left 2 go ( Read more... )

its 1 30 am here in guatemala, my family is eating, beause in guatemala they dont start celebrating hardcore until midnight and thats when they have the dinner and open presents, etc. They had hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of fireworks and we were lighting them off for hours, it was crazy, sooo much fun!! haha i can see why they are ( Read more... )

wow, so many updates i cant keep up. anwyays, like i said before, im in guatemala right now, at my aunts house, shes rich and has such a nice house and servants n such, its crazy. loving it here, theres an active volcano some miles away, we drove like a mile away from it, it was cool watching the small eruptions, you could hear it when geysers of ( Read more... )