Pretty commonly, folks ask questions like "how can you believe in a god that would allow X to happen?" I've stumbled across this answer a few times, but pretty commonly forget. I'm not clear why I forget every other year or so ( Read more... )

You may have heard that I am slightly religious ( Read more... )

My Latest Moral Superior

I get so tired of this kind of thing.

Did you know that some of us religious people believe and even live some of the things preached by Jesus? Shocking, I know, and increasingly rare.

Those who speak of the corruption inherent in positions of power have, if anything, understated the case.

It is only in the last year or so that ( Read more... )

So apparently Baudelaire said "...the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't exist!" some years before Keyser Soze said something similar ("The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist").

Sometimes, I'm not convinced it is completely accurate to call this the "best" trick. I think his best trick ( Read more... )

One of the questions I was asked during the mission - in Pennsylvania, for those keeping score at home - and one of the questions that apparently bothers a lot of people about God, goes something like this: How could a loving God allow X ( Read more... )

Guy in priesthood meeting said something really interesting today.

Faith is the belief that God has a plan.
Hope is the belief that you have a part in God's plan.
Charity is the belief that everyone else has a part in God's plan, too.

As over-simplifications go, that one seems relatively profound to me.

I laughed aloud when he said the last line

I think I'm going to look into a way to support Pirate Bay ( Read more... )

Words fail me. All I have are cliches.

Never has this userpic been more apropos.

In the words of lolcats - DO NOT WANT.

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What for Art Thou? - discussion on Kotaku re: games vs movies as art

OR

The Terrorists I Party With and Brit spooks: Yanks are frightful cowboys

I'm going with the gaming article. If you can understand why, you'll begin to understand Why.

Off to frag!