One Way Baptist had their Revival last week with Pastor Danny Castle. If you missed him you missed a blessing, He is a little fireball from the North Carolina Mountains. He organizes a youth Rally that will be coming soon and there will be thousands' of kids there so don't miss this opportunity.
Fayetteville Street Baptist held their Revival this week and starting April 1st, Academy Street Baptist in Randleman will be having theirs. Jake D'Andrea was the quest speaker at both Fayetteville
Baptist and at Academy Street, Jake is an evangelist known for his work with kids. He is often found at youth camps. In fact he will be at the one in Burlington this August.
Services for April 1st begin at 9:30 am so come join us for breakfast (free0 and the stay for Sunday School at 10, worship service at 11 and the evenings service, the kickoff of the Revival at 7 pm. Services Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be at 7 pm.
We really would like for you to join us,
Friday, March 30, 2018
Clinton Speaks
"And I had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit of research. They never said that to any man who was not elected. I was kind of struck by that," Clinton said.
That is a quote from Hillary responding to people who are telling her to "Shut up". Well, she wanted to be the first women but now can lay claim to being the first Presidential candidate to be told to shut up after losing.
Give credit where credit is due.
Friday, March 23, 2018
to shoot or not
Tensing shot Sam DuBose, 43, in the head after pulling him over for a missing front license plate in 2015. He testified that he believed his life was in in danger when DuBose tried to drive away during the traffic stop.
Somehow, I don't believe that a motorist trying to flee a traffic ticket deserves to be shot. Even if the policeman was standing in front of the motorist and had to jump out of the way to avoid being struck by the moving vehicle should the officer pull his weapon and fire. If the man and turned his vehicle around and attempted to strike the policemen and the officer had no place to flee to, then perhaps deadly force would have been justified.
Once you have the tag number of the vehicle then it is an easy matter to trace the man and arrest him in a non confrontational manner. If the tag indicates the vehicle is stolen then radio for help and pursue via policy.
Teens against gun violence
A group of teens worked up a skit to demonstrate their frustration with gun violence of school grounds. They have my full support on that. In the skit the blame for the violence is place on adults . A girl in the skit pours a soda slowly on the floor while proclaiming that she will clean up her mess in order to demonstrate the groups assertion that adults promise to stop the violence while doing the same old things that allowed the violence to happen to begin with.
While I do agree that legislators and school administration can do more things to curb gun violence in schools, many would not be cost effective or welcomed by the students. I suppose the best method would be to strip search everyone who comes on campus but who wants that?
From reading about what motivates these shooters, it has occurred to me the problem isn't so much the adults as it is with the kids themselves. Some classmates are bullied and or ignored. It is difficult to feel as if you are an outcast and even harder when you are picked on for being different. The problem with being different is that we are all different. While it is true that some people are cruel and different and it really isn't safe to be around them most kids are picked on because of their size or their looks. Years of frustration and anger build up and sometimes those pent up feelings are unleased by acts of violence.
The best way to prevent school violence is by the kids themselves: stop picking on other kids and embrace them and not just ignore others. In other words, take away the reason for others to hate or resent you and you take away their motivation to exact revenge.
The kids need to own up to their own failures and their own part in gun violence and quit blaming adults.
While I do agree that legislators and school administration can do more things to curb gun violence in schools, many would not be cost effective or welcomed by the students. I suppose the best method would be to strip search everyone who comes on campus but who wants that?
From reading about what motivates these shooters, it has occurred to me the problem isn't so much the adults as it is with the kids themselves. Some classmates are bullied and or ignored. It is difficult to feel as if you are an outcast and even harder when you are picked on for being different. The problem with being different is that we are all different. While it is true that some people are cruel and different and it really isn't safe to be around them most kids are picked on because of their size or their looks. Years of frustration and anger build up and sometimes those pent up feelings are unleased by acts of violence.
The best way to prevent school violence is by the kids themselves: stop picking on other kids and embrace them and not just ignore others. In other words, take away the reason for others to hate or resent you and you take away their motivation to exact revenge.
The kids need to own up to their own failures and their own part in gun violence and quit blaming adults.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
pan sexual
When I was young people with a deviate sexual preference was referred to as queer. Queers were either men or women but they were all queer. As time progressed they became know as gays and lesbians and even later they quit being sexually deviate and were just practicing an alternative lifestyle. Then we discovered that some people liked both sexes so the were called bi. Then a movement was began and it was referred to as the gay movement or the GLB movement As time went on more letters were added include the Q for queer, which I thought had been deemed offensive but not offensive enough for r the LGBQ to not use the term.
Recently I discovered another term and that term is pan sexual. Miley Cyrus considers herself pansexual, or at least she claims that title for herself but then again she did promise to leave the country if Trump was elected but she is still here so she is a liar and undependable. Pan sexual is a real term meaning that one is willing to have sex with anyone, regardless of color, gender, or genetic makeup.
How gross.
Recently I discovered another term and that term is pan sexual. Miley Cyrus considers herself pansexual, or at least she claims that title for herself but then again she did promise to leave the country if Trump was elected but she is still here so she is a liar and undependable. Pan sexual is a real term meaning that one is willing to have sex with anyone, regardless of color, gender, or genetic makeup.
How gross.
inappropriate comment
A man went to use the restroom and had to remove his pistol in order to use the facilities. He exited the restroom, forgetting to retrieve his gun. The gun was discovered and the group leader informed. The gun was returned but instead of letting that be the last of the incident, the leader just had to tell someone and did but within earshot of the gun owner. Not only was the story told but the leader called the man stupid.
Needless to say the gun owner was upset and rightfully so. Yes, he did a dumb thing especially considering the person after him to use the restroom was a child. Fortunately the child was accompanied by an adult who secured the gun then notified the leader. If the leader had been as discrete as the person who found the gun then the incident would have been handled. I'm sure that others were told of the incident increasing the embarrassment of the gun owner.
Needless to say the gun owner was upset and rightfully so. Yes, he did a dumb thing especially considering the person after him to use the restroom was a child. Fortunately the child was accompanied by an adult who secured the gun then notified the leader. If the leader had been as discrete as the person who found the gun then the incident would have been handled. I'm sure that others were told of the incident increasing the embarrassment of the gun owner.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Anchormen
Academy Street Baptist hosted the Anchormen last night and the Anchormen gave a good performance. The Anchormen sang at the church a year ago for Jim's kids. These were not those Anchormen. Last year there were four of them, of which two were new. This year there were three of them, neither of which was of the four that sang a year ago. The lead singer was hilarious and the group, while different, sang many of the old Anchormen songs and captured much of the Anchormen sound. The most noticeable difference was the trio lacked a bass singer.
I don't believe this new group has the following of the elder Anchormen
If I had to describe their looks, I would say: Bill Clinton, Chuck Norris, and the Cheshire cat from Alice and Wonderland. The Cheshire cat was the funny one.
I don't believe this new group has the following of the elder Anchormen
If I had to describe their looks, I would say: Bill Clinton, Chuck Norris, and the Cheshire cat from Alice and Wonderland. The Cheshire cat was the funny one.
Stephen Hawkins has passed
Stephen Hawkins was regarded by many as the most intelligent man alive, a noted physicists, and an avowed atheist. He believed that everything in existence was created in a Nano-second and that the world will be destroyed by our smart devices, not by fire or war.
The biggest problem I have with his big bang theory is that there had to be something it existence in order to create a bang. And if what did exist was an energy field how could it have created anything. Most explosions destroy. To me it takes more faith to believe that before anything was there was something and it collided with another non existent something and created precious metals, animal and plant life, water, suns and moons and other planets, and gravity, and the animals and plants are able to reproduce than to believe that an intelligent being created what is.
When an explosion happens particles move outward and an expanding rate becoming more distant from the other particles. That is what is happening with our solar system If one reverses the direction of all the particles eventually one comes to the beginning. It's sort of like watching a video in reverse. if we could do so we would discover what caused creation.
One of the first rules of science I learned was that nothing can be created from nothing. The question that Stephen Hawkins was trying to answer with his Big Bang theory is where did stuff come from and his answer is that there was an explosion and everything was created in a split second. But the theory doesn't answer the original question: Where does stuff come from? If it did, then it would explain where the stuff that caused the Big Bang come from.
Another law of science states that if something doesn't change it has no beginning nor an end. There is only one thing that never changes and that thing is God. God said He would destroy the earth by fire, not smart devices.
I believe God.
The biggest problem I have with his big bang theory is that there had to be something it existence in order to create a bang. And if what did exist was an energy field how could it have created anything. Most explosions destroy. To me it takes more faith to believe that before anything was there was something and it collided with another non existent something and created precious metals, animal and plant life, water, suns and moons and other planets, and gravity, and the animals and plants are able to reproduce than to believe that an intelligent being created what is.
When an explosion happens particles move outward and an expanding rate becoming more distant from the other particles. That is what is happening with our solar system If one reverses the direction of all the particles eventually one comes to the beginning. It's sort of like watching a video in reverse. if we could do so we would discover what caused creation.
One of the first rules of science I learned was that nothing can be created from nothing. The question that Stephen Hawkins was trying to answer with his Big Bang theory is where did stuff come from and his answer is that there was an explosion and everything was created in a split second. But the theory doesn't answer the original question: Where does stuff come from? If it did, then it would explain where the stuff that caused the Big Bang come from.
Another law of science states that if something doesn't change it has no beginning nor an end. There is only one thing that never changes and that thing is God. God said He would destroy the earth by fire, not smart devices.
I believe God.
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Upcoming Revival
One Way Baptist is having Revival services beginning March 19 with Danny Castle beginning at 7 pm nightly. Want to get recharged then be sure to attend every night. Academy Street Baptist is having their Revival services beginning April 1. Mark D'andrea is speaking that week. Sunday services will be at 6. I'm not sure of the remaining times. Also on April 1st, which is also Easter Sunday Academy Street will have breakfast beginning at 9:30 am so you are welcome to come. No charge to anyone. Pick one or the other or come to both.
Exercise
I've been doing water aerobics for three years now but recently have added walking to my exercise routine. I do water aerobics Monday Wednesday and Friday and I walk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I walked an hour on Mondays and thirty minutes to an hour the other two days. Swim classes are an hour but I always get to the pool thirty minutes early and exercise on my own.
The first time I walked I managed 22 laps in 30 minutes and I had to give it up. Monday I walked 56 laps in an hour and today I walked 30 laps in 30 minutes. Sometimes it's hard to get motivated, especially about walking but I do it anyway.
The first time I walked I managed 22 laps in 30 minutes and I had to give it up. Monday I walked 56 laps in an hour and today I walked 30 laps in 30 minutes. Sometimes it's hard to get motivated, especially about walking but I do it anyway.
Friday, March 02, 2018
Saving money on shaving
The modern day three and four blade razor blades are fabulous for smooth and comfortable shaves but they are also expensive. My blades say to change every two weeks but I know some who change blades after three shaves. Ouch. If you have plenty of money that's fine but I'd rather save mine for something I want or need instead of financing the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
The secret is baby oil. I was told the secret was keeping ones blade dry and I tried that but after 30 days I needed to change my blade. Then I started coating the blade with baby oil and that helped the blade last up to six weeks. Sometimes I would get 5 or 6 weeks per blade but not normally. Then I hit upon the idea of the baby oil soak.
Coating the blade with baby oil had one big drawback and that was gravity as over time the oil drained off the blade. I took an old travel soap dish (one can be picked up at a dollar store or Walmart for cheap) and filled it half way with baby oil and just let my razor soak in it. The oil couldn't drain off and I actually used much less baby oil than before. I got twelve months of smooth and comfortable shaves. I just changed blades on March 1 and took my first shave today and my old razor blades were just as comfortable and shaved as well as the new blades.
The secret is baby oil. I was told the secret was keeping ones blade dry and I tried that but after 30 days I needed to change my blade. Then I started coating the blade with baby oil and that helped the blade last up to six weeks. Sometimes I would get 5 or 6 weeks per blade but not normally. Then I hit upon the idea of the baby oil soak.
Coating the blade with baby oil had one big drawback and that was gravity as over time the oil drained off the blade. I took an old travel soap dish (one can be picked up at a dollar store or Walmart for cheap) and filled it half way with baby oil and just let my razor soak in it. The oil couldn't drain off and I actually used much less baby oil than before. I got twelve months of smooth and comfortable shaves. I just changed blades on March 1 and took my first shave today and my old razor blades were just as comfortable and shaved as well as the new blades.
Saturday, February 17, 2018
We know the problem. What's the solution.
Each time there is a mass shooting whether it be a school or shopping center or movie theater, the calls go out for gun control and many a citizen object and the battle is on and the solution long, long away. I am one that believes Americans have the right, and should have the right to bear arms. Personally I don't own a gun and have no interest in owning a gun.
I've heard suggestions that we should eliminate assault weapons, make laws that make it more difficult to own a gun, make it illegal to own weapons, make it illegal not to own a weapon, putting armed ex soldiers and ex policemen in schools and several other offerings that are equally not effective or seriously entertained. Somewhere out there is a solution that is acceptable to the majority of people.
We seem to be a nation of extremes. Once abortion was a crime and now it is just another form of birth control. At one time drinking was illegal and now is as if you are a social outcast if you don't drink. Now, some want the right to own just about every type of weapon imaginable which other think we should not be allowed to own anything.
I just don't understand some people. Hillary Clinton calls herself an advocate for children but she is pro abortion and proud of it. How can one justify in their own mind that killing something one day is perfectly acceptable and the next day claim it is the most precious thing in the world.
What we need to do is get off our soapbox for our particular cause and seek a common sense solution. Take the emotions out of it. Each of us will have to give up something.
The liberals will have to acknowledge that gun ownership is a right and they are going to have to accept that. Pro-gun activists are going to have to admit that we cannot continue as we are because it is just getting to be too dangerous.
Maybe we can change how guns change hands, requiring all gun sales to be done under the supervision of law enforcement. I know that one of the most stolen items is weaponry, so many there should be tighter controls guns are stored at home so that if the guns are stolen they can't be fired by the thief. Maybe make it illegal to have anyone under twenty-one to carry a weapon when not in the company of a a responsible adult.
I like to watch true crime stories and it seems that in too many murders the offenders are young and they have guns and are involved with drugs. maybe we can make it illegal for anyone with a drug conviction to own a weapon. Make the penalty stiff enough to where owning a gun is not worth the price one has to pay. maybe some kind of mental health evaluation should be given before one can purchase a weapon. Make it like a driver's license. One has to be issued a picture ID and it has to be renewed ever so often.
There is a solution out there and we have to get off our emotionally soapbox and find it.
I've heard suggestions that we should eliminate assault weapons, make laws that make it more difficult to own a gun, make it illegal to own weapons, make it illegal not to own a weapon, putting armed ex soldiers and ex policemen in schools and several other offerings that are equally not effective or seriously entertained. Somewhere out there is a solution that is acceptable to the majority of people.
We seem to be a nation of extremes. Once abortion was a crime and now it is just another form of birth control. At one time drinking was illegal and now is as if you are a social outcast if you don't drink. Now, some want the right to own just about every type of weapon imaginable which other think we should not be allowed to own anything.
I just don't understand some people. Hillary Clinton calls herself an advocate for children but she is pro abortion and proud of it. How can one justify in their own mind that killing something one day is perfectly acceptable and the next day claim it is the most precious thing in the world.
What we need to do is get off our soapbox for our particular cause and seek a common sense solution. Take the emotions out of it. Each of us will have to give up something.
The liberals will have to acknowledge that gun ownership is a right and they are going to have to accept that. Pro-gun activists are going to have to admit that we cannot continue as we are because it is just getting to be too dangerous.
Maybe we can change how guns change hands, requiring all gun sales to be done under the supervision of law enforcement. I know that one of the most stolen items is weaponry, so many there should be tighter controls guns are stored at home so that if the guns are stolen they can't be fired by the thief. Maybe make it illegal to have anyone under twenty-one to carry a weapon when not in the company of a a responsible adult.
I like to watch true crime stories and it seems that in too many murders the offenders are young and they have guns and are involved with drugs. maybe we can make it illegal for anyone with a drug conviction to own a weapon. Make the penalty stiff enough to where owning a gun is not worth the price one has to pay. maybe some kind of mental health evaluation should be given before one can purchase a weapon. Make it like a driver's license. One has to be issued a picture ID and it has to be renewed ever so often.
There is a solution out there and we have to get off our emotionally soapbox and find it.
Valentine's Day
Took my wife to Americas Roadhouse express for their Valentines day special and it was well worth the price. An appetizer, choice of seafood or ribeye, salad, and desert which was a large slab of volcano cake, 3 scoops of ice cream all drizzled in fudge.
Today, the 16th, we went to Academy Street Baptist Church for their Valentines Day Banquet. It is actually open to the public. We had spaghetti and a salad and desert. Afterwards we played some fun games like stuff the tote and some games that were two player games where one describes an object, an animal or a person and the partner tries to guess.
Believe it or not the women won the majority of the games that were most physical while the men took an unsurmountable lead in the more intellectual contests and winning the night.
I was disappointed we only had two visitors, a former member and her son. They now attend the church I went to for many years before coming to Academy Street. I certainly will not make an effort to influence them on where to go to church. I love both churches and I have worked hard for my previous church and I still pray for them and support them.
We are having some events that perhaps more people will feel more comfortable attending. We are have "The Anchormen" of March 17th and our revival begins April 1. The last time the Anchormen were at our church we had a full house. Come early, stay late and let's get to know one another. It's not our church it's God's house and you are as welcomed there as I am.
If you live in Randleman, chances are I've given you a gospel tract. if I haven't I'll probably get to you sooner or later. Until then, remember God loves you and so do I.
Today, the 16th, we went to Academy Street Baptist Church for their Valentines Day Banquet. It is actually open to the public. We had spaghetti and a salad and desert. Afterwards we played some fun games like stuff the tote and some games that were two player games where one describes an object, an animal or a person and the partner tries to guess.
Believe it or not the women won the majority of the games that were most physical while the men took an unsurmountable lead in the more intellectual contests and winning the night.
I was disappointed we only had two visitors, a former member and her son. They now attend the church I went to for many years before coming to Academy Street. I certainly will not make an effort to influence them on where to go to church. I love both churches and I have worked hard for my previous church and I still pray for them and support them.
We are having some events that perhaps more people will feel more comfortable attending. We are have "The Anchormen" of March 17th and our revival begins April 1. The last time the Anchormen were at our church we had a full house. Come early, stay late and let's get to know one another. It's not our church it's God's house and you are as welcomed there as I am.
If you live in Randleman, chances are I've given you a gospel tract. if I haven't I'll probably get to you sooner or later. Until then, remember God loves you and so do I.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Old ways versus the young
Of course I think different than you young folks. I was raised differently, taught different things, and developed different values because I had different experiences. Even so, we are more alike than different because we have the same needs and desires and the same truths apply equally to the young and the old.
The two biggest differences I see between people my age and people under 25 are the relationship we have with drugs and the relationship we have with Christ. Drugs, including marijuana, were something that was used by the hard core criminal element. It wasn't until the mid sixties that illegal drugs started gaining in popularity and that was so mostly due to protesting of the war in Vietnam. In the fifties almost everyone belonged to a church and half those people who belonged could be found in a church somewhere on Sunday morning. Things were so different back then that the only curse word ever uttered on film was in the movie "Gone with the Wind"
There were lots of things wrong with peoples thoughts and actions back then: widespread discrimination, bullying, lead paint, lack of safety features on cars, and political corruption. It seemed that not everyone who went to church was a believer and certainly wasn't a doer of the Word.
It's been over 50 years since the United States of America took over the lead in the Vietnam War from the French and lots of things have changed. We have laws against discrimination, bullying is frowned upon, laws and attitudes are changing about drug use, lead paint is being eliminated, automobiles have plenty of safety features and soon will have no drivers, and things that were impossible 50 years ago are now common place.
Much has changed in fifty years. I'm glad we no longer have segregation but I believe the divide between the races is even wider now than ever. We still have all our old social disorders although some are shown in more subtly ways. Drug use is wide spread, drinking is more prevalent, virgins are rare, abortion is a way of life, people are way more selfish and people do not attend church and true believers are the disdain of the masses.
It is quite possible and more than likely we have just swapped one set of evils and vices for different evils and vices but just eliminated the God that held us accountable for our moral and social failures. It is about time that we get to know this God. This world is a hard place to live in and we can use God's help getting through life. Many don't believe their is a God; nevertheless that doesn't change the fact that there is one. I'm glad I grew up in a time and place where I could get to know God but the young have a greater opportunity to serve Him and more ways to do so than I ever had.
Hope to see you in church soon.
The two biggest differences I see between people my age and people under 25 are the relationship we have with drugs and the relationship we have with Christ. Drugs, including marijuana, were something that was used by the hard core criminal element. It wasn't until the mid sixties that illegal drugs started gaining in popularity and that was so mostly due to protesting of the war in Vietnam. In the fifties almost everyone belonged to a church and half those people who belonged could be found in a church somewhere on Sunday morning. Things were so different back then that the only curse word ever uttered on film was in the movie "Gone with the Wind"
There were lots of things wrong with peoples thoughts and actions back then: widespread discrimination, bullying, lead paint, lack of safety features on cars, and political corruption. It seemed that not everyone who went to church was a believer and certainly wasn't a doer of the Word.
It's been over 50 years since the United States of America took over the lead in the Vietnam War from the French and lots of things have changed. We have laws against discrimination, bullying is frowned upon, laws and attitudes are changing about drug use, lead paint is being eliminated, automobiles have plenty of safety features and soon will have no drivers, and things that were impossible 50 years ago are now common place.
Much has changed in fifty years. I'm glad we no longer have segregation but I believe the divide between the races is even wider now than ever. We still have all our old social disorders although some are shown in more subtly ways. Drug use is wide spread, drinking is more prevalent, virgins are rare, abortion is a way of life, people are way more selfish and people do not attend church and true believers are the disdain of the masses.
It is quite possible and more than likely we have just swapped one set of evils and vices for different evils and vices but just eliminated the God that held us accountable for our moral and social failures. It is about time that we get to know this God. This world is a hard place to live in and we can use God's help getting through life. Many don't believe their is a God; nevertheless that doesn't change the fact that there is one. I'm glad I grew up in a time and place where I could get to know God but the young have a greater opportunity to serve Him and more ways to do so than I ever had.
Hope to see you in church soon.
Saturday, February 03, 2018
Should forgiveness by the victim lesses the penalty for the guilty?
A few years back a family was returning home from an evening out together when two gunmen confronted them, open fire with guns, and killed the mother, one son, and seriously injured the father and shot the second son in the arm. While recuperating in the hospital the father was filled with hatred for the people who killed his family members and he thought of ways he would like to exact revenge. Then he began to think of various scriptures and realized that he should quieten his angry and forgive the perpetrators, whomever they may be. It was only after his change of heart did he discover that the shooters were two of his injured sons friends and they were acting on that son's instructions.
One shooter received a life sentence, the other shooter received 15 years and the son who planned the whole affair received the death penalty. The father wants the sentence reduced to life imprisonment. I understand. No one wants to see their child die, no matter what they have done. But that decision should not be his nor is the sentence part of forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not for the perpetrator but for the victim. When we fail to forgive and hold hate in our hearts it's like a poison that slowly robs us of our happiness. Forgiveness is never about letting the perpetrator get away with his crime. The stat's role in the sentencing is that of protector of the populace. The guilty parties sentence should not be increased because the victim hates him nor lessened because the victim has chosen to forgive him.
I am not against the death penalty but I do believe it should be used only in the cases where it has been demonstrated that the guilty party is capable and likely to continue a life of crime and there is grave danger to the public that the guilty party may kill again. Serial killers, spree killers, and mass killers all fit that category. But often they get lessor sentences in order to secure a conviction or to gain information that is vital.
The father in this case should just step away lest he run the danger of turning his hatred for the killer into forgiveness and then into hatred for the state that executed the killer. Forgiveness has come to naught.
One shooter received a life sentence, the other shooter received 15 years and the son who planned the whole affair received the death penalty. The father wants the sentence reduced to life imprisonment. I understand. No one wants to see their child die, no matter what they have done. But that decision should not be his nor is the sentence part of forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not for the perpetrator but for the victim. When we fail to forgive and hold hate in our hearts it's like a poison that slowly robs us of our happiness. Forgiveness is never about letting the perpetrator get away with his crime. The stat's role in the sentencing is that of protector of the populace. The guilty parties sentence should not be increased because the victim hates him nor lessened because the victim has chosen to forgive him.
I am not against the death penalty but I do believe it should be used only in the cases where it has been demonstrated that the guilty party is capable and likely to continue a life of crime and there is grave danger to the public that the guilty party may kill again. Serial killers, spree killers, and mass killers all fit that category. But often they get lessor sentences in order to secure a conviction or to gain information that is vital.
The father in this case should just step away lest he run the danger of turning his hatred for the killer into forgiveness and then into hatred for the state that executed the killer. Forgiveness has come to naught.
Friday, February 02, 2018
He broke into an occupied car.
Yesterday my son went to his car on his lunch hour and took a seat in the passenger side. While relaxing a stranger broke into the car, Both my son and the stranger were startled, My son did get a description of the mans car but no tag number as his car was sporting a temporary tag. One of my sons Facebook friends suggested that if that had occurred in Arizona the thief would have been shot as a high percentage of people in Arizona carry weapons. If that be true I doubt that the chances of getting to ones gun before the thief could have gotten away are slim to none and if one shot a person after they began to flee the scene then that would be a serious crime. If the average person in Arizona carry weapons then perhaps the thief would have been an average person and it is more likely he would have shot the victim before the victim could have retrieved his weapon.
I am not anti-gun but I am against people who have the attitude that "if I had a weapon it is easy to make the bad people go away and I'd be the hero". The truth is that the victim who has a weapon probably will never have the opportunity to use it. might have his weapon taken from them and used against them, or will face serious legal problems if they actually fire their weapon.
In my son's case there is no circumstance that he could have legally shot the thief. No weapon was seen by the victim, his life or well-being was not threatened, and the thief immediately fled the scene. The death penalty is not an option for petty theft for the courts and it should not be an option for the citizenry.
I believe my sons actions were proper and appropriate Gun ownership does not entitle one to be the judge, jury, and executioner.
I am not anti-gun but I am against people who have the attitude that "if I had a weapon it is easy to make the bad people go away and I'd be the hero". The truth is that the victim who has a weapon probably will never have the opportunity to use it. might have his weapon taken from them and used against them, or will face serious legal problems if they actually fire their weapon.
In my son's case there is no circumstance that he could have legally shot the thief. No weapon was seen by the victim, his life or well-being was not threatened, and the thief immediately fled the scene. The death penalty is not an option for petty theft for the courts and it should not be an option for the citizenry.
I believe my sons actions were proper and appropriate Gun ownership does not entitle one to be the judge, jury, and executioner.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Why people accept evolution and reject Christianity
The world is a wonderful and wondrous place and man has always wondered how it came to be. Early man accepted the belief that a god created all that exists or at least controlled life. Some people believed in many gods and some believed in only one God.
The conflict between man and God has always been that man wanted to be the captain of his soul and the master of his fate but God said man was created for God's pleasure. For thousands of years the question was not whether God existed but whose God is the real God. But for the last 100 years man has begun to question and finally to deny the existence of God and has come to accept the theory of evolution and the Big Bang theory as facts. I can fully understand and appreciate that.
It makes perfect since that one put their faith into science and to believe that everything that exists was created in an instance when two forces that couldn't exist if there were nothing collided. People think that God is a fantasy because He is quiet and they can't see, feel, or touch Him. The truth is few people even know that I exist and some that do question things that have happened to me even though I know them to be true.
As I understand the theory of evolution as a result of nothing colliding with itself and creating something (everything that exists I have been told) and creating a previously non existent world in which there was water, rocks, and little creatures composed of a single cell that could divide itself into two parts and make a friend. I don't know what the single cell creatures ate but apparently that was created also at the time of the big explosion (which everyone know that explosions nearly always destroy stuff). The for some unknown reason one of these single cell animals didn't divide but got stuck together as a two celled animal and decided it liked that. The two celled creature could survive better because it was bigger and could therefore control more of the food source, what ever that was. Maybe it could have been each other, no one ever said that I am aware of.
I suppose some of the other single cell creatures liked what they saw in the twin celled creature and decided to duplicate that maneuver. I'm not sure how they thought since a brain would have required it's own cell which can't exist in a single cell creature but I'm supposed to accept that because God doesn't communicate with us ( I think He might be more inclined to if we believed he existed).
Anyway as more and more single celled creatures became twin celled creatures (why some didn't has never been explained to me) some of the twins decided that if two is better than one perhaps more than two is better than just two. If they could just become three or more celled creatures maybe they could have a real brain so that's what they did. Some of the other creatures liked what they saw and some other thought that multiple cells were a good idea but they wanted a different configuration so all these little creatures started becoming what they thought was a superior life form. One day one of the creatures got tired of all the hassle in the water and decided to crawl out of the water and see what was on the dry land and so it did.
One of the other creatures saw what the first one did and decided to see what it was up two so it crawled out of the water also. The first one didn't liked the second one joining it on land so chased it up a tree (where trees came from we are never told. maybe the algae the single celled creatures were eating got tired of being lunch so they changed into something else although even trees don't have brains and so are not capable of making decisions. But of course many the big bang created all vegetation but only single celled creatures so there would be a food source available or the multiple-celled creatures that would eventually crawl out of the water and need a food source. But then that would require planning for the future and I don't know how two non existent forces could have ever thought of that. If they could have then they would have been gods.) Once up a tree the creatures needed a way to navigate from place to place so some thought long tails would be a good idea while other thought wings would work better.
Eventually one of the tree creatures with the long tail got tired of swinging in the trees and decided
to come down. It had realized that a brain was better than a tail so it grew it's brain larger and walked upright so it could use it's hands for something useful. One day it realized it didn't need it's tail anymore so that disappeared. What I don't understand is why this big brained creature that no walked upright thought it a good idea to get rid of it's protective hair, fur, or features, whatever it had and become naked and vulnerable to changes it the weather and the harsh effects of the sun and then have to find another way to clothed itself by killing other creatures and making something out of plants.
It seems for the first time this creature which finally got a brain capable of making decisions (so it believes but teaches us that single celled creatures did) and thought itself to be superior because it walked upright and had opposable thumbs made a bad decision.
One would think after millions of years to develop from a single celled creature into a walking talking creature with opposable thumbs that in the millions of years since then that this creature would know better than to put stuff into itself that would after the way this brain worked, especially such a substance as would take control of that brain. It seems this creature evolved to the point that it could not longer improve upon itself and decided to self destruct.
If this creature has evolved to it's highest form then it will eventually wipe itself out by destroying itself with the desire to have more and with it's own discoveries and inventions. .
This creature has only one hope of continuing to exist and the hope is God, the everlasting Father, the Creator of all. The way to this father is through Jesus Christ who died on the cross of Calvary to provide a way for this creature to escape the trap it made for itself.
The conflict between man and God has always been that man wanted to be the captain of his soul and the master of his fate but God said man was created for God's pleasure. For thousands of years the question was not whether God existed but whose God is the real God. But for the last 100 years man has begun to question and finally to deny the existence of God and has come to accept the theory of evolution and the Big Bang theory as facts. I can fully understand and appreciate that.
It makes perfect since that one put their faith into science and to believe that everything that exists was created in an instance when two forces that couldn't exist if there were nothing collided. People think that God is a fantasy because He is quiet and they can't see, feel, or touch Him. The truth is few people even know that I exist and some that do question things that have happened to me even though I know them to be true.
As I understand the theory of evolution as a result of nothing colliding with itself and creating something (everything that exists I have been told) and creating a previously non existent world in which there was water, rocks, and little creatures composed of a single cell that could divide itself into two parts and make a friend. I don't know what the single cell creatures ate but apparently that was created also at the time of the big explosion (which everyone know that explosions nearly always destroy stuff). The for some unknown reason one of these single cell animals didn't divide but got stuck together as a two celled animal and decided it liked that. The two celled creature could survive better because it was bigger and could therefore control more of the food source, what ever that was. Maybe it could have been each other, no one ever said that I am aware of.
I suppose some of the other single cell creatures liked what they saw in the twin celled creature and decided to duplicate that maneuver. I'm not sure how they thought since a brain would have required it's own cell which can't exist in a single cell creature but I'm supposed to accept that because God doesn't communicate with us ( I think He might be more inclined to if we believed he existed).
Anyway as more and more single celled creatures became twin celled creatures (why some didn't has never been explained to me) some of the twins decided that if two is better than one perhaps more than two is better than just two. If they could just become three or more celled creatures maybe they could have a real brain so that's what they did. Some of the other creatures liked what they saw and some other thought that multiple cells were a good idea but they wanted a different configuration so all these little creatures started becoming what they thought was a superior life form. One day one of the creatures got tired of all the hassle in the water and decided to crawl out of the water and see what was on the dry land and so it did.
One of the other creatures saw what the first one did and decided to see what it was up two so it crawled out of the water also. The first one didn't liked the second one joining it on land so chased it up a tree (where trees came from we are never told. maybe the algae the single celled creatures were eating got tired of being lunch so they changed into something else although even trees don't have brains and so are not capable of making decisions. But of course many the big bang created all vegetation but only single celled creatures so there would be a food source available or the multiple-celled creatures that would eventually crawl out of the water and need a food source. But then that would require planning for the future and I don't know how two non existent forces could have ever thought of that. If they could have then they would have been gods.) Once up a tree the creatures needed a way to navigate from place to place so some thought long tails would be a good idea while other thought wings would work better.
Eventually one of the tree creatures with the long tail got tired of swinging in the trees and decided
to come down. It had realized that a brain was better than a tail so it grew it's brain larger and walked upright so it could use it's hands for something useful. One day it realized it didn't need it's tail anymore so that disappeared. What I don't understand is why this big brained creature that no walked upright thought it a good idea to get rid of it's protective hair, fur, or features, whatever it had and become naked and vulnerable to changes it the weather and the harsh effects of the sun and then have to find another way to clothed itself by killing other creatures and making something out of plants.
It seems for the first time this creature which finally got a brain capable of making decisions (so it believes but teaches us that single celled creatures did) and thought itself to be superior because it walked upright and had opposable thumbs made a bad decision.
One would think after millions of years to develop from a single celled creature into a walking talking creature with opposable thumbs that in the millions of years since then that this creature would know better than to put stuff into itself that would after the way this brain worked, especially such a substance as would take control of that brain. It seems this creature evolved to the point that it could not longer improve upon itself and decided to self destruct.
If this creature has evolved to it's highest form then it will eventually wipe itself out by destroying itself with the desire to have more and with it's own discoveries and inventions. .
This creature has only one hope of continuing to exist and the hope is God, the everlasting Father, the Creator of all. The way to this father is through Jesus Christ who died on the cross of Calvary to provide a way for this creature to escape the trap it made for itself.
Simpleb equals nightmare
I installed a new chandelier over the dinner table but the lights (new LED's) were so bright (How bright were they Johnny?) that they were annoying so my wife asked me to put in a dimmer switch. I finally got around to getting one Wednesday and made an attempt to install it but when I pulled out the old light switch I had no idea how to proceed. I just shoved everything back into the wall and turned the power back on but my new chandelier didn't come on.
My wife called the electrician to install the dimmer switch and he also had to take my chandelier down. As much trouble as I had installing it, I was afraid he'd never get it back up but he had it fixed and reinstalled in just a few minutes. He said the company would send me a bill. I'm dreading that as I know electricians aren't cheap. .
My wife called the electrician to install the dimmer switch and he also had to take my chandelier down. As much trouble as I had installing it, I was afraid he'd never get it back up but he had it fixed and reinstalled in just a few minutes. He said the company would send me a bill. I'm dreading that as I know electricians aren't cheap. .
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Puzzle complete
The headline says it all. I just coated the puzzle with puzzle glue and will do the backside once the top is dry then it will be suitable for framing.
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