Observation twenty:

God does not want us to try by ourselves; God does not want us to do nothing and just rely on Him; God wants us to try because we rely on Him.

"Who killed the electric car?" - A documentary that rather outraged me, and which I highly recommend. Not for those who love capitalism ( Read more... )

(Replacing) observation seventeen: Too often people think they simply disagree when in truth they don't thoroughly comprehend.

Observation sixteen: I am literally nothing--a breath that briefly walks; however God loves me wondrously anyhow, and for no reason other than to love.

As long as I live, I will never fully understand this. In death... just have to wait and see.

So I talked to John a couple days ago and he mentioned his particular belief in the possibility of simultaneous and contradicting states of existence.

And he's right! Case in point--

Observation Fifteen: I am intelligent. I am also idiotic.

Yeah.

Observation Fourteen: Life is good, and finals are evil. Therefore, finals are not life ( Read more... )

I've been all metaphysical for probably the last three weeks. I need to get out more.

So where have all my (many, many...) abstract musings led me now? Here are the facts as I see them.

Opinions: They are either right or wrong. Things ARE or they AREN'T. No in between. Now we might never see how things ARE because of our inherent subjectivity, ( Read more... )

Talk about your sobering realizations. Remember way back at Observations Seven and Eight, where I talked about knowing oneself ( Read more... )

As the title suggests, this post has to do slightly with language. More with other things though.

I'm going to kind of build on Observation Twelve here. At that time I felt really happy. But, as the different words in existence suggest, there are multiple ways to interpret "happiness." Does it mean a joyous mood? Does it mean merely contentment? ( Read more... )

Ignorance is bliss? Maybe. If you're a kid ( Read more... )