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| so... i was at the mall today... and i met a marine recruiter... and he tried to recruit me... and the more i think about it, the more unhappy i am about it... first he says to me "im a marine recruiter blah blah blah" and i say i am not interested and started to walk away, he steps in my way and asks me why... now i must interject here that i am not a huge fan of the millitary... not that i dislike those who are in it or that i do not appreciate the protection offered by it... but the idea of marching around with a gun shooting people is not very high on my list of things to do... and i tell him that it is not my thing... and he procedes to ask all the "i want you to join so tell me about you so i know which sales pitch to use on you" questions... and then it comes up that i go to JBC and i am studying youth ministry...now the idea that being a christian means being uber patriotic is ridiculous to me (and i know some of you believe that rejecting some part of the love of country means rejecting the whole country... well thats ridiculous) infact i dislike greatly a lot of things about this country, though there are quite a few things i love but i do not think i am obligated as a christian to do such and it kind of pissed me off that this guy laid that on me and then he tells me "i am sure that the Lord has called you into ministry but just know that there are other opportunities out there" WTC if one feels that God has called them into a certain vocation are there really other options? such as shooting people?!?! he then goes to the how are you paying for school and i tell him i am really not interested and he shakes my hand an i leave.... recruiters piss me off... and i do not mean this to offend those in the millitary, i really do appreciate what you do for this country... but i have never shot a gun and i dont think i need to... especially not at people (by the way, up until 3 generations ago.... so my great grandfather... yeah... my family was quaker... you know... funny hats, oat meal and not fighting) | | |
| so i havent written in a while, and i dont really want to write much right now, i have a lot to say but not that much desire to sit here and type it all
school has started and i have enjoyed very much the company of friends old and new, i love you all
my friend john was down a few weeks ago and we went back packing, that was great
and i think that greek is going to rip my face off this semester, so if you would, pray for me, and probly the rest of the kids in the class, i think its going to be good, but very hard
also i just read (as in with in the past 2 weeks) a really good book that i think those of you looking for some mental stimulation should check out the book, its a friendly discussion (my favorite kind) between a atheist, naturalist phd in evolutionary biology and a christian history professor at a christian school, its just good for understanding the other side of what you believe and it will make you think which i think is key in strengthening your beliefs and making them your own (not that there is anything wrong with hand-me-down religion, lol, jk) | | |
| so... i have been reading comments on Mr. Rumple's facebook and i find it extremely disappointing at some of the things that have been said to him and about homosexuals. for example, that homosexuals are an infierior subspecies of the human race, that no amount of prayer could change his mind (implying that that person believes in a God who is not powerful enough to change minds apparently) and so on and so forth, its just quite disappointing and a little bit funny that the first reaction when the news comes out (no pun intended) is to express anger (and selfish anger at that for example "how will this make my school look?!") ridicule and condemnation
i am not saying i agree with everything mr. Rumple has done, but, i can understand his reasons for some of his actions, i do not believe that justifies them, but i see very little in the way of helpful comments on his face book, maybe 2 or 3 people have offered any positive remark at all
firstly i would like to say that rumple's sin is no greater than any of yours, and salvation does not lie in a sinless life because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, or so i have been told (of course i learned that in romans and galatians, and who can trust a gay bible college prof anyway) and if all have sinned then all are equally in need of salvation, salvation comes through Christ, and if mr. rumple knows Christ then who among you can judge his salvation, homosexuality is not an unpardonable sin, there is no scripture to back up that line of thought, i think rumple is making some bad decisions, i do feel that his sexual behavior is sinful, but i can not say he is not following Christ, its not my place to make that call, nor is it anyone elses, he has said he wants to have open dialogue on this issue, gay bashing and homophobic comments are not dialogue they do not glorify God if you feel that homosexuality is a sin as i do and wish to discuss your views on it with mr. rumple, why not listen to his views, present yours and discuss the strengths and flaws of both sides, that is the only way to actually have a discussion, blind hate of the sin can easily become hatred of the sinner, but Christlike love of the sinner will not become love of the sin
ok, im done ranting, i am praying for all of you, mr. rumple and those who wish to discuss this issue with him | | |
| so the other day i was at cedar springs and i found the newest donald miller book, to own a dragon. i bought it and it is really good and its been making me think quite a bit, one of the things i have realized is that even though i have a father who has been around, he's always been fairly distant.. and in the book, miller writes about some of the issues he deals with because of not having a father.. i notice that i deal with a lot of the very same things, so aside from thinking a lot i have also been kind of angry at my own father because he was never really interested in spending time time with me, teaching me to do things like drive a stick shift, cut up fish, talk to girls, enjoy watching baseball, you know man stuff... i dunno. he also writes about how he would feel like less of a man than others and was therefore uncomfortable around them, perhaps that is a lot of my social awkwardness.. i dunno, and the only disappointment i have about the book is that there really isnt much in the way of how to fix these problems... but i dunno maybe just realizing them and being able to identify the source of these issues is enough... i dunno... ill write more about this later | | |
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