brief reflection over the last year

its amazing how an event that you think has destroyed your life can actually end up being the catalyst to a much more amazing life, much more amazing than it ever had been or even better much more amazing than you even thought possible.

wow man!

clinton should not be president because what if she doesn't have a happy period? in the words of stephanie: "she'll have a period and the whole state (meaning country) will go to shit."

at the end of a gun

I have always been annoyed by the way those without meaningful arguments defend their legalism using the "weaker brother" defense as if it were some kind of spice of reason that can simply be added to any shitty argument and make said shitty argument carry the delicious scent of truth. I have recently learned that this is not the only such concept that is used and manipulated by those who seek to defend stupidity, selfishness, and general moral failure in their lives. Recently the concept of unconditional love has been used as a weapon against me by certain people. unconditional love is not a principle that those who realize they are completely selfish and unloving can use to force others to love them in spite of this. it is not a law that the completely undeserving can imprison any victim they wish with. in doing so they are acting against the very concept they are trying to incite to force their victim to follow. They are acting in selfishness trying to force another to love them not by choice but at the end of a theological gun. the ironic thing about all this is that while they are failing to live up to the principle they are inciting they are counting on the moral uprightness of their victim. it is only by the victim's agreement and surrender to that principle that one can use it as a weapon against him. IN this case if the victim denies the very bullet being fired by the attacker then the bullet does not have any power. In this situation just like in the argument of the "weaker brother" those who seek to be moral are made a victim by an enemy that does not care to follow that same moral standard yet incites it against his victim.

10 days

day 1: i dont drink or smoke or swear or listen to evil music

day 2: i create a reason why i dont do those things

day 3: i wish i could drink and smoke and listen to evil music

day 4: i convince you not to drink and swear and smoke and listen to evil music

day 5: you stop drinking and smoking and swearing and listening to evil music

day 6: i drink and smoke and swear and listen to evil music

day 7: i tell you i dont drink or smoke or swear or listen to evil music

day 8: you drink and smoke and swear and listen to evil music

day 9: you tell me you dont drink or smoke or swear or listen to evil music

day 10: i pride myself in my awesome ability to make disciples

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

thankful iii

well i got tagged. not freeze tag. i like freeze tag. i got meme tagged. isnt meme that chick from the drew carry show? anyway i have to list 5 things im thankful for. that shouldnt be too hard. my plan was to go through everyday for the next few days and say something i am thankful for. well i have to list 5 here then get 5 other people to do it. if they dont do it i can only assume its because they dont love jesus and stuff. if you love jesus and i tag you with this then do it.

five things:
1. im thankful for friends who care about me/listen to me/dont treat me like crap
2.im thankful that my family loves/believes in me especially my mom, grandma, and little sister
3.im thankful that i am able to get a college education and also that i am almost done with it.
4.im thankful for the times when i can do the things i love like talk to people and help people and tell people things that impact their lives.
5.im thankful that even when i feel like my life is falling to crap it has always worked out alright.
bonus: im thankful that i have never been shot with a lightning bolt when droning on and on about how bad my life is when i have friends, family, a place to live, decent health, plenty of food, heat, and mostly all the other things that make my life so comfortable i feel like i need to whine about getting cut off in traffic or that the writers are on strike so there wont be a new episode of the office on this week. im sure i deserve a lightning bolt for that as well as many other things.

five people:
Jason
Glenn
Kate
George
Drew

let us eat ...

RE: glenn's comment on this post.

oink

RE: glenn's comment on this post.

Happy Thanksgiving!

badtheology.com

"It will remain impossible for man to escape his inner theologian as long as the world in which he lives continues to tell of its Creator."

that is a good sentence. i didnt write it. its from my friend's new blog: badtheology.com. he also says that everybody is a theologian and i think his point is that everybody believes things about god even if they just believe that he doesnt exist.

you might want to check out this guy's blog. it could be cool plus he has a really professional looking title banner at the top (not as cool as mine but still professional looking).

could be worse

from me to my readers:

Comfort from the Philosopher

Comfort from the Scientist
Comfort from the Theologian

thankful ii

im thankful for my amazing wife and my amazing friends.

thankful i

Comfort from the Scientist

Comfort from the Theologian

thankful i

i have a feeling not a lot of people are going to be cruisin' the ol' blog world this week since its thanksgiving and all. i think (in spite of how corny this sounds) i will write some posts over the next few days about some things that i think are cool and i am generally thankful for. dont expect any of it to be witty or thought provoking. i just think it might be good once in a while to take a break from whining about all the things that piss me off. so yeah.

im going to the dentist today. they are going to finish my root canal. the insane amount of pain i felt before finally breaking down and going to the dentist is unbelievable. really it was probably some of the worst pain i have ever felt. im not like some world champion fighter or anything and ive never had cancer so i dont have alot of room to talk about bad pain since i probably havent experienced all that much but for me this was horrible. im really thankful that my tooth doesnt hurt like that anymore and im thankful for all the days before that and all the days since that i have not had to feel that horrible agony in my mouth, the kind of feeling that has you up at 2:00 am googling "how to remove your own tooth." i think if i never had that i would just be going along in life ungrateful for the joy of a healthy and painless mouth. the first night i was able to sleep good again i felt like i had won the powerball. how many people get that pumped about a good night's sleep? the first day i was able to eat some good solid food again felt like i was having a dinner with the royal family or something. how many people get that excited over a hamburger or pizza? so yeah i am thankful for my new found dental health and for everyday i wake up pain-free and able to eat whatever i feel like. thanks dr. chun. youre the man.

Comfort from the Theologian

motivation.

meeting girls is easy. get a job as a youth pastor.