Archive | September, 2009

Morals vs. Values

What is the difference between Morals and Values? Are morals relative or absolute?

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School Kids taught to sing Obama song

Yes my friends, the end is near.  Welcome to Amerika.

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Two Words You Never Want To Hear

Check out this video from Keystone Church in Keller, TX. “Two Words You Never Want to Hear” is a poem by Paul Tripp from the book “A Shelter in the Time of Storm.” Performed as SPOKEN WORD by Amber Mahon.

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Another 9/11 goes by…

This is a post from Mark Davis host of WBAP’s mid morning show.  I thought I would share it. Another weekend comes and goes. The NFL season under way.  The kids back in school.  Already I can sense that another 9/11 anniversary is fading from memory. Friday was a very special day.  We spent the [...]

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The Truth about the Obamacare plan.

Obama gave a speech on his healthcare program on September 8th, 2009.  He repeatedly told us that the the right wing Republicans were lying to us about his proposed healthcare package and told us that his healthcare plan was nothing to worry about. In the spirit of truth and honesty, and in my typical fashion [...]

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The Case Against the Immortal Soul

This is just a quick post.  For many years now, I have become increasingly skeptical of the idea of an immortal soul.  I think there is a lot of evidence to suggest that we do not have souls or spirits in the traditional sense.  This doesn’t mean that there’s no God, only that we are [...]

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Was Congressman Joe Wilson wrong to yell “You Lie!” during Obama’s speech?

During Obama’s speech today on healthcare, Congressman Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” drawing strong criticism from both sides of the isle.  Joe was referring to Obama’s statement that illegal immigrants would not be covered under the new public healthcare option that Obama is proposing. The statement is as follows: “There are also those who claim [...]

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Does God care about us and is he involved in our daily lives?

Does God care about us and is he involved in our daily lives? God is a personal God, true or false? If you don’t believe God is a personal God who works miracles, how do you pray? Or better yet, why would you bother to pray? If God is not personal and involved with us [...]

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Drinking forbidden by the Bible?

One of my biggest problems with many organized religions is that they love to take scripture out of context, or twist it to something that suits their own personal beliefs or values, regardless of what the scripture actually says. One argument you hear a lot from Church of Christ preachers is “Jesus did NOT turn [...]

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Something got lost on the way to socialism…

One of Facebook’s many survey’s declared me to be almost directly in the middle of the politically spectrum.  I’m almost directly in the middle with a slight tilt towards the left.  As someone who practices Zen Buddhism, I feel this is almost exactly where I should be.  After all, the Buddha taught “the middle way”–not [...]

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