For some reason I feel compelled to explain myself a bit. Sometimes I look back at things I say or write and I say "me why did you say or write that?". Part of it is my perhaps offbeat sense of humor and part of it is a manifestation of my frustrations (i.e. I'm venting). For instance my last article, you should notice it's full of a lot of frustration, emotion and opinion. This is what I like to call Bill Raw. Bill Raw is different from Inspired Bill. Perhaps you can start to see why this post is aptly titled? :)
Seriously, though, I'd much rather be taken seriously when I discuss something God is teaching me or someone else, rather then when I vent. I considered deleting the previous posting, but I can't continue to censor myself. I'm an opinionated, intense, frequently frustrated man. Should I apologize for this? Only when it becomes sinful.
Well I hope to get back into my usual more faith based postings. Perhaps after I get a better handle on what God is currently showing me? I feel much of it has to do with learning to trust more in Him and learning to focus on others over myself. That is I should put the "little" things I could, or rather should, do for others at a higher level of importance in my life. God willing more to come on this soon.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
There’s no way the Devil could take over!
Wrong! I could devote this entire blog just to showing everyone how much and how many politicians want to take away our rights as human beings and it gets worse every year. More and more of these liberal morons actually believe they know enough about science, child rearing, personal safety and world economics to make decisions on our behalf. Even worse they want to tell us how to live our lives because we’re too stupid to figure it out on our own. Just read the referenced article and you’ll see how the author justifies their flawed viewpoint through flawed arguments, which all seem completely reasonable. This person is either living in a fantasy world and is completely ignorant of the long term effects of what they purport or this person is a great liar. This is true of every liberal perspective. What does the bible say about satan? Isn’t he the king of liars or something? Kind of makes me wonder where liberals come up with their ideas? Of course they don’t believe in God, so why should they believe in satan?
Anyway, I would encourage every Christian who happens to read this to seriously consider just how could someone possibly incorporate the US into a one world empire. I would also encourage these folks to consider how this realization might effect their attitudes towards witnessing to unbelievers and praying for our leaders, regardless of personal opinions. Believe it or not, liberals aren't our enemies. Ephesians 6:12
My entire life, especially that part spent in liberal schools as a kid, has been full of liberal idiots who can’t think much past the present or much beyond their own noses. I always hated it, even as a little kid, when my teachers would punish the entire class because one screwball messed up. I was always more upset with the teacher for being such an idiot that he or she couldn’t discern the wrong doer and even more upset that I had to pay the price for this screwball. I also had another teacher who believed that no one was perfect, therefore no one deserved a perfect 100 or A+. What a load of crap! Both of these perspectives are completely socialistic in origin. I’m sorry if this hurts your feelings, but we aren’t all created equal. Some folks are just not as smart as others and still other folks are just by their very nature more evil then others. Granted all are equal sinners in God’s eyes, but that’s not what I’m referring to here.
Take the referenced article, for instance. Do child abusers exist? Yes. Do people beat their kids? Unfortunately yes. Does this necessarily mean the government should tell us how we should discipline and love our children? Absolutely not! This is called throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It’s not my fault there are so many freaks and wicked folks out there. How about this question: Do guns kill or do people? People kill people! As long as there are people who want to take away our rights, whether they are liberals in this country or dictators, like Sadam Hussein, in other countries, we will need to be able to have the right to bear arms. This is the entire reason this was added to the constitution and it’s just as valid now as it was then. I can’t help it that there are crazy people out there who want to murder other people. Murder’s the 2nd oldest sin in the Bible. How will taking away our right to bear arms help with reducing the murder rate? The answer is it won’t!
If you call yourself a Christian then you had better wake up to the reality that Satan is preparing this world for one ruler, himself. When will this happen? God only knows, but I can tell you that things are getting worse and worse in this country. Liberal politicians (no matter what they call themselves) want to take away all of our “good” rights while upholding all of our “bad” rights. Bad rights like: Abortion, euthanasia, suicide and pornography, to name a few. While our good rights are being stripped away day by day: right to raise our children, right to pray, freedom to assemble peaceably to worship our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and the right to bear arms. Make no mistake these rights are being attacked. Why? We will become weaker, more susceptible to a take over and more vulnerable to terrorism.
Just look at the policies our government has passed or issues it avoids dealing with: Social security (was meant as a temporary fix during the great depression now it’s nothing more then a tax and our government has known it has been going bankrupt, but does absolutely nothing to deal with it. The republicans are afraid to say or do anything for fear the liberals will use it against them and draw away the ever increasing social security recipients, which grow yearly as our life expectancy, as a country, grows), NAFTA (has this really strengthened our economy? I’d argue it hasn’t. I’d argue more jobs have left this country then have been created. I’d argue more companies will seek to go to India, China or Mexico rather then pay the higher US wages.), Immigration (I say open the borders to everyone, so long as you can perform a thorough background check. I say give them, especially the Mexicans, temporary ss # and start taxing everything they make while they are in this country. Another benefit is that the mission’s field comes to the church. There’s no longer an excuse to not reach out to these folks. However, I really don’t think we can afford to be too PC about who we let into this country, considering the rise in terrorism.) Tort reform (contrary to popular belief, money doesn’t grow on trees. The more these unethical lawyers are able to persuade greedy morons to sue at the drop of a hat, the more all of our insurance, especially health, will continue to rise to the point where fewer and fewer folks can afford it. Of course this plays right into the liberals, see Hillary Clinton, hands of creating socialized medicine.) Loan reform & national debt (This country, both the government and the citizens, are in so much debt it’s frightening. We run the presses to print more and more money while the dollar continues to lose ground to the Euro. How long before the dollar loses it’s standing as the world currency? Also, how long before the banks start foreclosing on millions of homes instead of just thousands? I know so many folks who are maxed out on their credit cards and still have mortgages and car payments to make.)
These issues are all related. They give the government more and more control over our lives and everyone one of them make the US weaker. Our strength has always been our unified front and at least the acknowledgement of God, the Almighty, as ruler of all. As our morals decline our apathy increases and we become too distracted to notice what’s going on around us. This makes us more and more susceptible to harm. The only weapon we have against this, the very reason I’m writing this article, is to encourage others to get proactive. Well, actually, I’m mostly writing this article because I need to vent. Anyway, essentially Jesus Christ is the only answer, but for our part this should involved prayer and voicing our opinions because if we don’t who will? The liberals sure will. You can bet that just because we are called to love them, doesn’t mean they are required to love us. I would argue many of them wish Christians were never born.
Anyway, I would encourage every Christian who happens to read this to seriously consider just how could someone possibly incorporate the US into a one world empire. I would also encourage these folks to consider how this realization might effect their attitudes towards witnessing to unbelievers and praying for our leaders, regardless of personal opinions. Believe it or not, liberals aren't our enemies. Ephesians 6:12
My entire life, especially that part spent in liberal schools as a kid, has been full of liberal idiots who can’t think much past the present or much beyond their own noses. I always hated it, even as a little kid, when my teachers would punish the entire class because one screwball messed up. I was always more upset with the teacher for being such an idiot that he or she couldn’t discern the wrong doer and even more upset that I had to pay the price for this screwball. I also had another teacher who believed that no one was perfect, therefore no one deserved a perfect 100 or A+. What a load of crap! Both of these perspectives are completely socialistic in origin. I’m sorry if this hurts your feelings, but we aren’t all created equal. Some folks are just not as smart as others and still other folks are just by their very nature more evil then others. Granted all are equal sinners in God’s eyes, but that’s not what I’m referring to here.
Take the referenced article, for instance. Do child abusers exist? Yes. Do people beat their kids? Unfortunately yes. Does this necessarily mean the government should tell us how we should discipline and love our children? Absolutely not! This is called throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It’s not my fault there are so many freaks and wicked folks out there. How about this question: Do guns kill or do people? People kill people! As long as there are people who want to take away our rights, whether they are liberals in this country or dictators, like Sadam Hussein, in other countries, we will need to be able to have the right to bear arms. This is the entire reason this was added to the constitution and it’s just as valid now as it was then. I can’t help it that there are crazy people out there who want to murder other people. Murder’s the 2nd oldest sin in the Bible. How will taking away our right to bear arms help with reducing the murder rate? The answer is it won’t!
If you call yourself a Christian then you had better wake up to the reality that Satan is preparing this world for one ruler, himself. When will this happen? God only knows, but I can tell you that things are getting worse and worse in this country. Liberal politicians (no matter what they call themselves) want to take away all of our “good” rights while upholding all of our “bad” rights. Bad rights like: Abortion, euthanasia, suicide and pornography, to name a few. While our good rights are being stripped away day by day: right to raise our children, right to pray, freedom to assemble peaceably to worship our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and the right to bear arms. Make no mistake these rights are being attacked. Why? We will become weaker, more susceptible to a take over and more vulnerable to terrorism.
Just look at the policies our government has passed or issues it avoids dealing with: Social security (was meant as a temporary fix during the great depression now it’s nothing more then a tax and our government has known it has been going bankrupt, but does absolutely nothing to deal with it. The republicans are afraid to say or do anything for fear the liberals will use it against them and draw away the ever increasing social security recipients, which grow yearly as our life expectancy, as a country, grows), NAFTA (has this really strengthened our economy? I’d argue it hasn’t. I’d argue more jobs have left this country then have been created. I’d argue more companies will seek to go to India, China or Mexico rather then pay the higher US wages.), Immigration (I say open the borders to everyone, so long as you can perform a thorough background check. I say give them, especially the Mexicans, temporary ss # and start taxing everything they make while they are in this country. Another benefit is that the mission’s field comes to the church. There’s no longer an excuse to not reach out to these folks. However, I really don’t think we can afford to be too PC about who we let into this country, considering the rise in terrorism.) Tort reform (contrary to popular belief, money doesn’t grow on trees. The more these unethical lawyers are able to persuade greedy morons to sue at the drop of a hat, the more all of our insurance, especially health, will continue to rise to the point where fewer and fewer folks can afford it. Of course this plays right into the liberals, see Hillary Clinton, hands of creating socialized medicine.) Loan reform & national debt (This country, both the government and the citizens, are in so much debt it’s frightening. We run the presses to print more and more money while the dollar continues to lose ground to the Euro. How long before the dollar loses it’s standing as the world currency? Also, how long before the banks start foreclosing on millions of homes instead of just thousands? I know so many folks who are maxed out on their credit cards and still have mortgages and car payments to make.)
These issues are all related. They give the government more and more control over our lives and everyone one of them make the US weaker. Our strength has always been our unified front and at least the acknowledgement of God, the Almighty, as ruler of all. As our morals decline our apathy increases and we become too distracted to notice what’s going on around us. This makes us more and more susceptible to harm. The only weapon we have against this, the very reason I’m writing this article, is to encourage others to get proactive. Well, actually, I’m mostly writing this article because I need to vent. Anyway, essentially Jesus Christ is the only answer, but for our part this should involved prayer and voicing our opinions because if we don’t who will? The liberals sure will. You can bet that just because we are called to love them, doesn’t mean they are required to love us. I would argue many of them wish Christians were never born.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Help a brother out: How to tell when a woman’s interested?
If any women still read my blog I hope to hear from some of ya'll on this. What's your opinion? True or not true?
I read the secular article at the very bottom of this post the other day and sent it out to some of my guy friends. So often many of us guys are clueless when it comes to determining if a woman is interested or not. Of course these signs really only apply once a date is actually occurring, something I don’t often participate in. However, #’s 2, 3 & 4 are probably very good indicators of interest prior to dating. However, be careful about expecting too much interest from just one sign.
I don't think any of the 5 signs from the below article, by themselves are a real indication of interest. I've known women who touch everyone because that's the way they were raised and has nothing to do with interest. I've known other women who have seemed very interested in my family and personal life, but that was just because they're nosy. I've known women who care about their appearance, but that could either be because she’s vain or because as a rule she always dresses up for a date, still not a real gage for interest, by itself. Yet again I've known women who locked in on my during a conversation, only to find out they do that with everyone. I'm sure there are also women who will go along with a longer date because they have nothing better to do and they enjoy the company enough, but aren't really into the guy. However, if you're with a woman who touches you, cares about her appearance (more so then usual) when she's with you, is attentive, asks personal questions (including family oriented), and seems to want to spend more time with you then I think you definitely have interest. I think it's a combination of these.
Keep in mind these signs were developed by a non-Christian.
1. She touches herself up
If she’s excusing herself to the restroom between courses, it’s doubtful she has a weak bladder. Nope, more likely she’s in there freshening up her makeup or making sure her hair is in place... all for you. “If she’s into you, she’ll be concerned with how she looks,” says Alison James, author of the forthcoming Better Off Wed? Fling... or Ring: How to Know Which Finger to Give Him. “Or, if she’s at the table, she’ll be fixing her shirt or brushing her hair back, maybe checking that her bra strap isn’t showing or adjusting her necklace—the kind of stuff you do when you’re worried about your appearance.”
2. She asks about your family
“When a woman likes a guy she doesn’t want to get to know just him,” says Jillian Straus, author of Unhooked Generation: The Truth About Why We’re Still Single. “She wants to know about his family and friends—she’s looking for clues about what life with him would be like.” Indeed, especially if you’ve been set up or are on a blind date and know very little about each other, your relationship with your family says a lot about you—and a woman interested in you won’t hesitate to probe. “I think family is very revealing about a person’s personality,” says Tina Andreadis, 35, of New York City. “If he’s close with his family, it shows that he’s probably a warm person who values relationships and who would want a family of his own. If I am not interested in him, I won’t even ask because I just don’t care.”
3. She’s attentive
Let’s put it this way: No matter how busy she is, she’s not whipping out her Blackberry if she’s interested in what you have to say. “If she’s not checking her watch, email or cell phone, it’s just one more sign that she’s paying attention to you,” says James. “When you like a guy, you’re hanging on his every word. When you don’t, you’re distracted easily.” Same goes for any preoccupations she has with the immediate environment, whether she’s people-watching or admiring the restaurant d*cor or even the food. If she’s saying things like, “This restaurant is beautiful. Hey, doesn’t that girl over there look like Marisa Tomei?” she may be enjoying herself, but not necessarily because you’re there.
4. She’s touchy-feely
If you find your date engaging in a little physical contact along with witty banter, chances are you’ve made a very good impression. From tapping your knee to emphasize a point or touching your forearm to get your attention, if a woman’s attracted to you, she won’t hesitate to reach out and let you know. Megan, 35, from New York City, employs this trick with guys she finds attractive. “I pretend to steady myself when I don’t need to be steadied,” she says. “When I’m climbing onto a bar stool, I’ll grab onto his shoulder or leg when I clearly don’t need to,” she laughs.
5. The date lasts longer than you expected
Ask any woman desperate to wind down a date, and she’ll tell you she skips dessert or declines an after-dinner drink. Naturally, then, if she’s having a great time and doesn’t want to see you go, she’ll gladly take the waiter’s suggestion and try the chocolate cake, or join you at a wine bar for a nightcap. And if you’ve agreed to meet for drinks and after a few cocktails she takes you up on your offer of dinner? That’s a bright green light, my friend. “Only if I’m into the guy will I agree to go to dinner if he suggests it on a ‘meet for drinks’ date,” says Diana, a 38-year-old from Boston. “If I’m meeting a guy for a drink and I’m not into him, I’m definitely not going to agree to get food after.”
Friday, January 12, 2007
The Replacement
I’ve received some clear criticisms from a few friends on the post this post has replaced. For those of you who read the post already and aren’t completely alienated by my opinions I wish to state that I used some strong terminology which has been labeled as judgmental or uncharitable towards some of my fellow believers. Unfortunately any point I was trying to make and any encouragement which could’ve been gained was lost somewhere between mine (mostly mine) and others: pride, name calling, accusations, slander and strong opinions. I already know my opinions and why I have them, so if there is no encouragement, love, edification and only alienation then there’s no point in keeping a post up. I’ll just keep my thoughts to myself on this one.
I have my opinions and some of you have yours. I hope you can look past my strong opinions and terminology and forget about the previous post. It apparently has no consequence whatsoever on anything of a spiritual nature. I’ll let you think about what that might mean to the present relevance of all of the passages devoted to that particular subject.
I’m disappointed in myself for falling into the trap of pride and arrogant defense of something I don’t have any ownership of. I’m also disappointed in myself for my lack of patience and for not demonstrating a more loving stance towards others. However, in this instance, I’m disappointed in some of my friends in the way they handled a great opportunity to demonstrate loving admonishment (towards me), prayer (for me and for themselves) and failing to understand a simple point, even if my pride got in the way of it. It seems like this all was a futile exercise of “I’m right and you’re wrong” and Jesus seemed to have little to nothing to do with any of this. Apparently everyone is justified in their own eyes, but belittled in each others and this is why the old post is gone and this one has taken its place. Out of sight, out of mind. Forgive and Forget and all that hub bub.
For my next post I think I’ll tackle the belief that the elements for communion actually turn into Christ’s flesh and blood. Oops… I got you going for a second there.. no that’s another one of those forbidden open ended interpretation deals which could potentially alienate even more of my brothers and sisters in Christ. You’re on your own. I’d lose the remaining 5 of you if I wrote about that.
So I need another silly story to post. Anyone have any ideas? I need to take a break from all this intensity and piss-offed-ness I’ve generated towards myself. I need to post something on here which will stimulate happy or silly thoughts, so that instead of people jeering to themselves “why this Bill character is quite the utter anal region guy” they will cheer “Hey it’s that cool Bill dude. He’s funny! He never says anything that offends or challenges me. I want to be his friend.” So I will only post comments to this post with funny ideas (The Onion is a good source.. hint hint).
I have my opinions and some of you have yours. I hope you can look past my strong opinions and terminology and forget about the previous post. It apparently has no consequence whatsoever on anything of a spiritual nature. I’ll let you think about what that might mean to the present relevance of all of the passages devoted to that particular subject.
I’m disappointed in myself for falling into the trap of pride and arrogant defense of something I don’t have any ownership of. I’m also disappointed in myself for my lack of patience and for not demonstrating a more loving stance towards others. However, in this instance, I’m disappointed in some of my friends in the way they handled a great opportunity to demonstrate loving admonishment (towards me), prayer (for me and for themselves) and failing to understand a simple point, even if my pride got in the way of it. It seems like this all was a futile exercise of “I’m right and you’re wrong” and Jesus seemed to have little to nothing to do with any of this. Apparently everyone is justified in their own eyes, but belittled in each others and this is why the old post is gone and this one has taken its place. Out of sight, out of mind. Forgive and Forget and all that hub bub.
For my next post I think I’ll tackle the belief that the elements for communion actually turn into Christ’s flesh and blood. Oops… I got you going for a second there.. no that’s another one of those forbidden open ended interpretation deals which could potentially alienate even more of my brothers and sisters in Christ. You’re on your own. I’d lose the remaining 5 of you if I wrote about that.
So I need another silly story to post. Anyone have any ideas? I need to take a break from all this intensity and piss-offed-ness I’ve generated towards myself. I need to post something on here which will stimulate happy or silly thoughts, so that instead of people jeering to themselves “why this Bill character is quite the utter anal region guy” they will cheer “Hey it’s that cool Bill dude. He’s funny! He never says anything that offends or challenges me. I want to be his friend.” So I will only post comments to this post with funny ideas (The Onion is a good source.. hint hint).
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