4.29.2008
What's on my mind?
A few things I'm thinking about today:
Glenn has announced a simple synchroblog for Monday, May 5th, asking the following questions:
It looks like I will be participating in the Portland to Coast walking relay in August. Two legs of 4-7 miles each, 12 people per team, for a total of 127 miles. I'm in good shape for the distance, but my average mile is about 15 minutes and I'd like to get it down at least a minute before then. I wonder how much time one can shave off their average walking mile in 4 months...?
Matt Stone has an interesting post about Myers-Briggs personality types and the ability to experience/engage in the mystical or supernatural. To summarize, the NF type (all you INFP's) have the greatest ability and the ST types are most likely to be skeptical. It was very thought provoking for me and explains a great deal about religion in my marriage.
Also I have been thinking about eschatology/biblical prophecy. I haven't cemented my views, but I have left behind the Left Behind belief system. "See you here, there, or in the air" somehow doesn't wash with me anymore. So I have been thinking, thanks to a recent conversation with Robert, about preterism. A blog friend posted something today that got me to think even more about it. Things that make you go Hmm.
Today I did something I've been planning to for quite some time, and I heard on the news today was the last day, so I rushed downtown. What did I do, you may ask? Well, to be exceedingly vague, it was something to do with the year 2008 and a certain kind of affiliation that many/most of us possess that becomes particularly important every 4 years or so. Even though it was a small thing, it was a huge thing for me. Only those of you who know what it is to hold tightly to a certain affiliation because it is the only "right" way to be religious will understand what a momentous occasion this was for me. This deconstructing process is still fun after three years. It's not so important what I went to as it is what I left.
CNN reported yesterday regarding the FLDS situation that:
I guess that's about it for now. Till next time...
Glenn has announced a simple synchroblog for Monday, May 5th, asking the following questions:
- How are you doing?
- What are you doing?
- What are you learning?
- What are you dreaming about?
It looks like I will be participating in the Portland to Coast walking relay in August. Two legs of 4-7 miles each, 12 people per team, for a total of 127 miles. I'm in good shape for the distance, but my average mile is about 15 minutes and I'd like to get it down at least a minute before then. I wonder how much time one can shave off their average walking mile in 4 months...?
Matt Stone has an interesting post about Myers-Briggs personality types and the ability to experience/engage in the mystical or supernatural. To summarize, the NF type (all you INFP's) have the greatest ability and the ST types are most likely to be skeptical. It was very thought provoking for me and explains a great deal about religion in my marriage.
Also I have been thinking about eschatology/biblical prophecy. I haven't cemented my views, but I have left behind the Left Behind belief system. "See you here, there, or in the air" somehow doesn't wash with me anymore. So I have been thinking, thanks to a recent conversation with Robert, about preterism. A blog friend posted something today that got me to think even more about it. Things that make you go Hmm.
Today I did something I've been planning to for quite some time, and I heard on the news today was the last day, so I rushed downtown. What did I do, you may ask? Well, to be exceedingly vague, it was something to do with the year 2008 and a certain kind of affiliation that many/most of us possess that becomes particularly important every 4 years or so. Even though it was a small thing, it was a huge thing for me. Only those of you who know what it is to hold tightly to a certain affiliation because it is the only "right" way to be religious will understand what a momentous occasion this was for me. This deconstructing process is still fun after three years. It's not so important what I went to as it is what I left.
CNN reported yesterday regarding the FLDS situation that:
"Of the 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 who are in state custody, 31 either have given birth or are expecting."I believe in freedom of religion, but only so long as it does not interfere with the freedom and rights of others, especially minors. Please continue to pray for these children.
I guess that's about it for now. Till next time...
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