The Gospel According to Anderson Cooper
02 Apr 2007 Leave a Comment
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Looks like CNN is going to capitalize on th Easter season. They’re going to have a show about what a Christian is, actually the site says, “360 investigates what a Christian is.”
Well, thank the Lord that Mr. Cooper is finally going to clear this up for everyone. And to think that until now, I’d looked at people like William Tyndale and Jan Hus to show me what a Christian is.
Well, I was going to go to sleep
01 Apr 2007 Leave a Comment
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But I decided to watch “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” again.
My family would probably say that I watch it too much. But I don’t think I’ve watched it at all this month, and hardly a few times in February. I think my favorite character on the dvd is Jacob, at least for this month. Actually, I think Jacob was a pretty interesting character that probably wasn’t a very nice person. If you read about his life story, he’s probably the person that created the concept of “baby daddy” drama. Not that he denied his children, but he sure seemed to pit their mothers against each other.
Meanwhile, here’s a short excerpt from a performance of “Joseph” that I found on YouTube:
The “Concerned Christians” and the Mormon church
27 Mar 2007 3 Comments
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I read that a ministry opposed to Mormonism distributed 18,000 copies of a DVD titled Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith across the state. Don Evans, an LDS church spokesman said the group’s leader is on a “lifetime crusade to attack his church”. Dave Udall, a Mormon attorney said, “I’m disappointed. We need tolerance in our community and religious tolerance is one of those things we need to do.”
I’m not a Mormon, but I would like to think that I get along well with the Mormons I’ve known and have befriended a few. I can understand that they would be displeased with this type of DVD. I don’t mean to belittle their feelings and reactions. But I do want to say that a little bit of disagreement can be a good thing. I don’t think anyone is advocating any adverse actions against the Mormons, I just think that the “Concerned Christians” disagree with Mormonism and I believe they have the right to express themselves.
In my opinion, our society is too concerned about not offending anyone by saying they think X is right and Z is wrong. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my Mormon friends telling me why they think my beliefs are wrong, and I don’t think it’s wrong for me to tell them my opinion of their faith.
Now, if someone were to try to pass laws against Mormonism, I would be shoulder to shoulder with the Mormons to defend their rights to believe what they want. If someone were to express a desire to cause physical harm to the Mormons or their buildings, I would hope that person would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But when it comes to ideas, thoughts, perceptions, then people should be able to express themselves without being labeled intolerant. Of course, this excludes racism or bigotry, I’m talking about religious beliefs.
I truly believe that we all improve when we all feel free to disagree with each other. It would be such a boring world if we all thought and felt the same all the time. I really believe that everybody should have the right to be wrong.
It’s a Small World, After All
11 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs lately, and one of my recent favorites is a blog written by a fellow Christian in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On her profile, Tracy Tan says, she is “cruisin’ and bruisin’ leaving footprints on the sand fleeting on earth but imprinted eternally in heaven by the grace and mercy of salvation through the blood of Christ”.
I’m embarassed to admit that I know very little about Malaysia. I know I can research facts and geographical information online, but I’d rather get to know Malaysia by getting to know someone that lives there. I love reading about other cultures and other perspectives, so I plan on visiting Tracy’s blog regularly. Who knows, maybe if I visit enough, I’ll be able to figure out what “Wahseh!” means.
Earliest Gospels Acquired by Vatican
10 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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I don’t know if the Vatican has a public museum where it displays its acquisitions, or if they keep them in a private archive. Appropriately, security was high during the transfer of the papyrus. “An armed motorcade surrounded by people with machine guns picked up the texts,” said one of those involved. The article says that the materials were found, along with other papyri, in 1952.
I don’t doubt the authenticity, I would just like to know where it was before 1952. I wonder if there’s such a thing as an archaeological detective, lol?
Give away Bibles
08 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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I had nearly forgotten about this site, which is sad. One click is all it takes to help them out. Each click helps them to give one book of the Bible to someone that has never had a Bible.
Can you even begin to fathom not being able to read the Bible whenever you wanted? Kind of boggles my mind, actually.
There is no new thing under the sun
07 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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Wow, Solomon sure knew what he was talking about, didn’t he? I just read that there are a finite numbers of ways to construct a fictional story and many people theorize that there are really only seven basic plot lines .
It’s funny, each generation thinks that they’ve discovered new and exciting facts about the human condition. Technology may be advancing, but humans have been the same, thought the same thoughts since time immemorial. I wonder how many times Solomon thought to himself, “Been there, done that”.
