Certain environmentalists have hit a new low: anti-humanism. Historically, it's when ideas like this catch on in academia and then into power before genocide takes place. I'm all for helping out the planet, but KILLING people in order to save the planet is beyond madness. I hope sane environmentalists shame them out of influence.

Oh yeah, and I went ( Read more... )

It's days like this that make me very thankful for having a Dad. I went with him and my stepmother today to see Prince Caspian. We had a great time and Dad really liked the movie. I tend to have days where I'm quite reflective and nostalgic like today. Now that I'm not so busy to where I can be that way (at least for today, when Monday rolls around ( Read more... )

I said in my last entry that if I thought of anything else, I would post it.

Well, I thought of something else.

For a few months in my late teens I was a charismatic going to a Baptist church. I believed and practiced tongues and thought that Baptists were crazy for not doing so. As many of you have already guessed, I've underwent a change since then ( Read more... )

Yes, folks, you read that right. Over the years my Christian theology has shifted from one view-point to another in certain aspects. For my Methodist friends, you may remember some of my threads and comments at the old message board. Anyway, here's what's changed:

1. Eschatology (study of end times) - I am no longer a premillenial dispensationalist ( Read more... )

It's no secret that people are leaving the church in larger numbers than ever today. With all the mega-churches, programs, etc. going on it seems that these things are unable to stop the tide of people leaving the fold. Here's a long quote from the Reclaiming the Mind blog:

The question that we must ask is a very simple one: Why? Why are people ( Read more... )

Here I am at 2:18 A.M. writing a huge research paper that I could turn in today or Monday with no penalty on comparing the Confucian view of humanity with the rabbinical and Christian traditions' view of humanity. The kicker: I am actually enjoying this.

...is as alive as a big hairy silver-back gorilla. This is literally going to be (well, it's already started out that way) one of the most INSANE weeks of my college career. I plan on literally going home right after classes, taking a nap for a few hours, coming back to school and working a few hours into the middle of the night, going back home ( Read more... )

It is not of God and Christians should not practice it ( Read more... )

This past weekend I and a few others took a trip to the Sipsey wilderness for an overnight backpacking stay. When I heard of the trail we were taking, I wanted to take the part of it where we wouldn't have to cross the creek and I told our leader this. However, two of the guys had never done it before and I was overruled. The creek crossing on most ( Read more... )

Ok, dude. You wanted a LJ update, you got it ( Read more... )